Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Feudal law (Saxon law)'

Although developments in feudal law in the thirteenth century influenced the legal environment of Europe for centuries, much of past and current historical research of feudalism examines the social system anthropologically but neglects an in-depth analysis of feudal law codes. My research combines the social-anthropological approach with relevant customary codes to demonstrate the importance of feudal law to a thirteenth-century society plagued by war, economic and social instability, and competing powers of the monarchy, judiciary, and religion. The assessment of feudal law within each legal code highlights its prominence as an accepted category of jurisprudence. This thesis provides a new perspective on the influence of feudalism in the thirteenth century, demonstrating the significance of feudal law as a mode of maintaining peace and prolonging land tenure.

Jersey law, and within it Jersey property law, has received little academic attention. This thesis seeks to examine, and provide a systematic account of, the Jersey law of property. Specific aspects of substantive law are explored. From these, general observations about the nature and structure of property law are made. Unsurprisingly, given the small size of the island, Jersey has a relatively limited amount of indigenous legal material to offer, much of it in French. Inevitably, there are gaps in the sources and some way of addressing these has to be determined before a systematic account of the law is possible. Juristic writing and modern caselaw demonstrate consistent recourse to the laws of other jurisdictions when gaps are encountered. Norman law, modern French law, and English law (to a much lesser extent and mainly where it conforms to Roman law) are used in the cases on property law, and thus also in this thesis. Reference is also made to the law of Guernsey (Jersey’s sister jurisdiction) but the difficulties encountered in researching Jersey law are no less evident there. In areas such as the law of servitudes, Roman law is often referred to explicitly by the Jersey jurists and by the commentators on Norman law. The influence of Roman law is also evident in the division between real rights and personal rights, sometimes barely visible in Jersey law, and is also a general backdrop to the rules on classification of things. Norman feudal law remains vestigially in place but the structure of the law and its individual rules bear many civilian characteristics. For this reason, in addition to Jersey sources, Norman law, modern French law, and any other materials used by the courts, other jurisdictions with civilian systems of property law are also referred to, specifically mixed jurisdictions, of which Jersey is one.

PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO
O trabalho consiste na análise do processo de internacionalização dos Direitos Humanos com base no Direito Internacional Penal. Partindo de abordagens interdisciplinares na criação do Tribunal Penal Internacional, é feita uma leitura jurídico-penal do Estatuto de Roma a partir da aproximação dos conceitos oriundos do Common Law e do Civil Law em busca de um maior aprimoramento na construção de uma Parte Geral do Direito Internacional Penal. Assim, pretende-se contribuir para uma maior preocupação no tocante à responsabilização penal no plano internacional, sempre com o foco voltado para o incremento da proteção internacional dos Direitos Humanos.
The work analyses the process of internationalization of the Human Rights based upon International criminal law. Beginning with an interdisciplinary approach on the creation of the International Criminal Court, the Roman Statute is analyzed through a criminal law reading, that acknowledges an approach between Common Law and Civil Law traditional concepts. Therefore, the work seeks to contribute to an improvement on criminal law enforcement on the international level, always focusing on assuring the international protection of the Human Rights.

Am 14. März 2007 hat der Senat der Technischen Universität der Einführung eines dreijährigen Bachelor-Studienganges „Law in Context – Recht mit seinen internationalen Bezügen zu Technik, Politik und Wirtschaft“ zum Wintersemester 2007/2008 zugestimmt. Mit diesem Beschluss besteht für Studienanfänger die Möglichkeit, seit Oktober 2007 ein dreijähriges Jurastudium mit dem Studienziel „Bachelor of Laws“ (LL.B.) aufzunehmen. Die Technische Universität Dresden erfüllt damit als eine der ersten Universitäten in Deutschland die Anforderungen des Bologna-Prozesses im Bereich Jura.

