Essays about: "supreme court"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 88 essays containing the words supreme court.

  1. 21. A paradigm shift from voluntary to court-ordered climate change mitigation? The potentials and challenges of a human rights-based approach

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

    Author : Kimberly de Bruijn; [2020]
    Keywords : international human rights law; public international law; climate change; climate change mitigation; public interest litigation; actio popularis; human rights approach; united nations framework convention on climate change; paris agreement; rule of law; democracy; right to life; right to respect for private and family life; european convention on human rights; african charter on human and peoples rights; american convention on human rights; right to a healthy environment; environmental law; united nations; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The central theme of this thesis is anthropogenic climate change; governments' inability to create an effective, inclusive response mechanism that manages to mitigate anthropogenic emissions; and advocates efforts to coerce States to act by invoking State responsibility in adjudicatory dispute settlement processes. States' failure to act in accordance with scientific risk assessments and to mitigate polluting activities has led underrepresented groups to increasingly lose trust in their respective executive and legislative branches, and, by means of protest, these advocates are now turning to court. READ MORE

  3. 22. 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. 23. Wholly Artificial Arrangements Under ATAD and EU Case Law.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Ndip-Achere Arrey Hansel; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Since the coming into force of the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD), there has been a lot of questions as to the meaning of the concept of wholly artificial arrangements and how member states can enact legislation to combat abuse of rights and other fraudulent practices within the European Union. However, the concept of wholly artificial arrangements as enacted in articles 6 & 7 of the ATAD is not new. READ MORE

  5. 24. Right to be and act Queer? : A descriptive analysis of how Indian LGBTQI activists framed Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code in order to challenge it, preceding the 2018 Indian Supreme Court verdict to overrule the law

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linn Sjöde; [2019]
    Keywords : India; LGBTQI activism; Section 377; Indian Penal Code; Frame Analysis;

    Abstract : This study aims to contribute to the under-researched area of LGBTQI activism in the ‘Global South’ by performing a case study of LGBTQI activism in India, a country that provides an intriguing setting in which a wide range of sexual expressions has developed over time with attitudes towards them varying alongside. Same-sex activities have since the 1860s been considered a penal offence under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code but in September 2018, the Indian Supreme Court overruled the law and decriminalized same-sex conduct. READ MORE

  6. 25. Towards a Stricter Comparability Test : An EU Law Analysis of the Swedish Dividend Withholding Tax Regime in Relation to Non-EU Investment Funds

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Fredrika Wendleby; [2019]
    Keywords : investment funds; withholding tax; EU law; free movement of capital; third countries; legal form; comparability; investeringsfonder; kupongskatt; EU-rätt; fri rörlighet för kapital; tredje land; juridisk form; jämförbara situationer;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to investigate if it is compatible with the free movement of capital (Article 63 TFEU) to levy a withholding tax on Swedish-sourced dividends paid to non-EU investment funds with legal personality (in the paper referred to as investment companies). This question is of relevance since several Swedish intermediaries do not pay any income tax on dividends, either due to a formal tax exemption or to de facto practice. READ MORE