Paid Maternal and Parental Leave Legislation and Primary Prevention

Abstract

For child development, the first three years are crucial to foundations for emotional and mental health, for toilet training and vocabulary development, and for the precipitation of conscience and essential inner controls. For this reason, these are also the primary prevention years during which marital intactness and paid maternal and parental leave benefits are of crucial importance. A comparative social policy review of the status of parental leave legislation in North America and in Europe confirms that the United States is far behind.     

The view from the crossroads: Brazilian culture and corporate leadership in the twenty-first century

The transfer of western leadership theories and practices across the globe has inspired criticism in recent years, suggesting the need for local/indigenous theories of leadership. Such search, however, is troublesome in countries with a heterogeneous cultural background where the constant influence of outside cultural/social/economic parameters abound. The purpose of this article is to identify local/indigenous practices of leadership in one country with a heterogeneous cultural background – Brazil. In this conceptual article, we explore selected literature to investigate the topic of Brazilian culture and its particular style of corporate leadership.     

A Historical Perspective on the Unification of Private Law and the Future of the Civil Code

China has a long tradition of legal codification. In looking at the unification of private law, we need to follow three historical threads: the historicity of law, the rationality of private law and the rules governing the growth of private rights. Following on from and amending the Draft Civil Law of 2002, we can use restorative methods to formulate a nine-part civil code suited to China’s national circumstances. The nine parts comprise the General Principles of Civil Law; Marriage and Family Law; the Law of Succession; Real Rights Law; Intellectual Property Law; Contract Law; Employment Contract Law; Tort Liability Law; and the Law of the Application of Law for Foreign-related Civil Relations. With this goal in mind, we can adopt a four-step legislative process: firstly, integrate the Marriage Law and the Adoption Law to form a unified Marriage and Family Law; secondly, include Employment Contract Law as a separate section of the civil code; thirdly, include Intellectual Property Rights Law as a separate section of the civil code; and fourthly, amend the General Principles of Civil Law so as to integrate Personal Rights, the General Principles of Property Rights (the General Principles of Obligation), the General Principles of Commercial Law, etc. The civil code formed on this basis possesses historicity, flexibility and contemporaneity, and would become an important constituent in the restatement of Chinese civil life and the remolding of the Chinese system of law.     

论具有现代意识的企业文化

企业作为经济竞争的基本个体,不仅具有经济特征,而且还带有生命个体的特性,企业文化就是这种生物性特征的集中反映.如同人的思想不同一样,不同企业的文化存在着差别,企业家的使命正是突出自己的文化特色,在现代意识支配下,用动态的文化观去适应不断变化的经营环境的需要,实现企业的持续发展.     

公司法人格否认规则在一人公司的适用——以《公司法》第64条为中心

公司法人格否认规则与一人公司之间存在着应然的制度联系.一人公司是法人格否认规则适用的主要对象,适用情形与标准具有特殊性,亦具有特殊的制度价值.现行公司法第20条、第64条确立公司法人格否认规则适用于一人公司的基本制度框架,但其立法理念与立法技术均具有探索性质,司法适用的可操作性亟待强化.为此,尚需司法裁判经验的适时跟踪、总结和完善,并形成司法实践、司法解释与立法修订之间的良性互动.     

经营判断法则新议——公司自治与法院自制的妥协解

经营判断法则的起源肇因于19世纪美国社会中的自由放任主义与开放主义的发达。经营判断法则一方面要求公司管理层必须为股东利益行事，同时又承认管理层在经营判断法则的庇护下可以逃脱股东的苛责。这看似有点自相矛盾的法律创造，恰恰昭示着经营判断法则的本质乃是法院自制的一项声明，也是对董事会主导的现代公司自治模式的默许，其功能是尊重董事会的权力，防止法院对公司经营活动的不当管制。     

Stakeholders' Expectations of Board Roles: The Case of Subsidiary Boards

Journal of Management and Governance - What is the best for acompany? In most countries it isconsidered to be a duty for board membersto act in the best interest of thecompany. Few, however,...     

Intersectionality in resource extraction: a case study of sexual violence at the Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea

This article uses the lens of intersectionality to analyze secondary data gathered by international human rights organizations investigating women’s experiences of sexual violence near Barrick Gold’s mine in the Porgera valley of Papua New Guinea. This case study provides an example of how an intersectional framework can be useful to feminist researchers exploring North–South power relationships in the context of resource extraction, by helping us ask nuanced questions about the benefits and costs of resource extraction in the Global South. In this article, intersectionality helps to trace the transnational relationships of power that shape women’s experiences of violence in Porgera, and Barrick Gold’s remediation policy for survivors. Intersectionality serves as a useful tool to map the systems of power at work in Porgera and to make visible the structural violence implicit in the relationship between Canada and Papua New Guinea created by Barrick Gold’s operation.     

我国上市公司高管薪酬问题探析

21世纪以来，我国上市公司高层管理人员薪酬持续增长，一些上市公司高管爆出领取天价高薪引起社会各界尤其是广大中小投资者的强烈不满。虽然近年来政府相关部门下发了一些规定，以遏制高管薪酬的无节制增长，但作用还是很有限。本文在前人研究的基础上对上市公司高管薪酬制度的现状以及所存在的问题进行讨论，并分析导致上市公司高管薪酬制度产生问题的原因，最后着重对完善上市公司高管薪酬提出相应的解决方案。