En quoi l'absence d'intérêts économiques communs entre les pays membres de l'OCDE affaiblit-elle les nouvelles législations internationales basées sur le Soft Law en vue de lutter contre l'opacité financière et fiscale des centres financiers offshore ? L'optimisation fiscale consiste à utiliser les règles de droit pour réduire en toute légalité sa charge fiscale. Mais la frontière entre l'optimisation fiscale et l'évasion fiscale est ténue pour ne pas dire perméable. De plus en plus, les notions d'optimisation fiscale et de fraude fiscale ne font plus qu'une, tant les règles de droit sont facilement contournables et ses limites aisément franchissables. Ce phénomène est tout particulièrement avéré sur le plan de la fiscalité internationale. La problématique de cette thèse met en lumière les difficultés du Soft Law à réguler les centres financiers offshore, tant l'absence d'intérêts (économiques) communs semble flagrante entre les pays anglo-saxons et l'Europe continentale sur la question. Or l'intérêt commun (qu'il soit économique, culturel, sécuritaire, environnemental) constitue la clef de voûte du succès d'une législation basée sur le Soft Law à l'international. L'intérêt commun paraît inexistant voire inaccessible en matière de lutte contre l'optimisation fiscale, dès lors que celle-ci vise principalement à protéger le modèle social de l'état providence des pays d'Europe continentale. Une dichotomie de taille à l'heure où les pays anglo-saxons s'en écartent toujours plus
How does the lack of shared economic interests among OECD member countries weaken new international laws-which are based on soft law-that aim to contribute to the fight against the financial and fiscal opacity of offshore financial centers? Tax optimization involves using the rules of law to legally reduce a tax burden. But the line that separates tax optimization and tax evasion is tenuous and one could even say porous al best. Increasingly, it indeed appears that the issues of tax optimization and tax-fraud are becoming one, as the rules of law can be easily circumvented and the limits easily crossed. This phenomenon is particularly evident in the field of international taxation. This thesis deals precisely with the issue of difficulties of Soft Law in regulating offshore financial centers. Indeed, the absence of common economic interests is blatant between the Anglo-Saxon countries and continental Europe on this issue, thus finding a common interest (that could be economic, cultural, environmental or security-related) appears to be key to the success of legislation based on Soft Law internationally. The common interest seems unattainable when it comes to combating tax optimization, since the main aim is to protect the social model of the welfare state in continental European countries. A dichotomy of size at the time when the Anglo-Saxon countries are increasingly lacking in such a model

For the past century, medievalism studies generally and Anglo-Saxonism studies in particular have largely dismissed the eighteenth century as a dark period in English interest in the Anglo-Saxons. Recent scholarship has tended to elide Anglo-Saxon studies with Old English studies and consequently has overlooked contributions from fields such as archaeology, art history and political philosophy. This thesis provides the first re-examination of scholarly, antiquarian and popular Anglo-Saxonism in eighteenth-century England and argues that, far from disappearing, interest in Anglo-Saxon culture and history permeated British culture and made significant contributions to contemporary formulations and expressions of Englishness and English national, legal and cultural identities. Each chapter examines a different category of Anglo-Saxonist production or activity, as those categories would be distributed across current scholarship, in order to explore the ways in which the Anglo-Saxons were understood and deployed in the construction of contemporary cultural- historiographical narratives. The first three chapters contain, respectively, a review of the achievements of the ‘Oxford school' of Saxonists of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries; antiquarian Anglo-Saxon studies by members of the Society of Antiquaries of London and their correspondents; and historiographical presentations of the Anglo-Saxons in local, county and national histories. Chapters four and five examine the appearance of the Anglo-Saxons in visual and dramatic art, and the role of Anglo-Saxonist legal and juridical language in eighteenth-century politics, with reference to discoveries resulting from the academic and antiquarian research outlined in chapters one to three. It is my contention that Anglo-Saxonism came to serve as a unifying ideology of origins for English citizens concerned with national history, and political and social institutions. As a popular as well as scholarly ideology, Anglo-Saxonism also came to define English national character and values, an English identity recognised and celebrated as such both at home and abroad.

