Search for dissertations about: "legal and judicial reform"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words legal and judicial reform.
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1. Rule of law after war : ideologies, norms and methods for legal and judicial reform
Abstract : This study concerns itself with rule of law assistance in the aftermath of war. Over the past decade, rule of law has emerged as an essential objective in state-building missions. This has led to a host of programmes and projects on law reform, constitutional development, judicial training, and institutional establishment. READ MORE
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2. Legal reform and private enterprise : the Vietnamese experience
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
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3. Sinners and citizens : bestiality and homosexuality in Sweden 1880-1950
Abstract : This study is based on an analysis of more than 2,300 court cases concerning acts of bestiality and same-sex sexuality in rural and urban Sweden 1880-1950. Other written sources are forensic psychi-atric statements, mental hospital records, material from the Swedish Sex Reform movement, news-papers and scientific journals, and minutes of the Swedish Parliament and its subcommittees. READ MORE
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4. Child Support Law in California and Sweden : a Comparison Across Welfare State Models
Abstract : Ensuring just distribution of and adequate funding for children whose parents do not live together is a global legal challenge. It affects many families as well as every legal jurisdiction’s welfare state and family law. READ MORE
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5. Themis v. Xiezhi: Assessing Judicial Independence in the People's Republic of China under International Human Rights Law
Abstract : The first of three parts in this study elaborates on international human rights law and drawing on the most essential international instruments and jurisprudence, the criteria constituting judicial independence are distilled as a framework for assessment. The point of departure is that judicial independence is a necessary guarantee for the enjoyment of human rights rather than a privilege of judges. READ MORE