Essays about: "COURTS"

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  1. 6. THE PAY TRANSPARENCY DIRECTIVE IN THE NORDIC LABOUR MARKETS

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Caroline Amalie Hertel; [2023-12-11]
    Keywords : Equal pay; Nordic labour markets; Pay Transparency Directive; collective agreements;

    Abstract : The present thesis aims to understand how the new Pay Transparency Directive will suit or fit the Nordic EU member states e.g., their labour markets and the tradition of collective agreements. READ MORE

  3. 7. GOVERNANCE BEYOND BORDERS The Extraterritorial Reach of OECD National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Mirja Sund; [2023-06-20]
    Keywords : Business and human rights; Non-judicial mechanisms; Extraterritoriality; OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; OECD National Contact Points;

    Abstract : As increasingly powerful actors in a globalised world, multinational corporations are often able to evade responsibility for human rights violations and other misconduct occurring in their own operations or supply chains. Since courts face limitations when attempting to exert jurisdiction outside of their state territories, state-based non-judicial mechanisms such as the OECD National Contact Points (NCPs) have been established to fill this gap by mediating between corporations and victims of corporate human rights abuses with the aim of providing remedy to the latter. READ MORE

  4. 8. Is this the end of the Marks & Spencer Doctrine? - The Freedom of Establishment, Permanent Establishments and Objective Comparability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Ismail Quttineh; [2023]
    Keywords : EU-law; Direct Taxation; Permanent Establishment; Subsidiary; Marks Spencer; Law; Tax; PE; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The Thesis examines issues of European Corporate Tax Law and specifically the notion of the Marks & Spencer doctrine, with respect to non-resident permanent establishments. The doctrine entails the possibility for a resident company to deduct losses that were incurred by a PE, situated in another Member State. READ MORE

  5. 9. SELF-INDUCED TEMPORARY INSANITY AND DRUG ABUSE : COURT PRACTICE AND THE CURRENT SOCIOLOGY OF PUNISHMENT

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

    Author : Jeanette Rosenblom Petersson; [2023]
    Keywords : Addiction; Courts of Appeals; Self-induced temporary insanity. Severe Mental Disorder; Sociology of Punishment; Missbruk; Hovrätten; Självförvållad tillfällig sinnesförvirring; Allvarlig psykisk störning; Straffets sociologi;

    Abstract : Background: The Swedish penal code has viewed self-induced temporary insanity, caused by intoxication, depending on which Sociology of Punishment is currently active. Starting from a lenient view of drug-induced insanity in the Middle Ages towards a harsher penal climate today. READ MORE

  6. 10. Performing impartiality: A qualitative socio-legal study on impartiality and emotional regulation in lay judges

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Linda Träff Karlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : District courts; Emotional management; Emotional regulation; Impartiality; Lay judges; Performing impartiality; Sweden.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : A fundamental principle for democracy and the rule of law is that the courts are independent and impartial, which extends to the conduct of judges and lay judges during the trial. In addition, there is the expectation of the courtroom being an unemotional setting, and seeing emotional displays in lay and professional judges could lead to a feeling of partiality in the audience. READ MORE