Essays about: "statutory"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 125 essays containing the word statutory.

  1. 16. Transparency in European Copyright Contract Law after Article 19 DSM Directive : Evaluation of the content and effects of the new transparency obligation

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Lukas Schwope; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : After a longstanding reluctance on the side of EU legislature to interfere with the European fundamental principle of freedom of contract within the EU Member States, the European Commission had finally become aware of a problem that would lead it to deviate from this principle: If authors wish to assign exploitation rights of their copyright protected works to another party, they regularly suffer from a weaker bargaining power and information asymmetry compared to their contractual counterparts, resulting in the risk of not receiving fair remuneration. In April 2019, this was addressed within the adoption of Directive 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (DSMD). READ MORE

  2. 17. Corporate Tax Rates and Economic Growth- A panel study of private investment in the OECD countries

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : André Esmaili; Kim Lif; [2021-06-30]
    Keywords : Corporate tax rate; Economic growth; GFCF; Cost of capital; Granger- causality; Panel cointegration;

    Abstract : Since the 1980s the corporate tax rate of the OECD countries has been on a downward trend, moving from levels of about 44 percentage points on average down to about 25 percentage points in the 2010s. The objective of this thesis is therefore to study the fall of the corporate tax rate and its impact on private investment in the OECD countries in order to evaluate the efficacy of the corporate tax rate as a tool for policymakers. READ MORE

  3. 18. Heritage on Fire – Complexities, Potential Solutions and Current Regulations: An Exploratory Study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : Bianca Coutinho; [2021]
    Keywords : Fire safety; heritage on fire; fire safety in heritage; historic buildings; heritage buildings.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate, understand and explore issues related to the appropriateness of the existing fire protection solutions in historical buildings and their effectiveness in avoiding catastrophes. Therefore, recent papers, case studies, statutory documents, and guidelines are reviewed. READ MORE

  4. 19. Getting hard to resist: Prospect of mandatory human rights due diligence in Ukraine

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

    Author : Ihor Konopka; [2021]
    Keywords : Business and human rights; corporate respect for human rights; due diligence; human rights due diligence; mandatory human rights due diligence; corporate civil liability; Ukraine; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) introduced human rights due diligence (HRDD) as a societal expectation to businesses to implement a new kind of due diligence risk management process to ‘know and show’ they respect human rights. Ten years later, mandatory human rights due diligence (mHRDD) legislation imposing a legal duty to carry out HRDD has become mainstream across Europe. READ MORE

  5. 20. Informed consent: the decision-making capacity of children in relation to gender-affirming treatment

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

    Author : Olivia Massey; [2021]
    Keywords : informed consent; medical law; social law; child law; gender-affirming treatment; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : När High Court of Justice avkunnade dom i målet Bell v Tavistock konstaterade domstolen att barn under 16 års ålder som lider av könsdysfori högst troligen inte kan ge ett giltigt samtycke till pubertetsbromsande hormonbehandling eller könskonträr hormonbehandling. Världen fick då ta del av berättelsen om en ung flicka som genomgått identitetsbekräftande vård och sedan ångrat sitt beslut. READ MORE