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January 25, 2018

2017 - Standardization and application of law in contract law - Ola Svensson - Lund University

A characteristic feature of Swedish law is that regulations must be enacted by law if they relate to the financial relations between individuals. This means that...

January 25, 2018

2017 - The European Union's measures against BEPS in Swedish legal perspective - Lars Samuelson - Uppsala University, Sweden

The aim is to examine the European Union's (EU) measures against BEPS - i.e. base erosion and profit shifting through...

January 25, 2018

2017 - Abusive treatment in schools - responsibility and enforcement - Maria Refors Legge - Stockholm University

All children in Sweden have the right to education. This is something that is guaranteed to them in both Swedish law and in...

January 25, 2018

2017 - Electronic contracts - Lena K. Olsen - Uppsala University, Sweden

This is an application for a continuation grant. The original project was based on a book "Communications Law in the Electronic Media Landscape"...

January 25, 2018

2017 - Young offenders with severe mental disorder at the time of the offense - Kerstin Nordlöf - Örebro University

Under Swedish criminal law, unlike most other legal systems, a person suffering from a serious mental disorder...

January 25, 2018

2017 - The Binding Memory: The History of the Law Faculty at Lund University - Kjell Å. Modéer - Lund University

In connection with Lund University's 350th anniversary, the Faculty of Law has published a faculty history, written by the undersigned Professor Emeritus of Legal History Kjell...

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 - The three-tier rules in situations involving non-residents - Jesper Johansson - Stockholm School of Economics, SIR

It is estimated that there are around 100,000 active Swedish limited liability companies with an annual turnover of over SEK 1 million. The owners of these companies...

January 25, 2018

2017 - Compulsory care of pregnant addicts - a comparative law study - Jeanna Hoffmann - Örebro University

When a pregnant woman consumes alcohol or other drugs, the substances are transferred through the placenta to the fetus. Consumption of alcohol during pregnancy...

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...

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 - 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...