This thesis analyzes the contemporary case law of European courts regarding Community trade mark. The thesis is composed of five chapters. First chapter characterizes Community trade mark as a legal instrument of the law of the European Union. Second chapter analyzes relevant sources of law. Third chapter deals with institutions that are crucial mainly for the registration and protection of Community trade marks. Then the fourth chapter describes the registration process before the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. First part of this chapter focuses on the formalities of an application of the Community trade mark filed at the Office. Second part is concerned with the right of priority. Third part looks at absolute grounds for refusal of an application. Fourth part refers to relative grounds for refusal. Finally, the fifth part describes the grounds for revocation of the rights of the Community trade mark. At last the fifth chapter examines the contemporary legal background of the system of protecting the rights of proprietors of Community trade marks. The results of this thesis shows that the current legislation and the case law of European courts contribute to the functioning of the common market and mainly to free movement of goods by reasonable determination of limits for...

77 Summary The topic of this thesis is discrimination on the grounds of sex and its prohibition. The purpose of my thesis is to analyse and evaluate historical and present level of legal enactment of the equality between men and women and prohibition of discrimination. I focused on the law of EU, relevant documents of International law and on the legal order of the Czech republic. The thesis is composed of five chapters, Chapter One is introductory and defines basic terminology used in the thesis like equality and types of discrimation. The chapter Two examines relevant international agreements and other documents, chapter Three focuses on legal enactment of equal treatment and prohibition of discrimination in the primary and secindary law of EU, together with the relevant case law of the Court of Justice of the EU. The chapter Four is dedicated to the relevant Czech legislation, followed by chapter Five which provides an outline of relevant Czech case law, and level of legal protection against discrimination in effect.

The master's thesis focuses on one aspect of public procurement law in the Czech Republic. Specifically, it provides with thorough interpretation of the Czech legal regulation of conditions allowing for using negotiated procedure with prior notice or negotiated procedure without prior notice to award a public tender. In order to achieve such purpose, the thesis uses information from the 137/2006 Coll., Public Procurement Act, as amended, available doctrinal literature and case law of the Office for the Protection of Competition, Czech courts and the European Court of Justice. The interpretation is performed to compare the Czech regulation with the one contained in relevant European directives (2004/17/EC, 2004/18/EC and 2009/81/EC). After interpretation of these directives focused majorly on differences from the Czech law, the thesis provides conclusions about correctness of transposition of the directives into Czech legal system, which is the core of its focus.

This thesis deals with the issue of grounds for notice of termination of employment. It also analyses institutes that are closely related to this issue, like termination of employment in general, notice of termination and its requisites, protective periods, or employer's obligations that arise from notice of termination in certain cases. When evaluating and assessing the legislation it's necessary to keep in mind two legal principles, the principle of flexibility and the principle of protection of the weaker party (the employee). In the legislation of termination of employment and in labour law in general these two principles clash. One of the specifics of labour law is relatively rigid and enforced legislation that tries to equalize the inequalities in the employment relationship between employee and employer by, among other things, tying the possibility of the employer to terminate employee's employment on fulfilling particular material requirements. In practice, this legislation can be perceived as excessively restrictive. In particular, the thesis focuses more closely on these material requirements that need to be fulfilled in order for the employer to be able to terminate the employee's employment. The grounds for notice of termination themselves are defined exhaustively in the Labour Code and we can...

This diploma thesis deals with the legal regulation of disinheritance, with regard to historical context. The thesis focuses primarily on the analysis of the grounds for disinheritance. Disinheritance is an institute that serves as a counterbalance to the legal protection of forced heirs, subsisting in their right to a forced share. If a deceased decides to deprive a forced heir of the protection guaranteed by the heir's right to inherit, i.e., to exclude the forced heir from his or her right to a forced share or restrict the forced heir in his or her right, the deceased may do so exclusively on the grounds defined by law. The current law provides for six disinheritance grounds: failure to provide necessary assistance in need, failure to show real interest, conviction for a crime, permanent unrestrained life, incapacity to inherit, and indebtedness or prodigality. The purpose of this diploma thesis is to provide a comprehensive explanation of the institute of disinheritance while emphasising in particular the legal provisions concerning each of the grounds for disinheritance, and through such explanation, to assess the current law and propose amendments, if any, de lege ferenda. The diploma thesis is divided in four chapters, with each chapter being split in sub-chapters. Chapter I defines the key terms...

