SocratesPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.127-135
Audronė Balsiukienė, Remigijus Jokubauskas
{"title":"Problems of New and Interim Financing in Restructuring Proceedings","authors":"Audronė Balsiukienė, Remigijus Jokubauskas","doi":"10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.127-135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.127-135","url":null,"abstract":"This article focuses on problems of new and interim financing in restructuring proceedings. It discusses the needs for additional financing in restructuring proceedings and how it should be granted. Also, the authors analyse the regulation and protection of interim and new financing in the European Union law. The authors argue that though Directive on restructuring and insolvency aims to increase effectiveness of restructuring proceedings, the regulation of interim and new financing triggers questions whether it is compatible with the goals of restructuring proceedings.","PeriodicalId":34542,"journal":{"name":"Socrates","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69070325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SocratesPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.268-286
E. Brants
{"title":"Role of Foreseeability in Imposition of Civil Liability","authors":"E. Brants","doi":"10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.268-286","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.268-286","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this article is to offer an insight into the role of foreseeability in imposition of civil liability. The article contains analysis of the principle of foreseeability from various points of view, for example, by analysing it from the perspective of the general (fault-based) model of liability as well of the strict liability. Likewise, the article analysis the role of foreseeability during determination of preconditions to civil liability, for example, by introducing it into the concepts of “fault” and “causation”. The aspects referred to in this article are predominantly analysed from the theoretical perspective. The article references various legal sources from different countries, which allows other legal scholars to use the conclusions offered herein.","PeriodicalId":34542,"journal":{"name":"Socrates","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69070874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SocratesPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.25143/socr.21.2021.3.169-180
Jānis Bramanis, Jānis Načisčionis
{"title":"Current Issues of Construction Law","authors":"Jānis Bramanis, Jānis Načisčionis","doi":"10.25143/socr.21.2021.3.169-180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.21.2021.3.169-180","url":null,"abstract":"Theoretically, the construction right affects all persons and the humanity in general since a situation is impossible that would prove the lack of this process, and as the area of economics, also different economic, political and legal thought development processes regulate consolidation of this legal discipline in the legal science. Construction right has consolidated over time as a legal discipline with its regulating subject – construction works and designing, including also the development of construction plan – designing, construction of the object, reconstruction or dismantling. Keywords: construction, construction rights, permission, responsibility, construction control.","PeriodicalId":34542,"journal":{"name":"Socrates","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69071501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SocratesPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.25143/socr.21.2021.3.227-233
Lidija Rozentāle
{"title":"Term ‘Household’ in the Latvian Legal Framework","authors":"Lidija Rozentāle","doi":"10.25143/socr.21.2021.3.227-233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.21.2021.3.227-233","url":null,"abstract":"Originality / value – the content of this article – is based on the author’s own original research. The study presents empirically tested arguments, interpretation of the term ‘household’ in the Latvian regulatory enactments. At a time when a state of emergency has been declared in the country, in such circumstances there is neither precise normative terminology, nor criteria for defining household. Those applying legislation have no uniform understanding as to whether a relationship established in a partnership can be viewed as household. This issue requires further research and discussion. The aim of the publication is to reveal some legal issues that directly affect couples living in a household. Keywords: partnership, relationship, common household.","PeriodicalId":34542,"journal":{"name":"Socrates","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69072196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SocratesPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.25143/socr.21.2021.3.181-190
Anatoliy A. Lytvynenko
{"title":"May the Patient’s Will, Expressed by Means of Assistive Communication Technologies, be Admissible as Evidence in Court Proceedings?","authors":"Anatoliy A. Lytvynenko","doi":"10.25143/socr.21.2021.3.181-190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.21.2021.3.181-190","url":null,"abstract":"The article is dedicated to hallmark the problem of accepting evidence of a patient’s will by a court in diverse proceedings, and it being communicated by non-classical means. Modern technologies allow patients to communicate utilizing various electrified appliances, in case the disabled person suffers from an ailment, or a health disorder affecting speech and mental abilities. Such appliances may truly enhance the patient’s quality of life; however, it is uncertain whether such patient may be found to be a competent witness, or the information reflecting their will obtained in a non-classical method may be found to be as convincing evidence by the court. Currently, there is very little judicial precedent dealing with obtaining evidence of the patient’s will by means of assistive communication technologies, though recent Italian legacy has shown such evidence may be accepted by the court, in case forensic-psychiatric examination approves adequacy of the cognitive abilities of the patient, rendering their will competent. Diverse legal systems render the question of patient’s competence differently, and the issue of accepting information as evidence obtained by means of assistive communication technologies will surely become more frequent in disputes relating to testament validity or determining the patient’s will to undergo or forego medical treatment. Such cases may be of high relevance in civil proceedings on withdrawal of life-supporting treatment, which will ultimately result in the patient’s demise. Keywords: patient’s autonomy, patient’s legal capacity, withdrawal of life-supporting treatment, assistive communication technologies, theory of evidence, critically-ill patients.","PeriodicalId":34542,"journal":{"name":"Socrates","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69072461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SocratesPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.188-211
Laura Šāberte, D. Tarasova, Karina Palkova
