Argentina and Brazil： Laws as Mediators of Social Identities

The research is a brief analysis of recent legislation in Argentina about the intangible heritage and its relationship with Brazilian instruments. This is a study about links between the two laws and their touch points and their differences. It will be seen that the legislative actions follow a common sense but are targeted for different acts of management of cultural heritage. We will be able to observe how legislation, whether it is Argentine or Brazilian, works as a mediator between the reclaiming of heritage （as in the acknowledgement of cultural practices） and the government actions towards cultural heritage. This shows that Argentina, despite not creating specific federal legislation regarding intangible cultural heritage, is aware of the need to preserve the cultural events that belong in this category of heritage

人民调解的现代转型:必要、可能与前景

随着社会的快速发展,人民调解的发展经历了一个否定之否定的过程,它在社会转型中经历了低谷,又迅速成为人们重视的纠纷解决途径。非诉讼纠纷解决机制的回归也使人民调解深受国际社会的推崇,被誉为"东方经验"。然而,伴随当前社会日益明显的多元化趋势,人们的民主法制意识不断增强,维护自身权益的要求日益强烈,社会管理的创新迫切需要现今的人民调解进行现代转型,具有不同于传统人民调解的重新定位。《人民调解法》的出台,有效地解决了其中最为关键的问题,但并没有彻底解决所有的问题,关于我国的人民调解制度仍有大量的工作要做,人民调解的行政化、司法化以及多元化问题仍需要我们给予更多的关注。