Sökning: "empirical legal research"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 107 avhandlingar innehållade orden empirical legal research.

  1. 1. När rätten lägger lagboken åt sidan : En rättsretorisk studie av nämndemannadomar

    Författare :Linus Roos; Brigitte Mral; Eric Bylander; Laura Ervo; Hans Petter Graver; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Legal rhetoric; Legal argumentation; Lay judge decisions; Law and emotions; Law and language; Empirical legal research; Rhetorical criticism;

    Sammanfattning : The Swedish legal system uses lay judges that decide both the verdict and the sentence together with the legally educated judges. Normally the lay judges form a majority at the district court level and sometimes decide the case in a manner that is different than what the legally educated judge would see fit. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Confirmation Bias in Criminal Cases

    Författare :Moa Lidén; Minna Gräns; Peter Juslin; Steven Penrod; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; legal decision making; bias; confirmation bias; criminal cases; criminal procedure; police; prosecutor; judge; legal system; empirical legal research; evidence based law; debiasing technique; Jurisprudence; Allmän rättslära;

    Sammanfattning : Confirmation bias is a tendency to selectively search for and emphasize information that is consistent with a preferred hypothesis, whereas opposing information is ignored or downgraded. This thesis examines the role of confirmation bias in criminal cases, primarily focusing on the Swedish legal setting. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Citing Matters : An Analysis of the Use of Judicial Decisions in International Criminal Law Adjudication through the Lens of Law-Making

    Författare :Letizia Lo Giacco; Juridiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Judicial decisions; International law-making; Citation; International criminal law; International courts; Domestic courts; Discretion; Authority; Legal realism; Empirical; Practices; Reiteration; Dynamic process; International law; Internationell rätt; Internationell straffrätt; Hänvisning;

    Sammanfattning : The present research investigates the formative processes of international criminal law through the iterative citation of judicial decisions in adjudicatory practices. Given the centrality of the judge in the adjudication of international criminal law, this study is underpinned by a legal realist approach to international law informed by the work of Alf Ross (Scandinavian Legal Realism) and Gregory Shaffer (New Legal Realism), according to which the meaning of legal rules and principles is not autonomous from how they are empirically practiced and interpreted by courts. LÄS MER

  5. 4. My house is my husband - A Kenyan Study of Women´s Access to Land and Housing

    Författare :Diana Lee-Smith; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Urban areas; Surveys; Social structure; Rural housing; Rural areas; Research; Legal aspects; Land use; Land ownership; Land acquisition; Kenya; Income distribution; Housing; Home ownership; Food; Firewood; Family; Domestic labour; Community organization; Data collecting; Urban housing; Urban powerty; Use of dwelling; Water; Women; Architecture; interior design; Arkitektur; inredningsarkitektur;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores women’s access to property in Kenya. It consists of three parts. The first gives the Kenyan background, the theoretical and methodological approach. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Fängelset som välfärdsbygge : Tre studier om behandlingstanken i svensk fångvård

    Författare :Ann-Christine Petersson Hjelm; Christian Häthén; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Legal history; legal history; prison; prisoner; welfare state; social engineering; sociological school; treatment; penalty; Rättshistoria; Strafflagberedningen; Karl Schlyter; individualprevention; behandlingstanken; fängelse; fångvård; klientregister; rättshistoria; välfärdsstat; straffverkställighet; påföljdssystem; Legal history; Rättshistoria; Rättshistoria; Legal History and Sociology of Law; Law; Rättsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis discusses "social engineering", in the fields of prison treatment, during the development of the Swedish Welfare State, from 1930 to 1950. The penal political ambitions were laid down under a Social Democratic government and realized in the party’s program of 1944. LÄS MER