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In this study, the conflict between pro-whaling Japan and anti-whaling Australia is scrutinised. The political structure system, the political economics and the cultural explanatory factors are examined from how the conflict has emerged out of the 1986 International Whaling Commission’s moratorium (Baylis et al, 2008: 308). Further to this, the different state views of Japan and Australia are exam

Using a case study of comment letters, our purpose is to examine the debate about fair value in accounting which has arisen in the context of the current financial crisis. Methodology: We followed a rather qualitative approach while developing a flow chart in order to categorize and analyze our empirical material. Empirical foundation: Case Study through Analysis of Comment Letters. Conclusion: Th

This thesis investigates the characteristics of remittances and remittance behavior to Algeria as well as the role of remittances in local and national level development in Algeria using two different analytical-theoretical frameworks: a developmentalist framework based in neoliberal theory, and a more critical framework built on de Haas (2010). A number of case studies and micro-level surveys ind

Även om monopol eller en dominerande ställning på marknaden i sig inte anses utgöra ett missbruk i konkurrensrättslig mening, bär ett företag med stark marknadsposition ett särskilt ansvar för att inte begå konkurrensbegränsande handlingar. När konkurrensrätten ingriper i ett dominerande förtags handlingar bör så ske med åtanke av de underliggande överväganden som ligger till grund för konkurrensrEven though competition law will not regard dominance and monopoly as abusive per se, an undertaking with strong market power carries a certain responsibility not to engage in anti- competitive conducts on the market. When competition law is interfering in the conducts of dominators, it is important to take into account the underlying considerations of, on one hand, preservation of efficient compe

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate how the percentage of female directors on a company’s board affects the firm’s performance. The empirical results of this thesis will be used to help decide whether Canada should establish a quota for female board members. Theories: There are four main theories referenced in this thesis, they are; agency theory, signaling theory, resource dependen

Det svenska apoteksmonopolet etablerades 1970. Syftet med monopolet var att anpassa apoteksmarknaden till medicinsk, teknisk och ekonomisk utveckling. Målet Hanner påbörjades 2005, när Stockholms tingsrätt begärde förhandsavgörande angående det svenska apoteksmonopolet. Krister Hanner var åtalad för att ha sålt icke receptbelagda rökavvänjnings produkter. Detta stred mot Läkemedelslagen. Hanner ifThe Swedish pharmacy monopoly was established 1970. The purpose of the monopoly was to adapt to the medical, technical and economical development. The Hanner case started 2005, when the Stockholm district court requested a preliminary ruling concerning the Swedish pharmacy monopoly. Krister Hanner was charged with marketing non-prescription medicinal preparations, against the Law on medicinal prep

What is Global-history? What is Big-history? And how are these historiographical fields related to postmodernism and globalization? These questions along the thesis that the metanarratives of contemporary historiography point towards a paradigm shift beyond postmodernism will be put forth in this paper.

A search for pair-production of vector-like leptons is presented, considering their decays into a third-generation Standard Model (SM) quark and a vector leptoquark (U1) as predicted by an ultraviolet-complete extension of the SM, referred to as the ‘4321’ model. Given the assumed decay of U1 into third-generation SM fermions, the final state can contain multiple τ-leptons and b-quarks. This searc

This special issue addresses questions of how the practices of (welfare) state practitioners and policy makers (trans)form the lives of families. The aim is to illuminate how social policies and educational institutions influence parents’ hope for the wellbeing and future success of their children through new forms of audit culture and policies of early interventions. We i

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Surgical outcomes in patients with flexible adult-acquired flatfoot deformity (AAFD) have not been evaluated in large prospective register studies. Calcaneal osteotomy and hindfoot arthrodesis are commonly used. We aimed to compare the results of these 2 procedures using preoperative and 1-year postoperative patient-reported outcome data from the Swedish Quality Register fo

Studying the full universe of nearly 390,000 French patents filed between 1791 and 1900, I show that the nineteenth-century gender patenting gap arose less at the patent office than through unequal access to practical knowledge, collaborators, and time across the life course. I identify 4,165 women inventors using gender-specific honorifics, classify patents with machine learning, reconstruct the

Utredningshemmet in Hässleholm, Sweden, is a special residential home for acute management and investigative evaluation of juvenile delinquents. Utredningshemmet has, since 1991, used an investigative model, which is based on systems theory. The investigative work is done in close co-operation with social workers, youths and their parents. This study takes into account the youths, who have had a

Ireland has for a long time been at the forefront of tax competition. Since the late 1950s incentives have been used in Ireland to increase industrial development. Prospective investors have been offered a broad range of financial and fiscal incentives, including capital grants, training grants and various forms of tax relief. The groundwork for this strategy was laid with the redirection of econo

This study examines how corporate governance relates to firms’ sustainability as measured by ESG performance. I operationalize sustainability using the Bloomberg ESG Performance Score and its E/S/G pillars; all effects are therefore interpreted as changes in ESG-measured sustainability. I begin with firm-fixed-effects and year-fixed-effects panel regressions that link within-firm changes in CEO eq

Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) are a group of incurable conditions, among which the most common, such as COPD and asthma, have significant negative impacts on patients’ mental health and economic productivity. Understanding of the causes and affected populations of CRDs is continuously evolving, with air pollution now recognized as an important etiological factor alongside smoking, receiving

In recent decades, internal and external circumstances have increased the pressure on European states and the United States to act in response to such circumstances. The return of war on the European continent, shifting trade relations, climate change and its devasting effects on society and an aging population are all putting pressure on public finances. The aim of this study is to investigate th

I dag är det allt vanligare att en person döms för ett flertal brott vid samma åtalstillfälle. När denna typ av flerfaldig brottslighet inträder i domstolen ska ett gemensamt straff för den samlade brottsligheten utdömas. För att avgöra hur omfattande detta straff ska vara, måste domstolen fastställa den flerfaldiga brottslighetens gemensamma straffvärde. Detta sker genom att en andel av den efterIt is increasingly common today for individuals to be convicted of multiple offences within the same trial. When such instances of multiple criminality are brought before the court, a joint sentence for the aggregate criminal conduct must be imposed. To determine the scope of this sentence, the court must establish the overall punitive value of the combined offences. This is done by incorporating

This thesis investigates ecocide as a form of environmental violence by state and non-state actors, reframing ecological destruction as a political and antagonistic act rather than an accidental byproduct of development. This research emphasises the active participation of state institutions in facilitating and perpetuating large-scale environmental harm while deterring efforts to legally frame ec