Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Non-proportionality'

This thesis conducts a conceptual analysis of the proportionality of non-consensual adoptions in England and Wales. It does so by examining the English legislation and case law on adoption and the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). This thesis considers and applies rights from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) to determine when non-consensual adoption may be regarded as a necessary and proportionate interference with children’s and parents’ rights. The proportionality principle requires the domestic courts and the ECtHR to strike a balance between the various rights and interests of children and parents while taking into account children’s welfare. The final strand of the proportionality principle identifies whether the State measure is the least restrictive measure available to satisfy the State’s objective. This strand is not applied in all non-consensual adoption cases heard by the domestic courts or the ECtHR. However, this thesis argues it is essential to identify whether less restrictive alternatives exist as these measures may prove equally effective in protecting children’s welfare when compared with adoption, and may also protect children’s and parents’ rights. This thesis makes a conceptual contribution to the academic scholarship on non-consensual adoption law by identifying how the UNCRC, the ECHR, the best interests principle and ECtHR jurisprudence can be applied so as to provide optimal protection for children’s and parents’ rights in adoption cases. This thesis concludes that judicial reasoning in the courts should routinely consider UNCRC rights and the effectiveness of less restrictive alternatives. Furthermore, it argues that there is a positive obligation under ECHR Article 8 to provide State assistance in circumstances where children can safely be raised by their parents, which is not yet recognised in English case law.

The principle of non-discrimination is widely subscribed to in both Bilateral Investment Treaties and Investor-State arbitration awards. However, when this principle is deconstructed, it appears to be less evident what it entails and accordingly, how it should be applied in practice. This thesis examines how discriminatory treatment is defined under international investment law and seeks to articulate a more coherent test based upon the substantive standard of equality and the proportionality principle. By examining a current Investor-State dispute against the Government of South Africa, it illustrates why it is important to understand the notion of equality, and that investment arbitrations are increasingly raising questions of the conflict between domestic public policy and investment protection for arbitrators to resolve. Underlying this issue are wider questions relating to the fundamental power balances between the parties to Bilateral Investment Treaties. In order to encourage international investment as a whole, these questions should not be ignored but rather addressed by arbitral tribunals.
Le principe de non-discrimination est très présent tant dans les traités bilatéraux d’investissement que dans les sentences arbitrales. Pourtant, l’analyse approfondie de ce principe révèle que sa signification réelle et, par voie de conséquence, son application pratique sont moins évidentes qu’il n’y paraît. Cette thèse étudie la manière selon laquelle le traitement discriminatoire est défini en droit des investissements internationaux et cherche à élaborer un test plus cohérent fondé sur les principes d’égalité substantive et de proportionnalité. En examinant un litige opposant actuellement un investisseur à un Etat, en l’occurrence le gouvernement d’Afrique du Sud, cette thèse souligne l’importance de la notion d’égalité. En outre, elle démontre que les arbitrages en matière d’investissement présentent un risque accru de conflits entre les politiques publiques des Etats et la protection des investisseurs, conflits qu’il revient aux arbitres de trancher. Cette question est peut-être révélatrice de problématique plus large concernant l’équilibre des pouvoirs entre les parties à un traité d’investissement bilatéral.

This study aims to examine how the emergence of modern warfare are challenging International Humanitarian Law when it comes to the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Thereby gaining a better understanding of how modern warfare is putting civilians at risk and how International Humanitarian Law is being challenged by the development of warfare. This study is a multidisciplinary study of Peace and Conflict Studies and International Law, which gives a rare perspective on civilian’s position in modern warfare. Thereby this study is not only showing the legal challenges in armed conflict but also bringing in the perspective of civilian’s position in modern warfare. This study will make use of three case studies: urban warfare, non-state actors and the use of drones in armed conflict. This study concludes that the challenges which International Humanitarian Law meets in modern warfare, is related to the need of clarifications but also a need for a greater enforcement and respect of the law by all parties of the conflict, both state and non-state actors. Lastly, there is a need for strengthening the inclusion of non-state actors in international law and strengthen International Humanitarian Law to meet the challenges of modern warfare to protect the civilians.

