Search for dissertations about: "Legal sense"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the words Legal sense.

  2. 1. Confirmation Bias in Criminal Cases

    Author : Moa Lidén; Minna Gräns; Peter Juslin; Steven Penrod; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; legal decision making; bias; confirmation bias; criminal cases; criminal procedure; police; prosecutor; judge; legal system; empirical legal research; evidence based law; debiasing technique; Jurisprudence; Allmän rättslära;

    Abstract : Confirmation bias is a tendency to selectively search for and emphasize information that is consistent with a preferred hypothesis, whereas opposing information is ignored or downgraded. This thesis examines the role of confirmation bias in criminal cases, primarily focusing on the Swedish legal setting. READ MORE

  4. 2. Legal reform and private enterprise : the Vietnamese experience

    Author : Per Bergling; Claes Sandgren; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; developing countries; judicial reform; law and development; transition; Vietnam; LAW JURISPRUDENCE; RÄTTSVETENSKAP JURIDIK; Law; juridik;

    Abstract : Decades after the rise and fall of the Law and Development movement, crude theories about the relationship of law to economic development have reappeared in the wake of "transition". Having observed the process of creating laws governing ownership and contracts in Vietnam, the author of this thesis seeks to determine whether the perceived problems exist in reality and whether the "standard legal prescription" for solving them actually works. READ MORE

  5. 3. Caught in the Middle? : Young offenders in the Swedish and German criminal justice systems

    Author : Mareike Persson; Juridiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; straffrätt; unga lagöverträdare; criminal law; young offenders; juvenile criminal justice systems; juvenile legal consequences; sentencing; law in action; autopoiesis; socio-legal studies;

    Abstract : How should we respond to a criminal offence committed by a young person? It is obvious that this is a very complex question. Multiple factors play important roles: the offence itself, but also the juvenile’s background in terms of education, socialization, prior convictions, etc. READ MORE

  6. 4. Communities in the Digital Age : Towards a Theoretical Model of Communities of Practice and Information Technology

    Author : Marcus Lippert; Lars Engwall; Jan Lindvall; Elizabeth Robinson (Robin) Teigland; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Information Technology; Communities of Practice; Knowledge Management; Organizational Learning; Structuration Theory; Intranet; Legal Advice; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The global change towards a knowledge economy forces organizations to seek new and better ways to manage knowledge work and learning. Organizations have recognized that dfferent information technologies can play an important role in their quest to make the desired changes take place. READ MORE

  7. 5. A female lay perspective on health, disease, and sickness absence

    Author : Marlene Ockander; Wendy Stainton Rogers; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : sickness absence; sick leave; women; lay explanation models; phenomenology; interview; Q-methodology; account; health; vital goal; life plan; sense of coherence; prevention; rehabilitation; diagnosis; medical records; patients; medical decision making; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Background: Knowledge about a female perspective on health and disease is important to understand what happens in e.g. the medical meeting. A deeper understanding for the phenomenon of health also has social and economic importance. READ MORE