Search for dissertations about: "Court"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 155 swedish dissertations containing the word Court.

2. 16. Judging the Immigrant : Accents and Attitudes

   Author : Niklas Torstensson; Kirk P. H. Sullivan; Robert Eklund; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Foreign accent evaluation; native reactions; attitudes; court interpretation; forensic linguistics; cognitive prototype; legal judgement; Cognitive science; Kognitionsvetenskap; Cognitive science; Kognitionsforskning; Teknik;

   Abstract : Spoken language as a means of communication contains huge amounts of information apart from the linguistic message that is conveyed. It is often the first channel of interaction between people and based on the speaker’s manner of talk, we create a mental image of the speaker as a person, of the speaker’s background, origin and personal qualities. READ MORE

4. 17. Alleged child sexual abuse : the expert witness and the court

   Author : Clara Hellner Gumpert; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: During the past decades, the evaluation of alleged sexual abuse has manifested itself as a major challenge for professionals working within the field of child maltreatment. A new role for psychologists and psychiatrists has been to give expert opinions regarding the credibility and reliability of child witnesses in legal proceedings. READ MORE

5. 18. Sexually exploited youths in the Swedish legal system : Conditions of victimhood

   Author : Johanna Lindholm; Ann-Christin Cederborg; Mats Börjesson; Michael Lamb; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sexual exploitation; human trafficking; procuring; adolescent; youth; investigative interviews; court decisions; narrative analysis; discourse analysis; ideal victim; stake; responsibility; categorization; credibility; reliability; victimhood; agency; Child and Youth Science; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how the Swedish legal system, specifically the police and district courts, understand and construct cases of human trafficking for sexual purposes and procuring with under-age victims. It draws on police investigative interviews and court decisions in 22 pronounced district court sentences, involving 36 female youths. READ MORE

6. 19. Judicial Independence: A Legal Research on Its Theoretical Aspects, Practices from Germany, The United States of America, France, Vietnam, and Recommendations for Vietnam

   Author : Van-Hoa To; Juridiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; separation of powers; Constitutional law; Konstitutionell rätt; constitutional law; judicial discipline; judicial selection; rule of law; Vietnam; France; the United States; Germany; judiciary; international human rights law; international law; national court; Judicial independence; judicial dependence standards;

   Abstract : It is widely recognized that judicial independence is an indispensable value of a modern democracy. When a country wishes to adopt this value, questions may arise, such as what it is and how to develop it properly? This thesis explores the issue of judicial independence in two aspects: theoretical and practical. READ MORE

7. 20. The voice of the people? : Supplications submitted to the Swedish Diet in the Age of Liberty, 1719–1772

   Author : Martin Almbjär; Svante Norrhem; Peter Lindström; Nils Erik Villstrand; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Age of Liberty; audit; Diet of Estates; early modern state formation; eighteenth century; institutions; national debt; parliamentary committees; petitions; political participation; public office; supplications; taxes; trade privileges; Supreme Court; welfare; historia; History;

   Abstract : This dissertation is devoted to the study of who used the formal channels of interaction in the early modern era and why. It examines the full range of the political conversation in early modern Sweden, as seen in the supplications to the Diet in the Age of Liberty (1719–1772), and more specifically the supplications submitted to the parliamentary committee tasked with handling them, the Screening Deputation. READ MORE