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

Until July 1, 2018, Swedish legislation lacked a general remedy for delays in the authorities’ handling of cases. With the introduction of section 12 of the Public Administration Act the remedy, often referred to as the delay action, came to change the Swedish Migration Agency’s routine handling of citizenship applications. Authorities would henceforth not be able to act passively in the handling

Abstract Title The eternal pursuit of the ideal A study about the interaction between the female ideal, consumers identity projects and personal brands on Instagram Seminar date 2016-06-02 Subject/course FEKH29 – Bachelor’s thesis in Marketing, 15 ECTS Authors Emma Bogren, Annika Eriksson and Julia Sjöberg Advisor Clara Gustafsson Key words Identity, Ideal, Culture, Personal brands Issue Ind

On the first of July 2018, Sweden made a drastic change to its rape provision, by adopting a new legislation, commonly referred to as the ”Consent Law”. Sweden’s neighboring country, Denmark, adopted its own version of the Consent Law a couple of years later, on the first of January 2021. The newely change of the Swedish and Danish penal codes have been an important step torwards reducing rap

År 2008 brakade den finansiella marknaden samman och följdes av en recession världen över som vi till viss del fortfarande brottas med. OTC-derivat, ett skräddarsytt bilateralt finansiellt instrument, har i finanskrisens efterdyningar beskyllts vara en av bovarna i dramat. Särskilt tros OTC-derivaten ha bidragit till en icke-transparens på marknaden som gjorde det omöjligt att både förutse och förIn 2008 the financial market collapsed and what followed was a worldwide recession which the market has yet to fully recover from. OTC-derivatives, which are tailor-made bilateral financial instruments, have in the aftermath of the collapse been accused of being one of the culprits. More specifically, OTC-derivatives are believed to have contributed to the opaque financial market that made it impo

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

On 1 July 2022, the Swedish Act (1988:254) on the Prohibition of Knives and Other Dangerous Objects (the Swedish Knife Act), which criminalizes possession of knives and other dangerous objects in public places, was amended. Through the amendment, four criteria were introduced to the statutory text, which are to be given particular consideration when assessing whether a violation of the law is to b

Title: Between few rules and strong culture: a qualitative study on culture and identity in a knowledge-intensive organization without explicit formalities. Seminar date: 3rd of June, 2025. Course: FEKH49, Degree Project Undergraduate Level, Business Administration, Undergraduate level, 15 ECTS. Authors: Klara Andersson, Julia Hesslevik & Sophie Linder. Advisor: Stefan Sveningsson. Keywords:

Title: The art of combining availability and exclusivity – A dialectical analysis of the tension between premium and luxury Seminar date: 2025-06-05 Course: FEKH29, Business Administration: Degree Project in Marketing, Undergraduate level, 15 credits Authors: Pontus Sölve, Hannes Hemgren, Julia Johansson Mozaffari Advisor: Jon Bertilsson Key words: Brand, Premium, Luxury, Masstige, New luxu

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

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 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

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