Search for dissertations about: "Legal comparison"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 47 swedish dissertations containing the words Legal comparison.

  2. 1. Legal bribes? : An analysis of corporate donations to electoral campaigns

    Author : Nubia Evertsson; Janne Flyghed; David O. Friedrichs; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; legal bribes; electoral donations; electoral financing; corruption; political white-collar crime; creative compliance; kriminologi; Criminology;

    Abstract : In this research I analyse how the existence of regulations that allow private funding of election campaigns have created opportunities for crime. Three specific questions are addressed here: 1. Do electoral donations increase political corruption? 2. Why do companies give electoral donations? 3. READ MORE

  4. 2. Transaction cost and transparency on the owner-occupied housing market : An international comparison

    Author : Sylwia Lindqvist; Hans Lind; Jaap Zevenbergen; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; transaction process; transaction cost; real estate transaction; property transaction; residential transaction; cross-border transaction; transparency;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of four essays with specific objectives. The overall objective is, however, to seek a further understanding of the issue of cross-border residential transaction markets. READ MORE

  5. 3. State Procedure and Union Rights : A Comparison of the European Union and the United States

    Author : Johan Lindholm; Pär Hallström; Veronica Taylor; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; EU law; United States law; Federal law; Legal comparison; Procedure; Enforcement; General principles; Comparative law; Komparativ rätt;

    Abstract : The overarching purpose of this doctoral thesis is to determine if the system of legal mechanisms in European Community law governing what procedural rules national courts shall apply to Community rights can be reformed to better balance involved interests. European Community law is often applied and enforced by ordinary national courts that, as a general rule, supplement substantive Community rules with national procedural rules. READ MORE

  6. 4. Reasoning by Analogy - A Study on Analogy-Based Arguments in Law

    Author : David Reidhav; Juridiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Reasoning by analogy; legal argumentation; legal methodology; formal justice; stare decisis; precedent; analogy; proportional analogy; similarity; dimensional property; comparative similarity; arguments from analogy; closure rule; jurisprudence; allmän rättslära;

    Abstract : This doctoral dissertation is a study on analogy-based arguments in law. Its overarching aim is to clarify reasoning by analogy in law. A model is proposed for analyzing and assessing arguments from analogy in law. READ MORE

  7. 5. Assessing Capacity to Decide on Medical Treatment: On Human Rights and the Use of Medical Knowledge in the Laws of England, Russia and Sweden

    Author : Yana Litins'ka; Anna-Sara Lind; Lena Wahlberg; Mette Hartlev; Offentlig rätt; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Legal capacity; Mental capacity; Decison-making capacity; Capacity assessment; Medical treatment; Consent; Refusal; Right to privacy; Right to life; Discrimination; Right to health; Disability; Decision-making; CRPD; ECHR; Human rights; Mental disorder; English law; Russian law; Swedish law; Somatic care; Psychiatric care; Medicinsk rätt; beslutsförmåga; beslutskompetens; samtycke; vägran; Psykiatrisk vård; Äldre; funktionshinder; Europakonventionen; konventionen om rättigheter för personer med funktionsnedsättning; psykisk störning; Ryssland; England; Sverige; rätten till privatliv; Rätten till liv; Rätten till hälsa; Diskriminering; Komparativ rätt; Mänskliga rättigheter; vetenskap och beprövad erfarenhet; legal capacity; Medicinsk rätt;

    Abstract : To provide a valid consent to – or refusal of – medical intervention, a patient must be legally capable to decide. This dissertation evaluates and compares when the assessment of mental abilities to refuse – or consent to – somatic medical intervention is required in England, Russia and Sweden, and what criteria must be applied to assess the ability to decide about somatic medical interventions in these legal orders. READ MORE