Copyright law has developed over the last years in such a way that the private interests of right holders are favoured, and users remain in the shadows of the big commercial benefits. There are many advocates for extension of copyright protection as well as for its abolition. This work focuses on the human rights aspect of copyright. It does not claim that copyright protection should be eliminated

The exhaustion doctrine (also known in some jurisdictions as the ''first sale doctrine See U.S. Copyright Code Section 109(a)'') is one of the basic rules of intellectual property (IP) system, and is applied to many IP rights, from copyright to trademark. The term ''exhaustion'' or ''first sale'' describes the concept of this rule, where, after the &

The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief discussion of recent developments regarding prohibition of discrimination under the International and European human rights and Turkish legal system. Principle of equality and the right to non-discrimination is among the fundamental human rights. Discrimination is a violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Various forms of discrimination a

Can human rights education be used to implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in the education system of developing countries? Can this be a way to advance child rights not only at school but also in the rest of the community? How could human rights training be used to implement the CRC's holistic approach at the global and domestic levels? These are just some of the question

The new Chinese merger control system has started operating since the Anti-Monopoly Law entered into force on August 1, 2008. It is very important for multinational enterprises who are eager to expand their markets through M&amp&semicA transactions to understand the current situation and the potential challenges in this new regime. This thesis provides an overview of the regime at six aspe

Throughout the world, harmful traditions to women are carried out within the family, e.g., female genital mutilation, forced marriage and dowry murder. Honour killing practice is considered to be the extreme form thereof for its violent consequences on females' right to life. The practice refers to crimes directed toward women on the ground of gender&semic crimes 'whereby the family ki

EUs institutional and historical particularities create challenges for the organization when promoting international criminal law in general and ICC in particular. This has however not hindered EU from emerging as a staunch supporter of the ICC. To this end, the Presidency, the Council and the Commission have acted with one voice to promote ICC.EUs position towards ICC is formalized through the ad

This thesis examines the impact on traditional knowledge holders' right to culture of corporate appropriation of traditional knowledge for the purpose of developing new medicines. The questions addressed are: - Does the behaviour of pharmaceutical companies in relation to traditional knowledge infringe on the right to culture of original knowledge holders? - What regulation of bioprospecting a

Det huvudsakliga syftet med denna uppsats är att mot bakgrund av 34 § i konsumentkreditlagen SFS 1992:830, Konsumentkreditlag, se bilaga 1 för 34 § KKrL:s lydelse. utreda, i vilka situationer en konsument kan drabbas av betalningsansvar när dennes kontokort obehörigen nyttjas. I uppsatsens avslutande del analyseras gällande rätt och där diskuteras vidare huruvida det finns behov av en ny reglering

Three cases decided by the CFI, Airtours, Schneider Electric and Tetra Laval, along with the ECJ's judgement in the appeal of the Tetra Laval case, may have changed the way the Courts and the Commission approach questions of proof in the future. In these cases, the CFI did not hesitate to conclude: ''the contested decision does not establish to the requisite legal standard that the mod

Uppsatsen behandlar institutet särskild granskning enligt aktiebolagslagen. Granskningsinstitutet utgör en del av vad som allmänt bukar hänföras till aktiebolagslagens minoritetsskyddsregler. Bestämmelserna om särskild granskning ger en minoritet av aktieägarna i ett bolag en möjlighet att genom länsstyrelsens försorg få en särskild granskare utsedd för att företa en undersökning av något särskilt

Den omfattande reformen av rättegångsförfarandet En Modernare Rättegång trädde i kraft i Sverige den 1 november 2008. Syftet med reformen har varit att genomföra nödvändiga moderniseringar av rättegångsförfarandet och skapa en rättssäker, effektiv och ändamålsenlig handläggning där modern teknik bättre än tidigare kan utnyttjas. Uppsatsen berör den del av reformen som innebär att de berättelser so

Ett antal företagsskandaler såväl i Sverige som internationellt har på senare år gjort världen uppmärksam på frågor kring hur bolag skall styras på bästa sätt. Världen över har man funnit olika sätt att hantera denna problematik. I USA har man skapat en lag för bolagsstyrning, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, medan man inom EU har valt att uppmuntra självreglering inom näringslivet genom nationella bolagsstyrn

This thesis discusses the concept of alcohol provider liability. This more recent form of liability has become a popular tool when dealing with alcohol related accidents and aims to make alcohol providers, whether of commercial or private nature, liable for irresponsible service to their patrons or guests. Such liability, in its present form, is regulated either by statute or by common law princip

Syftet med denna uppsats är att utreda gränsdragningen mellan upphovsrätten och offentlighetsprincipen avseende rätten att ta del av allmänna handlingar och offentliggöra dem. I en tid när information blir alltmer lättillgänglig är det nödvändigt att föra en debatt kring hur informationsfriheten skall möta skyddet för utformningen av informationen. Upphovsrätten och offentlighetsprincipen syftar b