{"title":"Ārstniecības personas tiesības paust savu reliģisko pārliecību darba tiesiskajās attiecībās","authors":"Laura Šāberte, D. Tarasova, Karina Palkova","doi":"10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.188-211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.188-211","url":null,"abstract":"The rights of medical practitioners are broadly defined in both national and international legislation. The scope of the rights of medical practitioners is evolving along with the development of certain sub-sectors of the field of law. One of the topical issues in the context of the exercise of the rights of medical practitioners is the right of medical practitioners to express their religious beliefs from the Labor law perspective. The right of medical practitioners to freedom of religion is to be seen as part of human rights as well. Member States that have acceded to human rights instruments that protect the right to freedom of religion do not have the right to intervene and take coercive measures to change these views. The right to freedom of religion at the level of human rights applies to a medical practitioner as an individual living in a democratic society and as a person with a medical education who is engaged in medical treatment or prevention, diagnosis and treatment, medical rehabilitation and patient care has rights and obligations within the framework of the activity. The aim of the article is to study the right of medical practitioners to express their religious beliefs in employment relations, as well as to identify problematic issues researching the case law of the CJEU and the ECtHR.","PeriodicalId":34542,"journal":{"name":"Socrates","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69070705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SocratesPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.232-244
Māris Vitkovskis
{"title":"Bezpilota gaisa kuģu (dronu) izmantošanas tiesiskie aspekti","authors":"Māris Vitkovskis","doi":"10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.232-244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.232-244","url":null,"abstract":"In today’s technology world, development of unmanned aircrafts is happening very rapidly, and the laws and regulations governing this specific area are constantly supplemented at both – level of European Union and nation-wide. They are aimed at incorporating unmanned aircrafts in air traffic, to comply safety, security, and privacy requirements, and not to pose any risks to the environment. Opportunities of using this technical mean are versatile and it can be a good assistant in various areas. Unmanned aircrafts are widely used by the civil sector and the military sector and, in the recent years, these specific means have been used by rescue services and security institutions. Unfortunately, it should be admitted that unmanned aircrafts are also used in terrorist and other criminal activities, so it is essential to control the flight environment by preventing unauthorised flights for ensuring general safety. The responsible institutions also have been working in this direction. Until July 1st, 2021, in the current Cabinet Regulation No 368 “Regulations for Performing Flights of Unmanned Aircrafts and Other Types of Aircrafts”, there was found a term “state unmanned aircraft”, which regulated the areas in which state unmanned aircrafts can be used, for example, in investigation and detection of criminal offences, but there was no further explanation in more detail. The Cabinet Regulations, which came into force on July 1st, 2021, explain in more detail the rights and obligations of pilots of state unmanned aircrafts. However, these regulations do not provide specific information on the use of unmanned aircrafts in measures of operational activities. Therefore, this issue is controversial and should be raised for updating.","PeriodicalId":34542,"journal":{"name":"Socrates","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69070834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SocratesPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.25143/socr.21.2021.3.139-148
Sandra Joksta
{"title":"Challenge of Advocate’s Profession in the Age of Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Proliferation Evasion “Not to slip with a fragile burden!\"","authors":"Sandra Joksta","doi":"10.25143/socr.21.2021.3.139-148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.21.2021.3.139-148","url":null,"abstract":"Ability to perform advocate’s duty is irrevocably linked to advocate’s immunity concept. The article provides an insight about the scope of advocate’s immunity concept in the age of money laundering. The purpose of it is to analyse the modern tendency to overstep the red lines guarding this concept, when applying legal enactments for money laundering evasion purposes. In the article, the judgment of 19 November 2020 in case “Klaus Mueller vs Germany” made by European Court of Human Rights, is analysed, where the issue of advocate’s immunity was considered in joint connection with the Clause 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The sometimes-exaggerated need for transparency at all costs conflicts with privacy protection aspects of individuals. Legislative enactments of money laundering and terrorism financing and proliferation evasion systemically contradicts Law of Advocacy and causes collision with other norms of higher legal rank such as fundamental rights enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights to fair trial and justice and rights to choose an occupation and engage in work. Keywords: advocate’s immunity concept, advocate’s rights to professional secret and confidentiality, legal certainty, money laundering and terrorism financing and proliferation evasion, principle of sound legislation, uncertain privilege.","PeriodicalId":34542,"journal":{"name":"Socrates","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69071869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SocratesPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.014-023
Laura Ratniece
{"title":"Pētījumi tiesību zinātnē un starpdisciplinaritāte: īss ieskats pamatjautājumos","authors":"Laura Ratniece","doi":"10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.014-023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.014-023","url":null,"abstract":"Even though interdisciplinarity in legal research is not a novelty anymore, it is not yet that widespread in Latvia. In order to initiate a discussion about using interdisciplinarity in legal research, the author suggests that it is necessary to start by looking at key issues related to interdisciplinarity in law; the main issue being what is interdisciplinary legal research.","PeriodicalId":34542,"journal":{"name":"Socrates","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69069500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SocratesPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.301-316
Silvia Kaugia, A. Lall, A. Zīle
{"title":"Comparative Study on Frequency of Various Papillary Pattern Types in Estonian Men and Women","authors":"Silvia Kaugia, A. Lall, A. Zīle","doi":"10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.301-316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.301-316","url":null,"abstract":"The authors of the article conducted a comparative study to determine the incidence frequency of various papillary patterns in men and women. In the framework of this study, the authors collected and performed analysis on data published in the subject literature. Comparative analysis was performed to check for potential similarities and differences in papillary patterns, types, and groups in men and women, using data on the patterns in both hands. This article presents the results of the study.","PeriodicalId":34542,"journal":{"name":"Socrates","volume":"55 20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69070941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}