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十八世纪中西方武器装备的比较研究

18世纪,西方已处于初步发展的火器时代.中国处于冷兵器与火器并用时期,弓箭、刀、矛大量地装备清朝军队.清军使用的火绳枪,虽有燧发枪而未装备于部队.西方军队主要使用的是燧发枪,滑膛枪的设计制造技术已经成熟.18世纪中西方火枪技术模式和机制原理上大体相同,中国的铸炮工艺较粗糙.18世纪中国军事科学技术发展缓慢的主要原因是:没有西方那样的科学理论、实验、技术这三者之间的循环加速的内在机制.     

清末武举制的最后实施与废除

文章以历史为线索,辩证地阐述清代末年武举制的实施情况以及废除的根本原因。废除的直接原因就是火器大量的应用于战场,限制了刀抢剑棍等冷兵器的适用范围,八国联军的入侵,清军的惨败,更加证明了武举与军事无涉。武举制从唐代建立到废止,历时了1200年,对培养军事武术人才起到了积极的作用。张三甲作为清朝最后一个武状元的英名载入史册。其精湛的武艺、高尚的武德和与平民休戚相关的情操,永远激励着后人。     

鸦片战争前后清朝火箭技术和性能研究

鸦片战争前后,清军使用了明清以来长期沿用的纸质基体火龙箭、一窝蜂等集束火箭,用手工方式制成,利用桶装、竹筒等的载体,靠弓弩等工具发射出去,属传统箭式范畴,射程在千米以内,在对侵华英军或英法联军的斗争中起到了一些作用。英军或英法联军在每次海陆战中几乎都使用了英人康格里夫（Congreve）发明的带有长尾杆的金属筒装火箭,属近代箭式范畴,精度虽差,但对其火器威力的发挥起到了一定的补充作用,此是英军或英法联军取胜的因素之一。     

论丢失枪支不报罪的罪过形式

关于丢失枪支不报罪的罪过形式，我国刑法学界分歧较大，主要有故意说、复合罪过说和过失说三种观点。运用刑法相关基础理论对这三种观点逐一进行评析：故意说和复合罪过说在理论上存在诸多的不足，过失说则具有科学性与合理性。     

Can I Bring My Gun? A Fifty-State Survey of Firearm Laws Impacting Policies Prohibiting Handguns in Public Libraries

In Capital Area District Library v. Michigan Open Carry, 826 N.W. 2d 736 (2012), the Michigan Court of Appeals concluded that state law preempted the library's weapons policy prohibiting firearms in the library. This survey asks how laws in each state impact similar policies prohibiting handguns in public libraries.     

Rogues of the Racecourse

This article focuses on the reporting of racecourse crime, exploring the shifting cultural contexts in which the press constructed outbreaks of metropolitan gang-related crime. The first part of the article looks at the extended coverage of what became known as the ‘racecourse wars’, concentrating on three key themes which permeate the accounts of racecourse crime between 1920 and 1925: the organisation of crime, the use of firearms and the mobility of criminals. The coverage of these events, which can be traced across a number of different newspapers, was often described in ways that reflected concerns about the organisation and professionalisation of crime. After 1925, despite continuing outbreaks of violence and racecourse-related crime, the press coverage subsided. However, in 1936 the racing men once again became ‘folk devils’, and the final part of the article explores the re-emergence of press reportage by considering the responses to the Lewes Racecourse Affray in June 1936. In this latter period, the rising influence of the American gangster film (as well as coverage of events in American cities such as New York and Chicago) meant that a newer language of gangsterdom would become increasingly embedded in British cultural forms.