An Appellate Court Case Assignment Algorithm

This paper describes a case assignment (calendaring) algorithm for a multi-judge appellate court system. In the algorithm, cases of unequal work content are selected for assignment to one of m panels (or clusters) from a set of N available cases. Each panel of cases is heard by a team of three judges. Each appellate case has an estimated work load and a priority ranking based on the type of appeal and filing date with the court. The algorithm balances both the total work load and the number of cases assigned to each panel while insuring that the highest priority cases are assigned to those available. The assignment problem is normally capacity constrained in that not all of the N cases can be assigned to one of the m panels on the monthly calendar. The algorithm is based on a neighborhood search and bounding principle that continually improves upon an initial feasible solution. Empirical results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the algorithm.     

论《治安管理处罚法》蕴涵的法治精神——与《治安管理处罚条例》比较的思考

抑制政府专断的权力,在宪法之下给予个人权利以最大限度的保障是法治的核心理念和灵魂。《治安管理处罚法》是在依法治国、建设法治国家成为主流话语背景下出台的,它在追求社会秩序的同时,最大限度地控制警察权力,规范公共权力的合理行使,尊重和保障人权,力图实现维护公共利益与保障人权的平衡,在立法价值上蕴涵着现代法治的精神,体现了对法治国家的追求和维护。     

An Examination of IT Planning in a Large,Diversified Public Organization*

The conduct of information technology (IT) planning processes has been of dominant managerial concern in public and private organizations. Yet, current IT planning research offers little guidance on the types of planning actions and behaviors that are appropriate to organizational contexts. We focus on the conduct of the IT planning process by describing an exploratory research project. The project empirically examined a number of issues associated with managing IT planning within a single large public enterprise, particularly identifying actions and behaviors related to producing quality IT plans. The results of the study yield some useful set of guidelines; most interesting is the importance of building IT infrastructure based on IT sophistication and innovativeness for large agencies to improve plan quality. Other recommendations include having a focused, balanced technology and business planning orientation that incorporates a strategic outlook, support of top management, attention to business planning, and early consensus among planning members.     

简论我国收入分配制度改革的双向互动机制——一种经济法研究视角

经济法是规范和调整社会经济关系的行为规则。通过构建政府和市场双向互动调节机制,可以规范收入分配秩序,构建科学、合理、公平、公正的社会收入分配体系。要加强经济立法,治理隐形经济,完善公共财政法律体系。     

永葆共产党的先进性最根本的就是坚持社会主义

从对党的先进性与社会主义概念的分析入手,得出党的先进性与社会主义不可分,因此要永葆共产党的先进性最根本的就是要坚持社会主义。     

A case study of Congressional hostility to agency public relations: The Federal Reserve and Senator Heflin, 1922

This is an historical case study of one US Senator's effort to reduce the public information activities of a federal agency. In 1922, Senator Thomas Heflin, an opponent of the policies of the Federal Reserve Bank, took especial umbrage at the Bank's use of public relations to reply to his own attacks on it. This is an example of a politician trying to muzzle government public relations regardless of fairness or reciprocity.     

Economic perspectives on public relations

This paper explores the relationship between economic theory and public relations, in order to explain how public relations management contributes to companies’ overall economic gains. It uses a “blend” of economic theories to explain the role and contribution of public relations from the economic point of view. The paper sees a link between the strategic management of public relations as a function, and portions of neoclassical theory, as well as to alternative economic approaches relating to investments and transaction costs.     

Crime, policing and social order: on the expressive nature of public confidence in policing

Public confidence in policing is receiving increasing attention from UK social scientists and policy-makers. The criminal justice system relies on legitimacy and consent to an extent unlike other public services: public support is vital if the police and other criminal justice agencies are to function both effectively and in accordance with democratic norms. Yet we know little about the forms of social perception that stand prior to public confidence and police legitimacy. Drawing on data from the 2003/2004 British Crime Survey and the 2006/2007 London Metropolitan Police Safer Neighbourhoods Survey, this paper suggests that people think about their local police in ways less to do with the risk of victimization (instrumental concerns about personal safety) and more to do with judgments of social cohesion and moral consensus (expressive concerns about neighbourhood stability, cohesion and loss of collective authority). Across England and Wales the police may not primarily be seen as providers of a narrow sense of personal security, held responsible for crime and safety. Instead the police may stand as symbolic 'moral guardians' of social stability and order, held responsible for community values and informal social controls. We also present evidence that public confidence in the London Metropolitan Police Service expresses broader social anxieties about long-term social change. We finish our paper with some thoughts on a sociological analysis of the cultural place of policing: confidence (and perhaps ultimately the legitimacy of the police) might just be wrapped up in broader public concerns about social order and moral consensus.     

梁启超笔下的谭嗣同——关于《仁学》的刊行与梁撰《谭嗣同传》

谭嗣同被捕就义之前,曾向梁启超表示彼此要像日本明治维新志士月照与西乡那样,分别承担死者与生者的责任。亡命日本以后,梁启超很快将谭嗣同遗稿《仁学》发表在《清议极》上,履行自己作为生者的责任。然而《仁学》的发表颇经周折,多次中断,且有删改,刊载历时3年。与此同时,梁启超写过3篇《谭嗣同传》,其中的内容各有不同。这些不正常的情况,耐人寻味,反映了清末社会历史大变动时期梁启超思想演变的明确轨迹,以及梁启超思想的复杂性和"多变"中的诚实性。     

公众外交：美国对外政策的重要工具

美国公众外交是指美国政府针对其他国家民众采取的对外宣传和文化交流活动。美国的公众外交有两个主要目标一是对外宣传美国的政策,特别是外交政策,目的在于赢得外国民众对美国的支持;二是使外国民众更好地了解美国的社会制度和社会文化,实质上是对外输出美国的价值观念和社会制度。美国公众外交的根本目的在于为美国对外政策服务,维护美国在世界上的霸权地位。