Essays about: "sentencing"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 15 essays containing the word sentencing.

  1. 11. From Europe, to the Agbogbloshie Scrapyard

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Strand Simon; [2018]
    Keywords : WEEE; e-waste; trade regulation; EU; Ghana;

    Abstract : The challenge of sound e-waste treatment is something that is a global concern when relating to good business practices, safe working conditions, information security and environment. This research applies a holistic view of the illegal trade of e-waste from Europe to Ghana by aiming to highlight some of its drivers. READ MORE

  3. 12. (In)equality before the law? : An analysis of the role of gender in sentencing in cases concerning welfare fraud tried in the Norwegian Court of Appeal

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Aksel Reppe Villum; [2018]
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    Abstract : The fight against welfare fraud currently sees an increased focus from Norwegian authorities. This attention is connected to the narratives of real and perceived threats to the welfare state, where welfare fraud not only implies the misappropriation of government funds but may also be detrimental to the public’s support of the welfare state. READ MORE

  4. 13. Corporate Criminal Liability in International Criminal Law "ex nihilo nihil fit"

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Armina Savanovic; [2017]
    Keywords : Corporate Criminal Liability; Criminal Law; International Criminal Law; STL; ICC; ICTY; ICTR; Jurisdiction; Universal Jurisdiction; Sanctions for Legal Persons; International Human Rights Law; Human Rights; Atrocity Crimes; Genocide; Crimes Against Humanity; Grave Crimes; Theory of Identification; Vicarious Liability; Corporate Complicity; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The Nuremberg Charter introduced corporate criminal liability into international law and the great American Chief Prosecutor Justice Robert Jackson gave a promise that any legal person who commits crimes prescribed by international law shall be prosecuted and punished according to international criminal law. However, during this period of time, a corporation was never prosecuted per se as the sitting judges did not seem to have the will to dwell on the establishment of the elements of crime that needed to be satisfied in order to impute criminal liability on a corporate body. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Scandinavian Exceptionalism Thesis And Penal Policy Making. Exploring Penal Exceptionalism And The Public’s Legal Consciousness In Sweden.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Ellinor Wepsäläinen; Anna Wikström; [2014]
    Keywords : Scandinavian exceptionalism; penal punitiveness; public opinion; legal consciousness; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : When studying in Brussels, Belgium, we first encountered the term “Scandinavian Exceptionalism”. We came to understand that many western countries are experiencing an increased punitiveness; high imprisonment rates, overcrowded prisons, relatively bad prison conditions as opposed to the Scandinavian countries. READ MORE

  6. 15. The Compatibility of Mandatory Minimum Sentencing with the CCPR: Australia in Focus

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Sadie Anne O'Mahoney; [2002]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE