The Swedish Political and Legal Systems

Résumé du document

"From each according to ability, to each according to needs" - that was the radical basic doctrine of a welfare state in which all inhabitants would always be guaranteed basic economic security in all stages of life.

Benefits
highly subsidized childcare
free public primary and secondary schools
free public universities / generous student loans
generous parental leave
small fee required for healthcare (approx. 12 USD per visit)
entitlement to 1 year of parental leave
social security
housing stipends
highly subsidized nursing homes
very low crime rates

Problems
extremely expensive
extremely high tax burden
free-loading

Extraits

[...] The basic qualification requirements for admission to the Law Programme are in principle: complete upper secondary school education or other equivalent education that entitles to university studies in the home country documented good knowledge of English documented good knowledge of Swedish (students with Scandinavian upper secondary school education who have Scandinavian as native language with an exception for Finnish do not have to present any documentation of their knowledge of Swedish). The special requirements are: upper secondary school courses in Swedish, Civics, and History. [...]

[...] Sweden still has comparatively few advocates: among the Nordic countries, only Finland has a lower number of advocates per capita. In 1983 the Bar Association had 2,000 members. Now, twenty years later, the number of members is a little over 4,100. In addition to this figure, about 1,300 associate lawyers, not yet members of the Bar are employed in law-firms. Approximately of the members are women. [...]

[...] The tasks of the Sami Parliament in Sweden are: to decide on the distribution of state subsidies and money from the Sami fund to Sami culture and Sami organizations, and other financing made jointly available to the Sami to appoint the board of the Sami Schools as stated in the School Act to deal with Sami language issues to take part in society planning so that Sami needs are considered, including the interests of the reindeer industry concerning the use of land and water to inform about the Sami and their conditions There are Sami Parliaments in Norway and Finland Sami culture is often associated with reindeer herding Swedish law reserves this profession for the Sami people. [...]

[...] In that period the applicant he must have professionally assisted the general public in legal matters for at least three years, either as an employee of a Bar member or as a self-employed person. The Charter also requires that the applicant should has taken the preparatory courses in the ethics and professional techniques of the profession arranged by the Bar Association and that he has passed a Bar examination is become known for his integrity; and 5. is also in other respects considered suitable to practice as a member of the Bar. Professional judges or officers at the Courts, public prosecutors, and bailiffs may not be admitted as members. [...]

[...] The Government implements the Riksdag's decisions Judicial Branch Sweden has a three-tier hierarchy of general courts 95 district courts (tingsrätter) 6 courts of appeal (hovrätter) The Supreme Court (Högsta domstolen) Sweden has a three-tier hierarchy of administrative courts 23 county administrative courts (länsrätter) 4 administrative courts of appeal (kammarrätter) The Supreme Administrative Court (Regeringsrätten) The Supreme Court (Högsta domstolen) There are also courts with specialized jurisdiction: The Labor Court The Market Court Rent and Leasehold Tribunals Court of Patent Appeals The Stockholm District Court is the exclusive court of first instance for certain types of patent cases Land Courts Environmental Courts Maritime Law Courts The judicial branch is administered by the National Courts Administration (Domstolsväsendet), which is independent of the Ministry of Justice and Riksdag Domstolsväsendet / National Courts Administration The National Courts Administration is a state authority reporting to the Government and functions as a service organization for the Swedish courts. The National Courts Administration does not have any powers to make decisions over the final judgments or decisions of the courts. [...]