O poder constituinte, tal como entendido pela teoria constitucionalista clássica, é definido como poder bruto, original, ilimitado e incondicionado, a partir do qual nasce o Estado e, por consequência, a ordem jurídica. Esse poder, definido como supraestatal, não encontra limites no direito e, nas concepções democráticas, é titularizado pelo povo soberano. Essa concepção teórica passa por uma releitura no trabalho, a fim de se definir o poder constituinte como poder comunicativo criador da norma constitucional, de aparição episódica, por meio do qual é possível filtrar os argumentos morais, ético-políticos e estratégicos expostos pelos cidadãos na esfera pública democrática, representativos de um modo de vida compartilhado que se impõe politicamente. De acordo com a releitura apresentada, os postulados da ilimitação material e da incondicionalidade do poder constituinte não se sustentam em face do paradigma da racionalidade comunicativa e dialogal. Na qualidade de momento de fundação e fundamentação da ordem constitucional, o poder constituinte precisa respeitar direitos pressupostos, garantidores da autonomia individual, e institucionalizar os procedimentos discursivos que viabilizam a reprodução do direito legítimo. Entendido como processo extraordinário, no qual os interesses e os valores permanecem latentes na sociedade, o exercício do poder constituinte representa um momento único para análise do discurso de fundamentação normativa, objeto central da tese. Associando-se fundamentação normativa com legitimidade política, nos termos da teoria democrática exposta por Jürgen Habermas, conclui-se que o cerne da legitimidade das ordens estatais organizadas democraticamente é a institucionalização de uma ordem jurídica fundamentada discursivamente por intermédio de um procedimento de deliberação pública, no qual todos os potenciais atingidos pela norma possam exprimir o seu assentimento. O poder constituinte, ao estruturar o estado, garante que o processo de formação da vontade e da opinião pública se estabilize e o consenso seja alcançado. / Constituent power, based on classical constitutional theory, is defined as raw, original, limitless and unconditional power, from which the state and, consequently, legal order are born. Such power, defined as supranational, knows no boundaries in the law and according to democratic notions it is held by the sovereign people. This thesis reexamines that theoretical conception in order to define constituent power as a communicative power which creates constitutional norm; it appears occasionally and it allows for a selection of moral, ethical-political and strategic arguments introduced by citizens in the public democratic sphere which represent a shared way of life that imposes itself politically. According to this reexamination, postulates of constituent powers material illimitation and unconditionality cannot resist to the paradigm of communicative and dialogical rationality. As the founding moment and grounds of constitutional order, constituent power must respect presupposed rights which guarantee individual autonomy and institutionalize discursive procedures which enable the reproduction of legitimate law. Understood as an extraordinary process in which interests and values remain latent in society, exercise of constituent power represents a unique moment to analyze the normative grounds discourse, the core issue of this thesis. Combining normative grounds and political legitimacy, in the terms of the democratic theory introduced by Jürgen Habermas, the conclusion is that the essence of legitimacy of democratically-organized state orders is the institutionalization of a legal order based discursively through a process of public deliberation, where all individuals potentially affected by the norm may express their consent. By structuring the state, constituting power ensures that the public will and opinion formation process will become stable and consensus will be reached.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:23:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Francisco Sergio Oto Souza Bonelli.pdf: 1644705 bytes, checksum: 32efd9697e76d4b665f3e077adb8080a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-11 / This dissertation is dedicated to the lobby analysis, focused on its practice (lobbying) and its regulation in Brazil. Therefore, at first, its origins are studied, followed by a comprehensive analysis of the lobby term and concepts taken from the areas of Political Science and Legal, highlighting the presence of interest and pressure groups and the fact that the term carries a burden of pejorative (used as a synonym of corruption). Second, the regulation of lobbying is studied based on the United States experience as the country was the first to promote its regulation mainly on the analysis of the