Essays about: "Skadestånd"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the word Skadestånd.

  1. 1. Parent Company Liability for Torts of Subsidiaries : A Comparative Study of Swedish and UK Company Law with Emphasis on Piercing the Corporate Veil and Implications for Victims of Torts and Human Rights Violations

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Matilda Lindblad; [2020]
    Keywords : Company Law; Piercing the Corporate Veil; Lifting the Corporate Veil; Business and Human Rights; Tort Creditor; Company Group; Multinational Company Group; Limited Liability; Bhopal; Human Rights; UK Company Law; Swedish Company Law; United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; UNGPs; Parent Company Liability; Subsidiaries Debts; Subsidiaries Torts.; Associationsrätt; Ansvarsgenombrott; Mänskliga rättigheter; Företagande och mänskliga rättigheter; Moderbolags ansvar; Dotterbolags skulder; Dotterbolags skadevållande; Skadestånd; FN:s vägledande principer för företag och mänskliga rättigheter; koncern; multinationell koncern; Bhopal;

    Abstract : The gas leak disaster in Bhopal, India, in 1984 illustrates a situation of catastrophe and mass torts resulting in loss of life and health as well as environmental degradation. The Indian company Union Carbide India Limited, who owned and operated the chemical plant that caused the disaster, did not have sufficient assets to compensate the victims in contrast to its financially well-equipped US parent company Union Carbide Corporation. READ MORE

  3. 2. The American Business Judgment Rule and Swedish Law - A Comparative Analysis of the American Business Judgment Rule and Its Eventual Counterpart in Swedish Law

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

    Author : Erik Rosberg; [2019]
    Keywords : The Business Judgment Rule; Business Judgment Rule; BJR; Director; Board of Directors; Officer; Chief Executive Officer; CEO; Directors’ Duties; Liabilities; Method Liability; Shareholder; Business Law; Corporate Law; Corporation Law; Comparative Law; American Law; U.S. Law; Swedish Law; United States; United States of America; Sweden; Model Business Corporation Act; MBCA; Delaware General Corporation Law; DGCL; Delaware; Swedish Companies Act; styrelse; verkställande direktör; VD; styrelseansvar; skadestånd; skadeståndsskyldighet; metodansvar; aktieägare; associationsrätt; aktiebolagsrätt; bolagsrätt; förmögenhetsrätt; komparativ rätt; amerikansk rätt; svensk rätt; USA; Sverige; aktiebolagslag; ABL; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att undersöka huruvida svenska styrelseledamöter och verkställande direktörer kan förvänta sig att de svenska domstolarna prövar affärsbeslut på ett liknande sätt som de amerikanska domstolarna prövar affärsbeslut. Undersökningen möjliggör en komparativrättslig analys av huruvida det finns något i svensk rätt som liknar den i amerikansk rätt existerande BJR, vilket några svenska rättsvetenskapliga forskare hävdar. READ MORE

  4. 3. Grasshoppers Rather Than Ants? - Ideal Victims, Just-World Belief and the Reduction of Victim Compensation in Swedish Law

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

    Author : Joseph Goss; [2019]
    Keywords : criminal law; tort law; criminal injuries compensation; ideal victim; just-world; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Monetary compensation to victims of crime can take different forms and be paid by different actors. The rules for calculating the compensation sometimes mandate reduction of the amount awarded for various reasons. This reduction can potentially be experienced by victims as a “secondary victimisation”. READ MORE

  5. 4. Outsourcing Responsibility - The developments of the doctrine of limited liability concerning multinational corporations and human rights violations

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

    Author : Paulina Bolton; [2018]
    Keywords : mänskliga rättigheter; human rights law; associationsrätt; corporate law; komparativ rätt; comparative law; ansvarsfrihet; limited liability; principle of separate entities; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Offer för brott mot mänskliga rättigheter orsakade av multinationella företags aktiviteter möter stora rättsliga luckor och hinder när de försöker utkräva kompensation för skador. Bolagsrätten som täcker dessa situationer har inte ännu anpassats till förändringarna som den globaliserade världen inneburit, och de komplexa strukturerna som multinationella företag består av idag. READ MORE

  6. 5. Private Enforcement in EU Competition Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Viktor Wahlqvist; [2014]
    Keywords : private enforcement; EU-rätt; EU law; skadestånd konkurrensrättsbrott; competition law; konkurrensrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Private enforcement, where victims of a competition infringement claim compensation from the infringer, has so far not played a prominent role within the EU. It has been stated that only 25 % of the Commission’s antitrust decision were followed by private damages action between 2008 and 2012. READ MORE