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January 23, 2019

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....

January 23, 2019

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...

January 23, 2019

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...

January 23, 2019

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...

January 23, 2019

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

January 23, 2019

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...

January 23, 2019

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...

January 23, 2019

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...

January 25, 2018

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...

January 25, 2018

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...

January 25, 2018

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...

January 25, 2018

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...