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The new Market Abuse Regulation (the MAR) entered into force on July 3rd 2016. The MAR is the latest step in a long-running regulatory process from the EU concerning the securities market, and as it entered into force it replaced the previously applicable Market Abuse Directive (the MAD). The MAR contains a few novelties, which can appear alien to Swedish operators at the securities market. For ex
The Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) came into force on 3 July 2016 and replaced the previous Market Abuse Directive (MAD). Among the obligations regulated by MAR, there is a duty for the issuer to publish inside information. According to article 17 (1) MAR, the issuer is obligated to inform the public concerning inside information directly affecting the issuer as soon as possible. The issuer must al
On 8 July 2019, ICC Trial Chamber VI found Congolese commander Bosco Ntaganda guilty for rape as a crime against humanity. In March 2021, the appealed verdict was upheld by the Appeals Chamber of the ICC, making it the first conviction in history to sentence someone as individually criminally responsible for rape as a crime against humanity. Sexual violence in armed conflicts has been a highly to
The EU Market Abuse Regulation, MAR, entered into force in July 2016 and is a central framework in the field of stock-market law. The regulation provides a uniform definition of the concept of inside information that has a significant role in both the application and understanding of several provisions in the regulation. These aim to create transparency in the market, as well as to combat various
On July 1 this year, a new crime for involving a minor in crime will be introduced in Chapter 16, Section 5 a of the Swedish Penal Code. In the government bill, the purpose of the new criminalization is described as protecting society from young people being drawn into criminal networks. For a penal provision to be considered justified, there are several criminalization principles to which it mus
Idag återfinns sexistiska kommentarer på sociala medieplattform, trots att företagen bakom har regler för vad som får publiceras. Sexism är ett strukturellt problem som kan påverka kvinnor negativt, både fysiskt och psykiskt och kan leda till självcensur. Ge- nom en kvalitativ textanalys syftar denna uppsats att testa om tre principer kan användas för att analysera om sexistiska kommentarer från FToday, sexist comments can be found on social media platforms, despite social media companies having rules on what is allowed to be published. Sexism is a structural prob- lem which can negatively affect women, both physically and mentally, and could lead to self-censorship. Through a qualitative text analysis, this essay aims to investigate whether sexist comments from Facebook and Instagram are
Hur rättfärdig är icke lagen: den förbjuder såväl den rike som den fattige att sova under broarna och tigga bröd. Detta kända citat av författaren Anatole France illustrerar inledningsvis en övergripande del av mitt syfte med denna uppsats. Lagen ska i sin utformning som utgångspunkt vara generell, förutsägbar och lika för alla – ändock drabbar den oundvikligen olika (grupper) av befolkningen påThe law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. This famous quotation by the author Anatole France will serve as an introduction to a major part of the scope of this essay. The law shall in its form be general, foreseeable and applied equably in regard to all citizens – despite this, the law strikes differ
The adoption of a so-called consent-based rape law has been heavily debated for over two decades. On July 1st, 2018 a rape clause based on voluntarism was introduced. As a result, the rape regulation was extended in such a way that it no longer requires force, or exploitation of a particular vulnerable situa-tion, for criminal liability to occur. The purpose of the new rape regulation is to protec
The first of July 2018, the Swedish sexual cime act on rape was change. The previous crime prerequisites violence and threat were removed. The prerequisite was replaced by the fact that the penalty limit is that one party "did not participated freely". In the media, the law has been named the law of consent. While the law was introduced, criticism of new law was put forward by several ac
Acquittals in cases of child sexual abuse have repeatedly been criticized in the social debate. Not least when it comes to perpetrators not being considered having reason to assume that a child was under age, although the child being as young as 11-12 years old. The critique has been legitimate when regarding the problems before the change of the statutory regulation on July 1st, 2018. The efficie
Hemliga tvångsmedel är av stor betydelse för framgångsrik brottsbekämpning i samhället. Samtidigt innebär det en inskränkning av den enskildes rätt till privat- och familjeliv. Detta arbete analyserar om det är möjligt för brottsbekämpande myndigheter att skapa trygghet i den demokratiska rättsstaten genom mer effektiv brottsuppklaring med hjälp av hemliga tvångsmedel, utan att samtidigt kränka deSecret surveillance methods are of great importance for successful law enforcement in today’s society, however, the benefits for the crime fighting authorities can be at the expense of the individual’s rights to privacy. The object of this thesis is to analyze whether it is possible for law enforcement agencies to create a safe community, in a democratic constitutional state, through the use of se
During the period of June 2011 until July 2013, the thorax surgeon Paolo Macchiarini carried out four transplants with synthetic trachea on three different patients at the Karolinska University Hospital. These transplants entailed the later death of all the patients. Macchiarini was notified suspicion of a crime in June 2016, causing another's death, gross felony, alternatively, causing bodily
Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur ett aktiebolags utgifter hänförliga till klimatkompensation behandlas vid inkomstbeskattning. För att uppnå detta syfte tillämpas en traditionell rättsdogmatisk metod. Lagtexten innehåller inte någon särskild reglering avseende avdragsrätt för klimatkompensationsutgifter, vilket resulterar i att bedömningen baseras på de allmänna reglerna om avdragsrätThe purpose of this essay is to investigate how limited liability companies’ expenses related to carbon offset are treated in the event of income taxation. To accomplish this purpose a legal dogmatic method has been applied. The law contains no specific regulation concerning the deductibility of costs attributable to carbon offset and, as a result, the assessment is made based on the general rules
Mjukvaror och produktansvarslagen - en komparativ studie är en komparativ studie som belyser den svenska och danska produktansvarslagstiftningens tillämpligheten på mjukvaror och vad för problematik som uppstår om gällande lagstiftning inte omfattar mjukvaror. Tillämpligheten har diskuterats utifrån analyser av förarbeten och hur frågan har diskuterats i litteraturen. Slutligen förs ett resonemangMjukvaror och produktansvarslagen - en komparativ studie is a comparative study that illustrate the applicability of the Danish and Swedish Product Liability Act and what problems arise if the current legislation does not include software. The applicability has been discussed based on analyzes of preliminary work and how the issue has been discussed in the literature. Lastly, there is a discussion
Dysfunctional microRNA (miRNA) networks contribute to inappropriate responses following pathological stress and are the underlying cause of several disease conditions. In pancreatic beta cells, miRNAs have been largely unstudied and little is known about how specific miRNAs regulate glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) or impact the adaptation of beta cell function to metabolic stress. In t
In 2009, it was estimated that around 70 000 young men’s and women’s choice when it came to marriage and choice of partner in Sweden was limited or conditional. The Government concluded that the legislation did not effectively fight the occurrence of forced marriage and child marriage, and therefore presented a proposition for civil and criminal law changes. The law changes came into force July 1s
The shore protection regulation has a long tradition in Sweden, with increas-ing emphasis placed over time on the need to protect shorelines from devel-opment. In July 2025, legislative amendments entered into force, and an ongoing inquiry is examining the possibility of more flexible legislation. This thesis employs the legal dogmatic method to examine the shore protec-tion regulation with the ai
