For many years, workers petitioned the Supreme Court of Canada to intervene in labour relations to protect their collective bargaining rights. Finally, the Court answered the call, but the drastic changes made were not what workers expected. This thesis outlines the effect that the Court’s decision to intervene in labour relations had on the existing collective bargaining model. In making this determination, a historical analysis was done of the Court’s attitude towards using section 2(d) Freedom to Associate to protect collective bargaining, followed by a comparative analysis with United States jurisprudence to explain the effect of the Canadian decisions on the statutory provisions. The analysis revealed that the decisions had significantly weakened protections for workers’ rights, and provided the basis to conclude that the Supreme Court of Canada had used the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to deradicalize the existing collective bargaining model.

For many years, workers petitioned the Supreme Court of Canada to intervene in labour relations to protect their collective bargaining rights. Finally, the Court answered the call, but the drastic changes made were not what workers expected. This thesis outlines the effect that the Court’s decision to intervene in labour relations had on the existing collective bargaining model. In making this determination, a historical analysis was done of the Court’s attitude towards using section 2(d) Freedom to Associate to protect collective bargaining, followed by a comparative analysis with United States jurisprudence to explain the effect of the Canadian decisions on the statutory provisions. The analysis revealed that the decisions had significantly weakened protections for workers’ rights, and provided the basis to conclude that the Supreme Court of Canada had used the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to deradicalize the existing collective bargaining model.

This dissertation provides a theoretically grounded framework for investigating "legal rhetoric." By making a distinction between the discursive elements of a Legal system and the broader rhetorical notion of Law, rhetorical critics can better understand the interdependent relationship between citizens, their legal structures, and their cultures. The Legal system represents the forum in which legal disputes are addressed. In contrast, the Law signifies the principles of justice and fairness that give rise to legal disputes addressed by the Legal system. This dissertation emphasizes the important role that media play in disseminating information about specific legal disputes and providing citizens an opportunity to reflect on which principles of justice and fairness are to be valued. This study specifically examines the text, reasoning, and media coverage of Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger, two U.S. Supreme Court cases related to the University of Michigan's use of racial classifications in its admissions process. By comparing which arguments and rhetorical elements from the Supreme Court's 2003 decisions were reported in the press, this dissertation both demonstrates the rhetorical concepts of the "Law" and the "Legal System" and suggests how citizens and rhetorical scholars can more fully critique legal texts. / text

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För att attrahera kompetent personal till högskatteländer finns behov att kunna tillförsäkra dem en viss disponibel inkomst. Avtal om nettolön har därför blivit en vanlig företeelse vid förflyttning av personal utomlands. Arbetsgivaren betalar då den inkomstskatt som belöper på arbetstagarens ersättning. Redan 1977 fastslog Regeringsrätten att nettolön måste räknas om till ett bruttobelopp innan den kan tas upp som skattepliktig intäkt. Hur själva beräkningen ska ske har varit föremål för meningsskiljaktigheter med avseende på huruvida skattemässiga avdrag ska tas med i beräkningen av bruttolönen eller endast dras av efter det att bruttolönen fastställts. Syftet med förevarande uppsats är därför att avgöra vilken beräkningsmetod som har stöd i nu gällande svensk rätt för beräkning av bruttolön vid nettolöneavtal. I avsaknad av en direkt reglering av beräkning av bruttolön utifrån ett nettobelopp sker tolkningen av gällande rätt i stor utsträckning efter praxis och doktrin. Dock tillmäts även skatterättsliga principer en avgörande betydelse då de utgör viktiga hjälpmedel för tolkning av skatterätt. En analys av rättskällorna ger dock stöd för olika slutsatser. Ett nyligen lämnat prejudikat från Regeringsrätten anger klart att avdrag inte ska beaktas vid bruttolöneberäkningen medan skatterättsliga principer, tidigare praxis och argumentation framförd i doktrin ger för handen att avdrag ska beaktas vid beräkningen. Författaren finner att Regeringsrättens domskäl saknar rättslig grund, varför det nya prejudikatet lämnas utan hänseende. Gällande rätt ger därmed stöd för en beräkningsmetod där skattemässiga avdrag beaktas vid omräkningen av nettolön till bruttolön. / To attract competent employees to work in countries where the tax burden is heavy there is a need to ensure them a disposable income. This has resulted in a common use of net pay agreements when moving personnel abroad, whereby the employer pays the income tax on the employee’s salary. In 1977 the Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden held that a net pay has to be recalculated into a gross salary before declared as taxable income. How this calculation should be made has been subject for controversy with regard to whether tax deductions should be considered when calculating the gross salary or just be deducted when the gross salary has been determined. The purpose of this thesis is to determine the method of calculation that is in accordance with Swedish law when calculating gross salary from a net pay agreement. Due to the lack of legislation that directly regulates calculation of gross salary from a net amount the interpretation of Swedish law to a large extent constitutes of guidance from case law and legal literature. Furthermore, fiscal principles are of great importance since they are fundamental for the interpretation of tax law. An analysis of the sources of law results in a finding of support for different conclusions. A recently pronounced precedent clearly states that tax deductions shall not be considered when calculating gross salary, while the fiscal principles, previous case law and arguments presented in legal literature support a method where tax deductions are taken into account. The author finds the Supreme Administrative Court´s grounds for the judgment to lack of legal basis; thus the precedent is disregarded. Therefore, a method where tax deductions are considered when recalculating a net pay into a gross salary is in accordance with Swedish law.

