Search for dissertations about: "legal sociology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 66 swedish dissertations containing the words legal sociology.

  2. 1. Emotions in Legal Decisions : The Construction of Objective Narratives in Italian Criminal Trials

    Author : Alessandra Minissale; Stina Bergman Blix; Clara Iversen; Elena Zucconi Galli Fonseca; Meredith Rossner; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Emotions; Legal Decision-Making; Legal Narratives; Criminal Trials; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : Drawing on ethnographic data collected in Italian courts and prosecution offices, this dissertation offers new perspectives on legal decision-making by highlighting the importance of emotions for constructing and evaluating legal narratives. Focusing on criminal cases, it describes and dissects how judges and prosecutors use emotions in reflection and action tied to lay narratives and legal constraints. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Law BusinessmanTM : Five Essays on Legal Self-efficacy and Business Risk

    Author : Fredrik Jörgensen; Bino Catasús; Gunnar Rimmel; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; legal self-efficacy; legal effectiveness; legal terminology; trade credit; institutional effectiveness; mechanisms of risk reduction; public order; private order; legal family; leverage; long term debt; legal efficiency; trade sanctions; debt maturity; creditor rights; corporate governance; Luhmann; Russia; Central and Eastern Europe; legal sociology; law and finance; law and economics; legal studies; legal consciousness; self-efficacy; rättssjälvtillit; rättseffektivitet; kreditrisk; handelskredit; sanktioner; institutionell effektivitet; redovisningssjälvtillit; riskreduceringsmekanismer offentliga och privata; rättsfamilj; handelssanktioner; långsiktiga skulder; kortsiktiga skulder; borgenärsrättitgheter; handelssanktioner; corporate governance; Luhmann; Ryssland; Central och Östeuropa; rättssociologi; rätt och finans; rättsekonomi; juridik; rättsmedvetandet; självtillit; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : The thesis challenges the notion of effectiveness of law as being based on the formal institutions of courts, law enforcement and written law. It argues that the best way to measure the effectiveness of law is the legal self-efficacy of laymen who are the end users of law.  It presents a new perspective on the effectiveness of law. READ MORE

  5. 3. Criminal Organizing : Studies in the sociology of organized crime

    Author : Amir Rostami; Fredrik Liljeros; Christofer Edling; Petter Gottschalk; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organized crime; Criminal organizing; Social order; Mafia; Gang; Network; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : What organized crime is and how it can be prevented are two of the key questions in both organized crime research and criminal policy. However, despite many attempts, organized crime research, the criminal justice system and criminal policy have failed to provide a shared and recognized conceptual definition of organized crime, which has opened the door to political interpretations. READ MORE

  6. 4. On suicide in European countries : some theoretical, legal and historical views on suicide mortality and its concomitants

    Author : Ilkka Henrik Mäkinen; Stephen Platt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; assisted suicide; comparative studies; cross-sectional studies; culture; Durkheim; Europe; history; law; modernization; Parsons; suicide; suicide rates; Sweden; theories; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The theme of this thesis is suicide mortality in its various aspects, seen from an international, European perspective. It questions the existence of social (structural) concomitants to suicide mortality and investigates attitudes towards and legislation concerning suicide, as well as some historical processes pertaining to their development. READ MORE

  7. 5. Safety Politics and Risk Perceptions in Malaysian Industry

    Author : Arne Wangel; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Malaysia; metal industries; manufacturing sector; working environment; safety politics; risk perceptions; occupational safety and health; labour process; labour-management relations; Sociology of work; industrial relations; South-East Asia; Sociology of labour; sociology of enterprise; Arbetslivssociologi; företagssociologi;

    Abstract : The thesis concerns risk and safety in manufacturing companies in a developing country. Risk and safety is viewed as integral to the social relations between management and labour. The Malaysian case presents a historical conjuncture of this conflict theme, which is very different from that of its Western genesis. READ MORE