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Although there isn‟t a specific rule in the native law, the application of the non concurrence clause profits from the constitutional protection, which is based on the free initiative, private property, free concurrence, property law, consumer defense and general freedom law. Due to constitutional propagation, it enjoys equally of protection in the general clauses of the objective good faith and social function, besides the lawfulness presumption of the contract. On the other hand, there are some directives that can‟t be disregarded when having to limit the freedom right of the work. Indeed, the economical order must be based on the importance of the human work, as well as the reduction of the social inequalities and in the search of the perfect job. Moreover, the private property is established on the basis of the free exercise of any work, occupation or profession, that is to say, it must be observed the social right of the worker in choosing the developed activity, this means that any act that disrespect the importance of the work can be understood as unconstitutional. There is a clear confront between the non concurrence clause and the freedom work both under the constitutional protection in the articles 5° and 170 of the CF. The solution of this conflict is coped with the principles of proportionality, which it justifies and limits the application of the non concurrence clause. However, to reach such point, it‟s necessary the constitutional passage about the traditional methods of constitutional interpretation getting to the pos-positivist moment, taking care of the constitutional‟s principles of interpretation reading as a leading of the whole arrangement, differing from the rules relating them with the principle of proportionality use and its sub-principles of adequacy, necessity and proportionality in the strict way
Although there isn‟t a specific rule in the native law, the application of the non concurrence clause profits from the constitutional protection, which is based on the free initiative, private property, free concurrence, property law, consumer defense and general freedom law. Due to constitutional propagation, it enjoys equally of protection in the general clauses of the objective good faith and social function, besides the lawfulness presumption of the contract. On the other hand, there are some directives that can‟t be disregarded when having to limit the freedom right of the work. Indeed, the economical order must be based on the importance of the human work, as well as the reduction of the social inequalities and in the search of the perfect job. Moreover, the private property is established on the basis of the free exercise of any work, occupation or profession, that is to say, it must be observed the social right of the worker in choosing the developed activity, this means that any act that disrespect the importance of the work can be understood as unconstitutional. There is a clear confront between the non concurrence clause and the freedom work both under the constitutional protection in the articles 5° and 170 of the CF. The solution of this conflict is coped with the principles of proportionality, which it justifies and limits the application of the non concurrence clause. However, to reach such point, it‟s necessary the constitutional passage about the traditional methods of constitutional interpretation getting to the pos-positivist moment, taking care of the constitutional‟s principles of interpretation reading as a leading of the whole arrangement, differing from the rules relating them with the principle of proportionality use and its sub-principles of adequacy, necessity and proportionality in the strict way
Embora inexista regra específica no direito pátrio, a aplicação da cláusula de não concorrência goza de amparo constitucional, fundado na livre iniciativa, propriedade privada, livre concorrência, direito de propriedade, defesa do consumidor e direito geral de liberdade. Por irradiação constitucional, usufrui igualmente de amparo nas cláusulas gerais da boa-fé objetiva e função social do contrato, além da presunção de licitude do contrato. Por outro lado, há diretrizes que não podem ser desconsideradas quando se trata de limitar o direito de liberdade ao trabalho. Com efeito, a ordem econômica deve ser fundada na valorização do trabalho humano, bem como na redução das desigualdades sociais, e na busca do pleno emprego. Ademais, a propriedade privada é estabelecida com base no livre exercício de qualquer trabalho, ofício ou profissão ou seja, deve ser observado o direito social do trabalhador de escolher a atividade desenvolvida, o que significa que qualquer ato que desrespeite a valorização do trabalho poderá ser entendida como inconstitucional. Há nítido confronto, pois, entre a cláusula de não concorrência e a liberdade ao trabalho ambas com amparo constitucional nos arts. 5º e 170 da CF. A resolução desse conflito é enfrentada à luz do princípio da proporcionalidade, que justifica e limita a aplicação da cláusula de não concorrência. Porém, para se chegar a tal ponto, antes se faz necessária passagem constitucional, acerca dos tradicionais métodos de interpretação constitucional chegando ao momento pós-positivista, cuidando-se da leitura dos princípios de interpretação constitucional como vetores de todo o ordenamento, diferenciando-os das regras, e relacionando-os com o uso do princípio da proporcionalidade e seus subprincípios da adequação, necessidade e proporcionalidade em sentido estrito. Daí se observa que a Constituição Federal preserva ambos os bens, e a interpretação constitucional deve ser levada a efeito de modo a harmonizar o conflito, de sorte que um direito ceda ao outro no caso concreto, sem que isso represente a completa exclusão do direito preterido, conservando-se a unidade do sistema e promovendo-se a concordância prática através da ponderação de bens. O princípio da proporcionalidade passa a ser conceituado e aferido em todas as suas nuances, demonstrando-se os prós e contras de seu uso como critério para resolução de conflitos na sociedade contemporânea. Passa-se à análise do direito contratual contemporâneo, em que a autonomia da vontade é mitigada frente à defesa dos direitos sociais, e a responsabilidade pós-contratual é inserida com fulcro nas cláusulas gerais. Com o uso de todos os fundamentos apontados, torna-se ao debate original, justificando e limitando a cláusula de não concorrência, apresentando as possibilidades de uso da cláusula de não concorrência pós pactum finitum em uma relação de desigualdade como é o caso da relação de emprego, valendo-se do princípio da proporcionalidade e seus subprincípios, indicando-se as posições da doutrina e jurisprudência, sem olvidar do direito estrangeiro
Embora inexista regra específica no direito pátrio, a aplicação da cláusula de não concorrência goza de amparo constitucional, fundado na livre iniciativa, propriedade privada, livre concorrência, direito de propriedade, defesa do consumidor e direito geral de liberdade. Por irradiação constitucional, usufrui igualmente de amparo nas cláusulas gerais da boa-fé objetiva e função social do contrato, além da presunção de licitude do contrato. Por outro lado, há diretrizes que não podem ser desconsideradas quando se trata de limitar o direito de liberdade ao trabalho. Com efeito, a ordem econômica deve ser fundada na valorização do trabalho humano, bem como na redução das desigualdades sociais, e na busca do pleno emprego. Ademais, a propriedade privada é estabelecida com base no livre exercício de qualquer trabalho, ofício ou profissão ou seja, deve ser observado o direito social do trabalhador de escolher a atividade desenvolvida, o que significa que qualquer ato que desrespeite a valorização do trabalho poderá ser entendida como inconstitucional. Há nítido confronto, pois, entre a cláusula de não concorrência e a liberdade ao trabalho ambas com amparo constitucional nos arts. 5º e 170 da CF. A resolução desse conflito é enfrentada à luz do princípio da proporcionalidade, que justifica e limita a aplicação da cláusula de não concorrência. Porém, para se chegar a tal ponto, antes se faz necessária passagem constitucional, acerca dos tradicionais métodos de interpretação constitucional chegando ao momento pós-positivista, cuidando-se da leitura dos princípios de interpretação constitucional como vetores de todo o ordenamento, diferenciando-os das regras, e relacionando-os com o uso do princípio da proporcionalidade e seus subprincípios da adequação, necessidade e proporcionalidade em sentido estrito. Daí se observa que a Constituição Federal preserva ambos os bens, e a interpretação constitucional deve ser levada a efeito de modo a harmonizar o conflito, de sorte que um direito ceda ao outro no caso concreto, sem que isso represente a completa exclusão do direito preterido, conservando-se a unidade do sistema e promovendo-se a concordância prática através da ponderação de bens. O princípio da proporcionalidade passa a ser conceituado e aferido em todas as suas nuances, demonstrando-se os prós e contras de seu uso como critério para resolução de conflitos na sociedade contemporânea. Passa-se à análise do direito contratual contemporâneo, em que a autonomia da vontade é mitigada frente à defesa dos direitos sociais, e a responsabilidade pós-contratual é inserida com fulcro nas cláusulas gerais. Com o uso de todos os fundamentos apontados, torna-se ao debate original, justificando e limitando a cláusula de não concorrência, apresentando as possibilidades de uso da cláusula de não concorrência pós pactum finitum em uma relação de desigualdade como é o caso da relação de emprego, valendo-se do princípio da proporcionalidade e seus subprincípios, indicando-se as posições da doutrina e jurisprudência, sem olvidar do direito estrangeiro

