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Sveriges rikes lag, the de facto statute book, containing a selection of current laws from the SFS. The Swedish Code of Statutes (Swedish: Svensk författningssamling, Swedish law collection; SFS) contains the chronological session laws of the Riksdag, regulations of the Government, and ordinances, collectively called författning.
The Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression (Swedish: Yttrandefrihetsgrundlagen, YGL) of 1991 is a lengthier document defining freedom of expression in all media except for written books and magazines (such as radio, television, the Internet, etc.)
The Civil Code of 1734 (Swedish: 1734 års lag), was a code of law passed by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates in 1734, and put in effect after it had been ratified by Frederick I of Sweden 23 January 1736. [1]
The law of Sweden is a civil law system, whose essence is manifested in its dependence on statutory law. [2] Sweden's civil law tradition, as in the rest of Europe, is founded upon Roman law as codified in the Corpus Juris Civilis, but as developed within German law, rather than upon the Napoleonic Code. But, over time Sweden along with the ...
Scandinavian law, also known as Nordic law, [1] is the law of the five Nordic countries, namely Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. It is generally regarded as a subgroup of civil law or as an individual legal body in itself. Prior to the 19th century, the European countries were independent in their administering and legality ...
The general courts deal with criminal cases, like an act defined in the Swedish Penal Code or in another law, for which a sanction is prescribed (e.g. theft or robbery). ). The general courts also handle some civil law disputes, for example, disputes over the contents of a business agreement or cases relating to family law, [6] [7] [8] and a number of other non-contentious matters; such as ...
Swedish law has a few criminal offences that concern misuse of the printed or spoken word. Among those is a law against hate speech . This is in Sweden seen as a crime against the state and public order, which means that legal action can be taken only by a special prosecutor who is under constitutional obligation to give special consideration ...
History of copyright in Sweden dates back to the “Royal Act Regulating Book Printers” from 1752. [ 1 ] Court rulings of 2016 and 2017 effectively eliminated freedom of panorama in Sweden.