Latest news
2018 - The Swedish Regulation of Freedom of Press and Expression - a sustainability analysis - Mikael Ruotsi - Uppsala University, Sweden
There are two development patterns that have changed the conditions for the Swedish constitutional regulation of freedom of the press and freedom of expression in recent decades....
2018 - RWI library collections for improved human rights research environment - Radu Mares - Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights, Lund University
In today's climate of increasing questioning of human rights, solid, independent research on the subject is needed more than ever. Raoul...
2018 - Self-defense in relation to "unwilling or unable" states - Said Mahmoudi - Stockholm University
The prohibition of violence in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter is today considered a cornerstone of international law. The prohibition is universal and has only two...
2018 - Ranking of claims within the same preferential category - Sara Göthlin - Stockholm University
Swedish companies finance their operations with a mix of equity and debt. When several lenders have lent money...
2018 - Robustness in forensic evidence - Christian Dahlman - Lund University
The standard of proof in criminal cases states that the charge must be proven 'beyond reasonable doubt'. This standard of proof includes a requirement of 'robustness'. For example
2018 - Income taxes and social security contributions in cross-border situations - Katia Cejie - Uppsala University, Sweden
Economic growth benefits from high international labor mobility. To be able to make a decision to work abroad, you need...
2018 - Transformations in property protection: A study in legal history and theory - Leila Brännström - Lund University
The overall aim of the project is to take a holistic approach to how property rights and property protection have changed in Swedish law since the middle of...
2018 - The new EU consensus on development: sustainability and the role of tax law - Cristina Trenta - Örebro University
In 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which replaced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This was a sign of change, made the maintenance...
2017 - Disclosure requirements for tax advisors - David Kleist - University of Gothenburg
Several states, including Sweden, are considering the introduction of disclosure rules for tax advisors, and in some states such rules have been...
2017 - Nutrition bans - an important untapped multidisciplinary legal topic - Mikael Berglund - Stockholm School of Economics, SIR
Restraining orders were first introduced in the context of bankruptcy, but were then gradually extended to other areas of law, including today...
2017 - Atoning for crime. Female criminal responsibility in late medieval law - Christine Ekholst - Uppsala University, Sweden
Court records from the Middle Ages show that courts were hesitant to sentence some female criminals according to the law. An example from the City of Stockholm's think tank...
2017 - Private Judicial Proceedings - Joel Eriksson - Lund University
Private adjudication - an analysis of new and emerging forms of contract-based dispute resolution The fact that commercial parties choose to resolve their...