Since the Civil War, historians have tried to understand why eleven southern states seceded from the Union to form a new nation, the Confederate States of America. What compelled the South to favor disunion over union? While enduring stereotypes perpetuated by the Myth of the Lost Cause cast most southerners of the antebellum era as ardent secessionists, not all southerners favored disunion. In addition, not all states were enthusiastic about the prospects of leaving one Union only to join another. Secession and disunion have helped shape the identity of the imagined South, but many Georgians opposed secession. This dissertation examines the life of U.S. Supreme Court Justice James Moore Wayne (1790-1867), a staunch Unionist from Savannah, Georgia. Wayne remained on the U.S. Supreme Court during the American Civil War, and this study explores why he remained loyal to the Union when his home state joined the Confederacy. Examining the nature of Wayne’s Unionism opens many avenues of inquiry into the nature of Georgia’s attitudes toward union and disunion in the antebellum era. By exploring the political, economic and social dimensions of Georgia Unionism and long opposition to secession, this work will add to the growing list of studies of southern Unionists.

The dissertation examines the central judicial institution of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: the Supreme Tribunal and its functioning in the latter half of the 18th century. The choice of the investigated period was determined by the most significant judicial reforms carried out from 1764 to 1792 and in 1793. The present work, with reference to the concept of “efficient practice” and data of the research on modern legal theory and practice, adopts a comprehensive approach towards the administration of justice in the society of modern times. It analyses the most important factors determening the court’s activity: court’s competence, composition, judicial process and practical organization of its work. The compositional aspect of the court is analysed through the lenses of the formation of legal profession, therefore the aim was not only to evaluate all the normative acts defining responsibilities and functions of judges, chancellery clerks, advocates, procurators, court prosecutors but also to compile a comprehensive list of them. The dynamics of the court’s work was determined by calculating the number of lawsuits filed, number of cases that were solved and the ones left unsolved as well as the average time it took to settle lawsuits that were recorded in each register. At the end there are highlighted the problems encountered by the lower order courts that influenced the Tribunal’s workload. There is also given the analysis of some examples of how outsiders impacted the... [to full text] / Disertacijoje yra nagrinėjama centrinės LDK teismo institucijos – Vyriausiojo Tribunolo ir jo funkcionavimo XVIII a. II pusėje istorija. Tiriamą laikotarpį įrėmina svarbiausios teismo reformos, vykusios 1764 ir 1792 bei 1793 m. Darbe, remiantis ,,efektyvios teismų veiklos“ konceptu, šuolaikinės teisės teorijos ir praktikos tyrimų rezultatais, realizuojama kompleksiška prieiga prie teisingumo vykdymo naujųjų laikų visuomenėje tyrimo problematikos. Analizuojami svarbiausiais teismo veiklos determinantais laikomi faktoriai: teismo kompetencija, sudėtis, teismo procesas ir praktinis darbo organizavimas. Teismo sudėties aspektas analizuotas per teisininko profesijos formavimosi problemą, todėl siekta ne tik įvertinti teisėjų, kancelarijos darbuotojų, advokatų, agentų ir instigatorių pareigas bei funkcijas apibrėžusių normatyvinių aktų visumą, bet ir sudaryti šių asmenų sąrašus. Teismo darbo dinamika buvo nustatoma apskaičiuojant teismui teiktų ieškinių, teismo spręstų ir paliktų neišspręstų bylų skaičius bei vidutinį į kiekvieną registrų knygą įrašytų ieškinių išnagrinėjimo laiką. Pabaigoje dar buvo išryškintos pirmosios instancijos teismų veiklos problemos, dariusios įtaką Tribunolo darbo krūviui, taip pat analizuoti kai kurie pašalinių asmenų poveikio teismo priimamų sprendimų turiniui pavyzdžiai ir bajoriškosios sąmonės apraškas atskleidžiantys epizodai.