Federal Regulation Lobbying Act (1946) and the Lobbying Disclosure Act (1995), and its amendments, as well as it is traced an overview of this regulation (areas, more frequent lobby types and costs of the activity). Then lobby is studied in Brazil, taken in its identification on the national scene, its areas and types of lobby more commonly practiced (trade unions, NGOs, companies). Understood as a right (to lobbying: a rights sum - association, freedom of speech and petition, among others - that allows the free exercise of [paid or unpaid] activity of representing interests of a particular group in order to influence decision-making) and its exercise (lobbying) as the ultimate expression of its concreteness, is broken down its content (object of the regulation). In order to give a legal basis to the right and lobbying activity, the Federal Constitution is scrutinized and some others international conventions are studied. Just like any other activity, the lobbying must obey certain shaping parameters (limits), grounded on guiding Principles of Public Administration, and be subjected to sanctions and penalties in order to combat illicit lobby and lessen the burden of pejorative that the term carries. Finally, found that the attempt to regulate lobbying is old, some legal proposals that resulted frustrated are analyzed, as well as the PL Nº 1.202/07, proposal under discussion in the National Congress, whose content is open to criticism and recommendations in the light of what is meant by the right to lobbying and believed to what may be included in the regulation of a Brazilian "Lobby Law" / A presente dissertação é dedicada à análise do Lobby, tendo por escopo a prática da atividade (Lobbying) e sua regulamentação no Brasil. Para tanto, de início, são vasculhadas suas origens, seguida de uma ampla análise do termo Lobby e seus conceitos retirados das áreas das Ciências Políticas e Jurídica, momento em que se destacam os grupos de interesse e de pressão e se observa o termo carregar grande carga de pejorativos (empregado como sinônimo de corrupção). A seguir, é estudada a regulamentação do Lobbying nos Estados Unidos país em que a atividade foi regulamentada por primeira vez por meio da análise do Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act (1946) e do Lobbying Disclosure Act (1995), e suas emendas, bem como traçado um panorama geral dessa normatização (áreas de atuação, tipos de Lobby mais frequentes e gastos com a atividade). Parte-se para o estudo do Lobby no Brasil, sendo empreendida a sua identificação no cenário nacional, as áreas de atuação e os tipos de Lobby mais comumente praticados (sindicatos, ONGs, empresas). Entendido como um direito (ao Lobbying: somatória de direitos associação, liberdade de opinião e petição, entre outros que permitem o livre exercício da atividade [remunerada ou não] de representação de interesses de um determinado grupo com vistas a influenciar as tomadas de decisão) e sendo o seu exercício (Lobbying) expressão máxima da sua concretude, é discriminado o seu conteúdo (objeto da regulamentação). No intuito de dar fundamentação a esse direito e à atividade do Lobbying, é perscrutada a Constituição Federal e estudadas algumas convenções internacionais atinentes. Assim como qualquer outra atividade, o Lobbying deve obedecer determinados parâmetros de conformação (limites), calcados em Princípios norteadores da Administração Pública, e se sujeitar a sanções e punições no intuito de se combater o Lobby ilícito e diminuir a carga de pejorativos que o termo carrega. Finalmente, verificado que a tentativa de se regulamentar o Lobby é antiga, são analisadas propostas que restaram frustradas, bem como o PL nº 1.202/07, em tramitação no Congresso Nacional, cujo teor é passível de críticas e recomendações à luz do que se entende por direito ao Lobbying e do que deve constar da regulamentação de uma Lei de Lobby brasileira

Com a maior ênfase nas questões ambientais nos últimos anos, tanto em âmbito internacional, quanto em âmbito nacional, diversas são as medidas adotadas visando o desenvolvimento sustentável. Dentre elas a regulação ambiental, a qual é capaz de impor medidas de forma preventiva, mitigatória e compensatória, frente às atividades com impactos negativos ao meio ambiente. Neste estudo, dá-se ênfase às medidas compensatórias, mecanismos capazes de amenizar impactos com efeitos negativos ao meio ambiente não passíveis de serem mitigados por medidas preventivas ou reparatórias, cuja aplicação apresenta diversas discussões, dentre elas a incerteza dos fundamentos que as justificam e seu aproveitamento para o processo desenvolvimento. Dessa forma, este estudo objetiva analisar as medidas compensatórias por meio de seus fundamentos normativos e jurídicos, bem como seu papel para o desenvolvimento nacional, questionando-se se o