Den ökade globalisering som råder gynnar internationell handel på många plan, vilket även har bidragit till att internprissättning blivit en allt mer central fråga. Däremot ställs det högre krav på att adressera de problem som systemet resulterar i. Detta med hänsyn till att ett internpris är av påverkande karaktär på organisationens resultat på grund av skattemässiga motiv och incitament från ledningen. Även om OECD:s riktlinjer TPG är utformade av det politiskt styrande organet i respektive medlemsland är dessa riktlinjer inte tvingande. Systemet möjliggör subjektivitet i internprissättning. Problematiken belyses i synnerhet när redovisningstraditioner och deras eventuella påverkan på internprissättningen i Sverige och Storbritannien tas i beaktning.Studien har som syfte att genom en komparativ analys undersöka hur Sveriges och Storbritanniens redovisningstraditioner påverkar respektive lands tolkning av TPG. Ländernas skattemyndigheter, Skatteverket och HMRC, har gett ut en handledning respektive en intern manual rörande internprissättning där myndighetens tolkning av TPG framgår.Studien är en innehållsanalys av kvalitativ karaktär och datamaterialet som har använts är textutdrag från myndigheternas handledning och manual samt respektive lands lagstiftning på vissa områden. Studien har som ambition att undersöka fyra områden avseende internprissättning, myndigheternas referering till gällande rätt, armlängdsprincipen, metoder för prissättning och bevisförfarande. Tolkningsmodellen som har använts i studien har utvecklats fram ifrån Johanssons (2010) modell avseende substance over form. Tolkningsmodellen tillsammans med den teoretiska referensramen har fungerat som ett verktyg i analysen kring hur redovisningstraditionerna i respektive land påverkar tolkningen av TPG.Studiens slutsats indikerar att det finns inslag av redovisningstraditionerna i respektive lands tolkning av TPG. Både Storbritannien och Sverige refererar till OECD kontinuerligt men studien har resulterat i vissa skillnader som belyser det faktum att länderna har olika redovisningstraditioner. I Skatteverkets handledning identifierar resultatet vissa inslag av den kontinentala redovisningstradition som Sverige präglas av, det påträffas även inslag av det regelbaserade synsättet samt spår av det rättssystem som karaktäriserar Sverige, code law. Resultatet visar även att Storbritanniens redovisningstraditioner framträder i HMRC:s tolkning av TPG. Det återfinns inslag av den anglosaxiska traditionen, det principbaserade synsättet och även här syns spår av deras rättssystem, common law. Studien bidrar med en ökad förståelse kring hur nationella redovisningstraditioner påverkar tolkningen av internationella riktlinjer. Den bidrar även med en praktisk kunskap för företag, myndigheter och internationella verkställande organ.
Increased globalization stimulates international trade in many ways. It has led to increased importance of transfer pricing. However, there is a need to address several issues that have arisen since a transfer price affects the organization's profit or loss due to tax consequences and incentives from management. Although the guidelines known as TPG are drafted by the governments in members’ states, these guidelines are not mandatory. The system allows for subjectivity in transfer pricing. The problem is can be demonstrated by comparing the accounting traditions and their possible impact on transfer pricing in Sweden and the UK.The purpose of the study is to investigate how Sweden's and Britain's accounting traditions affect the countries' interpretation of the TPG. The tax authorities of these countries, the Swedish Tax Agency and HMRC, have each issued a guide and an internal manual on transfer pricing, which explains the authorities’ interpretation of the TPG. The aim of the study is to make a comparative analysis of these guides and internal manuals to see if and how the countries’ interpretation of the TPG differ due to the countries’ accounting traditions. Further, the study is a content analysis of qualitative nature and the data used has been extracted from the authorities' guide and internal manual, as well as the legislation of each country in certain areas. The aim of the study is to investigate four areas of transfer pricing, the authorities' reference to current law, the arm's length principle, pricing methods and evidence procedures. The research model used in this study has been developed from Johanssons (2010) model regarding substance over form. The resarch model together with the theoretical reference framework have served as a tool in the analysis of how accounting traditions in each country affect the interpretation of TPG.The study’s conclusion indicates that there are elements of accounting traditions in each country’s interpretation of TPG. Both the UK and Sweden refer to the OECD repeatedly but the study has resulted in some differences highlighting the fact that the countries have different accounting traditions. In the Swedish Tax Agency’s guidance, the result identifies certain elements of the continental accounting tradition that Sweden is characterized by, it also finds elements of the rule-based approach as well as traces of the legal system code law that characterizes Sweden. Likewise, the result also shows that Britain's accounting traditions appear in HMRC's interpretation of TPG. There are elements of Anglo-Saxon tradition, the principle-based approach, and also traces of their legal system common law. The study contributes to an increased understanding of how national accounting traditions affect the interpretation of international guidelines. It also provides useful information for companies, authorities and international executive agencies.This paper is hereinafter written in Swedish.

