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An Introduction to Finnish Legal Culture
The Finnish legal culture bears close affinity to the Swedish legal culture, from which it historically stems, as well as the other Nordic countries....
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An Introduction to Swedish Legal Culture
Sweden can be framed as a history of ambiguity, making the law of the realm a natural part of what is often referred to as a Nordic mixed legal...
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Group Actions in East-Nordic Legal Culture
In Sweden, a system of group actions has been in force since 2003. The original aim was to see about 20 such actions a year. In actual fact, in the...
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Legal System
Each civilization has its own uniqueness. It can be argued that cultural diversity is the most essential characteristic of human civilization while...
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An Introduction to Norwegian Legal Culture
The Norwegian legal culture is coined by a quite pragmatic approach to law facilitated by a combination of a traditionally low esteem for a...
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Courts and Proceedings: Some Nordic Characteristics
This paper will discuss the characteristics of the court system and proceedings in the Nordic countries. The analysis is based on the idea of Nordic...
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Sources of Inspiration of Nordic Procedural Law: Choices and Objectives of the Legal Reforms
This article is based on the following question: does Nordic procedural law exist? Procedural law is often regarded as a national matter, and, unlike...
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The Past, Present and Future of Nordic Courts
Based on the insights from the previous chapters in this volume, this concluding chapter discusses key traits of Nordic courts: colloquial legal...
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Plea Bargaining Changing Nordic Criminal Procedure: Sweden and Finland as Examples
A plea bargaining system is a novelty and originally a legal transplant in Northern European countries. It exists—in some form—for instance in...
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Culture and Mentality in East-Nordic Courts
In this chapter, the East-Nordic, that is Finnish and Swedish, court culture and mentality and its historical, cultural and societal roots are...
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International Business Etiquette For Legal (IBEL)
In today’s corporate world, Diversity & Inclusion policies are at the top of the agenda in every organization—particularly, large corporations and...
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Nordic Legal Mind
In the following, peculiarities of the Nordic legal systems and legal thinking, are discussed. Common features of the legal systems are based both on...
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Gender and Structural Inequalities from a Socio-Legal Perspective
This chapter critically analyses different socio-legal phenomena through a feminist prism on gender. With an aim to promote gender equality, it...
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Human Rights Rules and Principles in the Legal Regime of the International Criminal Court: Refining the Super-Legality Approach
In the present chapter, the methods of treaty interpretation and Robert Alexy’s Theorie der Grundrechte (theory of constitutional rights), notably...
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Legislating for Legal Certainty, with a Right to a Human Face, in an Automated Public Administration
Administrative and constitutional law, as well as wider legal principles complement European Union data protection legislation in balancing various...
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An Introduction to the Legal Cultures of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia (Western Balkan)
This chapter explores the legal cultures of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia through an analysis of institutional and intellectual...
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European Green Deal – legal and financial challenges of the climate change
The European Green Deal announced by the European Commission in December 2019 is a roadmap meant to foster the transition of the European Union...
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#MeToo Activism as Pragmatic Justice Seeking
As #MeToo activists took their testimonies of sexual harm outside the legal arena to seek justice, the #MeToo movement has commonly been framed as...
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Courts, Law, Language and Culture
This article deals with some questions of legal language in the Nordic countries. It stresses the fact that, while there is no common legal language...