aumento da regulação ambiental, por meio de tais medidas, favorece o processo de desenvolvimento sob o enfoque da segurança jurídica dos empreendedores submetidos às mesmas. Estudo este que se justifica pelo fato da regulação ambiental se mostrar ainda incipiente na aplicação das medidas compensatórias, com questionamentos em relação aos seus fundamentos, aos aspectos jurídicos envolvidos em sua aplicação, além de repercutir em aspectos econômicos, com desdobramentos ao empreendedor privado e ao próprio Estado na compatibilização de interesses públicos e privados. Assim, para atingir os objetivos acima, como linha central deste estudo foram utilizadas, de forma subsidiária, a análise de mecanismos econômicos associados aos de comando e controle e, de forma principal, as teorias de desenvolvimento de Amartya Sen e Douglass North, já como marco teórico se destacam as diversas teorias quanto a natureza jurídica das medidas compensatórias e da compensação ambiental, no qual optou-se pela análise dogmática jurídica, com o método interpretativo/dedutivo com enfoque na análise qualitativa de tal instituto. Como resultado chegou-se a: falta de uniformização legal; dificuldade de se estabelecer uma vinculação ou não com o impacto ambiental do empreendimento; ausência de discricionariedade do administrador público; bem como falta de consenso em relação a natureza jurídica de tal instituto. Conclui-se, desse modo, que a problemática envolvendo as medidas compensatórias ambientais possibilita sua análise por meio de teorias desenvolvimentistas, cuja aplicação pode ser uma das vias utilizadas para o aperfeiçoamento de sua utilização no processo de desenvolvimento sustentável, uma vez que as discussões puramente jurídicas não têm demonstrado resultados efetivos na aplicação do instituto, além de que as diversas normas concernentes às medidas compensatórias ambientais não são suficientes para dirimir as diversas problemáticas envolvendo tal instituto acima destacado, pontos estes que são fortes fatores de insegurança àqueles submetidos a tais medidas. Assim, as medidas compensatórias, se bem utilizadas a luz das teorias de desenvolvimento, especialmente as de North e Sen, podem contribuir positivamente para no processo de desenvolvimento sustentável, sendo certo que a utilização de mecanismos puramente regulatórios, desassociados de políticas voltadas ao desenvolvimento, não tem demonstrado resultados positivos, não favorecendo a segurança jurídica daqueles submetidos a tais medidas. / With the greatest emphasis on environmental issues in recent years, both internationally and nationally, there are a number of measures taken to achieve sustainable development. Among them, environmental regulation, which is capable of imposing preventive, mitigating and compensatory measures, in the face of activities with negative impacts on the environment. In this study, emphasis is placed on compensatory measures, mechanisms are analyzed that are capable of mitigating impacts with negative effects on the environment that can not be mitigated by preventive or remedial measures, whose application presents several discussions, among them the uncertainty of the justifications and its use for the development process. Thus, this study aims to analyze compensatory measures through their normative and legal bases, as well as their role for national development, questioning whether the increase of environmental regulation, through such measures, favors the development process under the legal certainty of the entrepreneurs submitted to them. This study is justified by the fact that environmental regulation is still incipient in the application of compensatory measures, with questions related to its fundamentals, the legal aspects involved in its application, as well as repercussions on economic aspects, with consequences for the private entrepreneur and the itself in the reconciliation of public and private interests. In order to achieve the above objectives, the main focus of this study was the analysis of the economic mechanisms associated with command and control and, mainly, the development theories of Amartya Sen and Douglass North, the theoretical framework highlights the different theories regarding the legal nature of compensatory measures and environmental compensation, in which the legal dogmatic analysis was chosen, with the interpretive/deductive method with a focus on the qualitative analysis of such institute. As a result, there was a lack of legal standardization; difficulty in establishing a connection or not with the environmental impact of the enterprise; lack of discretion of the public administrator; aas well as a lack of consensus on the legal nature of such an institute. It is concluded, therefore, that the problem of environmental compensatory measures makes possible its analysis