Le riche et complexe « siècle de saint Louis » est celui du déploiement d’une justice royale hiérarchisée et professionnelle employant des centaines de maîtres formés dans les universités. La Cour du roi se réunit à Paris à intervalles réguliers lors de sessions en parlement. La monarchie adopte plusieurs réformes qui permettent aux justiciables d’avoir accès à la justice. Les recours sont alors portés, pour une large part, contre le roi lui-même et les exactions de ses agents. Tant de recours différents peuvent être formés qu’une forme de responsabilité de l’administration royale paraît se mettre en place.Un important contentieux est par ailleurs soulevé par les hommes contre leurs seigneurs laïcs ou ecclésiastiques. La justice royale apparaît alors comme un régulateur des relations féodales. L’appel judiciaire au Parlement, qui se systématise contre les jugements des justices concurrentes, ouvre la voie à la concrétisation de la supériorité de la justice royale, que l’on commence à appeler en français : « souveraineté ».Par acculturation, l’offre et la demande de justice se rencontrent et tendent à consacrer les institutions royales en justice de « droit commun ». Les résistances sont nombreuses de la part des justices concurrentes, mais la Cour du roi reçoit aussi leurs plaintes et, tout en étendant son influence, statue dessus en toute impartialité, ce qui contribue également à légitimer la mise en place d’un État de droit
The rich and complex « Saint Louis’ Century » is a time of development of a hierarchical and professional royal justice. Hundreds of Masters are trained at the Universities. The king’s Court regularly assembles in Paris during sessions « in parlemento ». The monarchy adopts several reforms allowing an easier access to justice. The recourses are also carried against the king himself and the exactions of his agents. There are so many different types of recourses that the concept of responsibility of the royal administration seems to appear.On the other hand, an important part of the litigations is raised by men against their laïcs or ecclesiastics lords. Royal justice settles as a regulator of the feudal relationships. The judiciary appeal to the Parlement is becoming usual against the other justices. Indeed, it contributes to give concrete expression to the superiority of the king’s justice, which is now called, in French « souveraineté ».By acculturation, the demand and the supply meet and tend to dedicate royal institutions to an « ordinary court ». There are a lot of resistances from other judges, but the curia regis receives and judge impartially these complaints too, which contribute to set of a State under the rule of law