Disertacijoje yra nagrinėjama centrinės LDK teismo institucijos – Vyriausiojo Tribunolo ir jo funkcionavimo XVIII a. II pusėje istorija. Tiriamą laikotarpį įrėmina svarbiausios teismo reformos, vykusios 1764 ir 1792 bei 1793 m. Darbe, remiantis ,,efektyvios teismų veiklos“ konceptu, šuolaikinės teisės teorijos ir praktikos tyrimų rezultatais, realizuojama kompleksiška prieiga prie teisingumo vykdymo naujųjų laikų visuomenėje tyrimo problematikos. Analizuojami svarbiausiais teismo veiklos determinantais laikomi faktoriai: teismo kompetencija, sudėtis, teismo procesas ir praktinis darbo organizavimas. Teismo sudėties aspektas analizuotas per teisininko profesijos formavimosi problemą, todėl siekta ne tik įvertinti teisėjų, kancelarijos darbuotojų, advokatų, agentų ir instigatorių pareigas bei funkcijas apibrėžusių normatyvinių aktų visumą, bet ir sudaryti šių asmenų sąrašus. Teismo darbo dinamika buvo nustatoma apskaičiuojant teismui teiktų ieškinių, teismo spręstų ir paliktų neišspręstų bylų skaičius bei vidutinį į kiekvieną registrų knygą įrašytų ieškinių išnagrinėjimo laiką. Pabaigoje dar buvo išryškintos pirmosios instancijos teismų veiklos problemos, dariusios įtaką Tribunolo darbo krūviui, taip pat analizuoti kai kurie pašalinių asmenų poveikio teismo priimamų sprendimų turiniui pavyzdžiai ir bajoriškosios sąmonės apraškas atskleidžiantys epizodai. / The dissertation examines the central judicial institution of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: the Supreme Tribunal and its functioning in the latter half of the 18th century. The choice of the investigated period was determined by the most significant judicial reforms carried out from 1764 to 1792 and in 1793. The present work, with reference to the concept of “efficient practice” and data of the research on modern legal theory and practice, adopts a comprehensive approach towards the administration of justice in the society of modern times. It analyses the most important factors determening the court’s activity: court’s competence, composition, judicial process and practical organization of its work. The compositional aspect of the court is analysed through the lenses of the formation of legal profession, therefore the aim was not only to evaluate all the normative acts defining responsibilities and functions of judges, chancellery clerks, advocates, procurators, court prosecutors but also to compile a comprehensive list of them. The dynamics of the court’s work was determined by calculating the number of lawsuits filed, number of cases that were solved and the ones left unsolved as well as the average time it took to settle lawsuits that were recorded in each register. At the end there are highlighted the problems encountered by the lower order courts that influenced the Tribunal’s workload. There is also given the analysis of some examples of how outsiders impacted the... [to full text]

This thesis traces the growth the United States Senate's role in the Supreme Court confirmation process from the passage of the Judiciary Act of 1789 to the nomination of Robert H. Bork in 1987. Beginning with an examination of the intellectual origins of the Advice and Consent Clause of the United States Constitution, the thesis goes on to demonstrate that the Senate's role in the confirmation process has expanded well beyond the boundaries established by the Framers of the Constitution, and that this has resulted in a usurpation of the presidential power of appointment. The thesis concludes by arguing that the growth of the Senate's role in the confirmation process has harmed the integrity of the judicial branch by infringing upon the separation of powers, specifically demonstrating how the modern confirmation process has threatened to undermine the independence of the Judiciary.

Un autre essai sur la sempiternelle question de l'unite canadienne, deplorez-vous presentement. Pis encore, ajoutez-vous, on y aborde une fois de plus l'ennuyeuse et l'ennuyante problematique constitutionnelle. Et pourquoi l'auteur a-t-il choisi un tel sujet? Parce qu'il fait partie de la race des fatigants mais infatigables maniaques de cet incessant debat qu'est celui des Deux Solitudes? Possible. Surement meme. Mais il y a plus: le Renvoi relatif a la secession du Quebec ne represente pas qu'un simple episode de la saga constitutionnelle canadienne. Vraisemblablement, ces implications pratiques pourraient un jour sceller l'issue du debat. Certes, le mouvement separatiste quebecois, loin d'etre moribond, ne s'eteindra pas sur la seule base d'une decision de la Cour supreme du Canada. Pretendre le contraire releve de la fantaisie, de l'outrecuidance ou encore, d'un manque tangible de pragmatisme politique. Toutefois, un fait persiste: applique in extenso, l'Avis s'avere une serieuse embuche sur le chemin menant a l'independance. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)