through developmental theories, the application of which can be one of the ways used to improve its use in the process of sustainable development, since the purely use of law have not shown effective results in the application of the institute, in addition to the fact that the various norms concerning environmental compensatory measures are not sufficient to solve the various problems involved in this institute, which are strong factors of insecurity for those subject to such measures. Thus, compensatory measures, if well used in the light of developmental theories, especially those of North and Sen, can contribute positively to the process of sustainable development, although the use of purely regulatory mechanisms, disassociated with development policies, has not shown positive results and does not favor the legal certainty of those subject to such measures.

O poder constituinte, tal como entendido pela teoria constitucionalista clássica, é definido como poder bruto, original, ilimitado e incondicionado, a partir do qual nasce o Estado e, por consequência, a ordem jurídica. Esse poder, definido como supraestatal, não encontra limites no direito e, nas concepções democráticas, é titularizado pelo povo soberano. Essa concepção teórica passa por uma releitura no trabalho, a fim de se definir o poder constituinte como poder comunicativo criador da norma constitucional, de aparição episódica, por meio do qual é possível filtrar os argumentos morais, ético-políticos e estratégicos expostos pelos cidadãos na esfera pública democrática, representativos de um modo de vida compartilhado que se impõe politicamente. De acordo com a releitura apresentada, os postulados da ilimitação material e da incondicionalidade do poder constituinte não se sustentam em face do paradigma da racionalidade comunicativa e dialogal. Na qualidade de momento de fundação e fundamentação da ordem constitucional, o poder constituinte precisa respeitar direitos pressupostos, garantidores da autonomia individual, e institucionalizar os procedimentos discursivos que viabilizam a reprodução do direito legítimo. Entendido como processo extraordinário, no qual os interesses e os valores permanecem latentes na sociedade, o exercício do poder constituinte representa um momento único para análise do discurso de fundamentação normativa, objeto central da tese. Associando-se fundamentação normativa com legitimidade política, nos termos da teoria democrática exposta por Jürgen Habermas, conclui-se que o cerne da legitimidade das ordens estatais organizadas democraticamente é a institucionalização de uma ordem jurídica fundamentada discursivamente por intermédio de um procedimento de deliberação pública, no qual todos os potenciais atingidos pela norma possam exprimir o seu assentimento. O poder constituinte, ao estruturar o estado, garante que o processo de formação da vontade e da opinião pública se estabilize e o consenso seja alcançado. / Constituent power, based on classical constitutional theory, is defined as raw, original, limitless and unconditional power, from which the state and, consequently, legal order are born. Such power, defined as supranational, knows no boundaries in the law and according to democratic notions it is held by the sovereign people. This thesis reexamines that theoretical conception in order to define constituent power as a communicative power which creates constitutional norm; it appears occasionally and it allows for a selection of moral, ethical-political and strategic arguments introduced by citizens in the public democratic sphere which represent a shared way of life that imposes itself politically. According to this reexamination, postulates of constituent powers material illimitation and unconditionality cannot resist to the paradigm of communicative and dialogical rationality. As the founding moment and grounds of constitutional order, constituent power must respect presupposed rights which guarantee individual autonomy and institutionalize discursive procedures which enable the reproduction of legitimate law. Understood as an extraordinary process in which interests and values remain latent in society, exercise of constituent power represents a unique moment to analyze the normative grounds discourse, the core issue of this thesis. Combining normative grounds and political legitimacy, in the terms of the democratic theory introduced by Jürgen Habermas, the conclusion is that the essence of legitimacy of democratically-organized state orders is the institutionalization of a legal order based discursively through a process of public deliberation, where all individuals potentially affected by the norm may express their consent. By structuring the state, constituting power ensures that the public will and opinion formation process will become stable and consensus will be reached.