La justice, office immuable de la royauté, permit aux rois du XIIe siècle de recouvrer progressivement leur autorité à l’échelle du regnum. Louis VI, et surtout Louis VII dont le règne mérite d’être réhabilité, y travaillèrent avec pragmatisme, l’exerçant comme une mission autonome reçue lors du sacre en vue de la paix. Ils préparèrent ainsi l’éclat du règne de Philippe Auguste. En 1223, la justice royale manifeste incontestablement la supériorité du roi sur ses sujets : sa majesté. La justice du roi ne se résume pas à son office judiciaire. Elle imposait au roi de conserver à chacun son droit avant même l’émergence des conflits. La juridiction gracieuse permit aux Capétiens d’étendre leur autorité protectrice par l’octroi de chartes de confirmation, de diplômes de sauvegarde et de garanties apportées aux actes juridiques réalisés par leurs sujets. Les Capétiens s’attachèrent à protéger les plus démunis et à soulager leur détresse matérielle, mettant en œuvre une forme de justice sociale. La procédure permit d’attraire dans les juridictions royales les justiciables, confiants dans l’équité des décisions de justice. Les modes alternatifs de règlement des conflits permettaient au roi de rétablir la concorde. Ses jugements étaient tempérés par la miséricorde et la clémence, marques de son autorité. Pour autant, le roi prononçait les peines les plus rigoureuses, selon le principe de la rétribution. La justice était attendue du roi : ses sujets la désiraient ainsi que le révèlent les lettres de plaintes. En répondant à ces requêtes, les Capétiens exercèrent leur devoir, manifestèrent leur légitimité à gouverner et préparèrent le renouveau de la souveraineté royale
Justice, the unchanging duty of the royalship, gave to the Kings of the XII century, the ability to progressively regain their authority throughout the regnum.Louis VI, but more importantly Louis VII whose the reign should be rehabilitated, worked on it pragmatically, dealing with it like a sacred mission received during the coronation ceremony and exercised in their own way for peace. Throughout their reigns, they contributed to the splendor of the following reign of Philippe August.In 1223, royal justice was expressed clearly through the supremacy of the king over his people: his majesty. Royal justice meant more the king’s judicial function. The king had to protect right before the conflicts.The Capetians free jurisdiction extended their leadership over the kingdom, giving charters of confirmation, charters for protecting people and their juridicial acts. The Capetians were zealous in taking care of the weak, in trying hard to alleviate their plight and working for the establishment of social justice. The judicial proceedings in royal court were efficient and made the royal justice very attractive : people believed in the equity of the royal judge’s decisions.The alternative dispute resolution allowed them to restore the concord. The royal judgements showed mercy and clemency -signs of the king’s authority. However it happened he gave severe punishments based on retribution. The subjects claimed for the royal justice royal. Being concerned by their requests, the Capetians honored their royal duty and proved their ability and efficiency for governing. They infused a new political breathe which would make the royal sovereignty great again soon

This dissertation summarizes the evidence for the use of canon law collections in England during the Christian Anglo-Saxon period, that is ca 600-1066. The method is text-historical, the focus being firstly on the scientific description of the primary evidence, and secondly on the evaluation of that evidence to determine which canon law collections were in circulation in Anglo-Saxon England, and exactly when, where and (in some cases) to whom they may have been available. An attempt is also made (in Chapter 2) to find a place for future discussion of canon law collections within the field of Anglo-Saxon Studies, a field traditionally resistant to this particular aspect of early medieval legal culture. This dissertation has been envisioned as primarily descriptive. Here and there, however, attempts are made to venture beyond mere description of the evidence and explore the broader significance of canon law collections to Anglo-Saxon legal culture as a whole; however, given the still nascent state of the study of Anglo-Saxon canon law, such explorations are very often speculative and can only be considered preliminary to a more detailed investigation into the social, political and institutional significance of the evidence that is herein presented. This is simply to say that the goals of the present study are more humble than might be hoped. A solid foundation, rather than a consummate edifice of historical analysis, is sought after. Indeed, it bears advertising up front that not only has the definitive treatment of Anglo-Saxon canon law yet to be written; in all likelihood, it will still be many years before it is even prudent to attempt such a thing. The appendices contain a number of transcriptions of canon law collections from Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, including the first ever transcriptions of the Collectio Sanblasiana and Collectio Turonensis, as well as transcriptions of Book 4 of the Collectio quadripartita and of the Collectio Wigorniensis (or 'Excerptiones pseudo-Ecgberhti') in four of its five redactions. The appendices also contain a review of the complex historiography surrounding the latter two collections, as well as case studies of three texts that appear to have been crucial to the development of canon law in the Anglo-Saxon church, namely the Libellus responsionum, the Constitutum Silvestri, and Ecgberht of York's Dialogus. While the appendixed material is intended primarily as support for the broader arguments developed in the dissertation proper, it is also hoped that scholars will find some of that material useful in its own right, and that it will serve to promote further discussion of the importance of canon law collections, especially Continental canon law collections, within the context of Anglo-Saxon history.