Research subject General Private Law
General private law is the part of the legal system which involves relationships between individuals, such as the law of contracts and torts and the law of obligations. Two distinct areas can be identified in general private law research: commercial law and consumer law.
Major subjects in genral private law include contract law, the sale of goods law, the preferential right to assets in the event of insolvency as well as tort law. Some general issues concerning debt claims, transfer and ownership also belong here.
These subjects used to be domestically oriented, but today international discussions are held concerning the need to harmonise legal rules so that differences in the existing regulatory systems do not present trade barriers. Hence this subject tops the EU’s agenda and there is a broad support for introducing of a European statute book in the field of private law. Research in the field entails, as before, analysis of the legal rules, but also, even more importantly, identification of differences between the legal corpora used in different countries.
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Christina Ramberg
Professor
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Jori Munukka
Professor
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Göran Millqvist
Professor
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Jessika Van Der Sluijs Björkman
Professor
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Marcus Radetzki
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Mårten Schultz
Professor
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Johnny Herre
Adjungerad professor
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Claes Sandgren
Professor emeritus
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Alexander Unnersjö
Universitetslektor
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Emil Elgebrant
Associate Professor
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Johan Sandstedt
Universitetslektor
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Konrad Lundberg
Universitetslektor
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Mia Carlsson
Universitetslektor, docent
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Ronney Hagelberg
Universitetslektor
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Sara Göthlin
Jur. dok
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Stina Bratt
Jur. dr.
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Algot Bengtsson
Doktorand
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Dafne Barkestad
Doktorand
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Fredrik Sandberg
Doktorand
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Patryk Sapa
Doktorand
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Tove Lindgren
Doktorand
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