Essays about: "Alexandra Back"

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  1. 1. Gender-based violence and the criminal system - When battered women fight back: the law of self-defense. : A single case study of the self-defense principle in a context of domestic violence in the United States

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Alexandra Leroi; [2022]
    Keywords : self-defense law; battered woman; imminency; reasonableness; duty to retreat;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the law of self-defense in the United States, in a context of domestic violence. The starting point is the work of Cynthia Gillespie, a US attorney whose groundbreaking work in 1989 shed light on the many legal obstacles battered women defendants face in Courts while pleading self-defense to homicide charges. READ MORE

  3. 2. The technological flood : A multidimensional case study of technological resistance within the Swedish public sector

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Andreas Viklund; Alexandra Esberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Technological resistance; Intelligent automation; Automation development; Matrix organization; Implementation;

    Abstract : We are currently living in a society that is undergoing a rapid digitalization, spurring organizations to adapt and evolve their ways of operating through technology. But is it realistic to accept that all these technological changes come without some form of resistance? Technological resistance is not a new term, tracking back several centuries it is considered to be one of the side-effects that has followed the development of technology. READ MORE

  4. 3. To try on or send back? Shopping in post-pandemic times : Exploratory study of pandemic effects on consumer behaviour

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Romana Radaciova; Alexandra Klacanova; [2021]
    Keywords : clothing; shopping channels; consumer shopping behaviour; channel switching intentions; COVID-19 pandemic;

    Abstract : As the pandemic of COVID-19 is still affecting peoples’ lives in various ways, it is not surprising that it affects consumer behaviour as well. This paper focuses on the changes in consumer behaviour, more specifically on the changes in consumer shopping channel preferences due to the pandemic. READ MORE

  5. 4. Att sakta ner i en värld i full fart : vistelse i stadens naturliga miljöer för psykiskt välmående och medveten närvaro

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Alexandra Astafourova; [2021]
    Keywords : landskapsarkitektur; miljöpsykologi; mindfulness; återhämtning;

    Abstract : Den psykiska ohälsan ökar i samhället, samtidigt som vi förlorar kontakten med oss själva och naturen, i synnerhet i städerna där det hårdgjorda dominerar. Medveten närvaro är ett verktyg inom meditation som ska kunna ge oss denna koppling åter, samt hjälpa oss med mental återhämtning. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Company's Guide to Environmental Action

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Alexandra Teorell; [2019]
    Keywords : EU law; Competition law; Environmental Law; Environmental Integration; Horizontal Agreements; Cartels; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : While industries stand responsible for many of the emissions leading to global warming, tackling climate change seems to fall upon individuals and states. The limited course of corporate action may in many ways be traced back to competition law. READ MORE