This thesis aims to explore teachers’ and students’ experience and perception of outdoor teaching and learning. Further, it aims to explore influences of outdoor teaching on academic performance in biology and mathematics. The contexts for the thesis are a Swedish high school and Australian environmental education centres. The empirical material comprises student and teacher interviews, and questionnaires and tests answered by students. Theoretical frames of reference are theory of place and three dimensions of learning: content, social and emotional dimensions of learning. The results reveal that the extended physical space had the potential to improve social relations and increase participation, collaboration and on-task communication. However, teachers witnessed a period of up to three months before the students adjusted to outdoor teaching. During that time disciplinary issues were a concern. Teaches’ perceptions were that experience of specific places such as local natural environment was fundamental to forming a sense of belonging and environmental concern. However, teachers described children and students as unfamiliar with local natural environments. Teacher’s perceptions were that media provides knowledge about nature rather than direct experience and children and students were often uncomfortable or afraid in nature. Mathematics followed by language education were the subjects most regularly taught outdoors. Two studies compared classroom education with partly outdoor education in biology and mathematics. Results reveal that students’ performance was equally good, or more developed as a consequence of outdoor teaching. An overarching conclusion is that the possibility to appeal to cognitive, social and emotional dimensions of learning all at the same time has the potential to concretize and broaden the often theoretical approach of high school education, and to contribute to long term episodic memories and a desire to learn. / Denna avhandling syftar till att utforska lärares och elevers erfarenheter av, och uppfattningar om undervisning och lärande utomhus. Vidare syftar den till att undersöka vilken inverkan undervisning utomhus har på elevers resultat i biologi och matematik. Studierna är utförda i en svensk högstadieskola samt vid australiska miljöutbildningscentra. Det empiriska materialet består av elev- och lärarintervjuer samt enkäter och tester besvarade av elever. Det teoretiska ramverket utgår från platsteori samt ett lärandeperspektiv inkluderande tre dimensioner: innehållsliga, sociala och emotionella dimensioner av lärande. Resultaten visar att utemiljöns utvidgade fysiska rum har potential att förändra sociala relationer positivt och leda till ökat deltagande, samarbete, och kommunikation i ämnet  Lärares erfarenhet var dock att det tog upp till tre månader innan eleverna var helt införstådda med utomhusundervisningens innebörd. Under den tiden var oordning i klassen ett hinder. Erfarenhet av specifika platser såsom lokal natur sågs av lärarna som väsentligt för elevernas platstillhörighet och miljöengagemang. Lärare vittnade dock om många elevers främlingskap inför lokala naturmiljöer. Kunskaper om naturen härstammade snarare från media än från egna erfarenheter och eleverna var ofta obekväma eller rädda i naturen. Matematik följt av språk var de ämnen som med störst regelbundenhet undervisades utomhus. I två delstudier jämfördes klassrumsundervisning med undervisning delvis utomhus i biologi och matematik. Resultaten visar på likvärdiga, eller mer utvecklade kunskaper som en följd av utomhusundervisning. En övergripande slutsats är att utomhusundervisningens möjligheter att samtidigt appellera till kognitiva, sociala och emotionella dimensioner av lärande kan konkretisera och vidga högstadieundervisningens teoretiskt inriktade innehåll samt bidra till långlivade episodiska minnen och en lust till lärande.