Dans notre monde actuel, les entreprises utilisent, pour se prémunir de toute atteinte et protéger au maximum leurs intérêts économiques, des techniques contractuelles élaborées par la pratique telles que les clauses de non-concurrence, les clauses de confidentialité, les clauses de non-réaffiliation et les clauses de non sollicitation.Ces clauses occupent de multiples champs de l’activité contractuelle en mêlant le droit des contrats, le droit des affaires et le droit du travail. Elles visent à interdire au cocontractant, d’exercer une activité professionnelle, de divulguer des informations secrètes, ou encore d’embaucher certains collaborateurs. Ainsi, elles viennent limiter une liberté fondamentale, plus spécialement la liberté du commerce et de l’industrie. Dès lors, il semble nécessaire d’élaborer un régime juridique commun à toutes ces clauses afin de préserver d’un coté la protection de l’activité économique des entreprises et de l’autre la sauvegarde de la liberté économique des contractants soumis à de telles clauses. L’intérêt d’un régime commun est d’anticiper les conditions de validité et de mise en œuvre des ce type de clauses. De cette façon, la prévisibilité ne ferait plus défaut aux contractants. L’élaboration de ce droit commun passe par deux étapes. La première est relative à l’identification des clauses limitatives de concurrence. Il s’agit de saisir leur autonomie par rapport aux contrats dans lesquels elles peuvent être insérées et d’en tirer les conséquences au niveau leur validité. La seconde est relative à la mise en œuvre de ces clauses. Leur application est délicate car dépendante pour une grande partie de la précision de leur contenu. En cas de non-respect, un vaste choix de remèdes est offert au contractant déçu pour venir sanctionner le manquement contractuel constaté
In the modern world, to guard themselves from damage and to protect at best their economical interests, companies use contractual techniques developed by usage such as non-compete clauses,confidentiality clauses, non-reaffiliation clauses and non-solicitation clauses. These clauses cover many fields of contractual legality, mixing contract law, labor law and business law. Their aim is to prohibit the co-contractor to practice a professional activity, to disclose secret information, or even to employ specific colleagues, or contributors. Thus, they are brought to restrict a fundamental freedom, specifically the freedom of trade and of industry. As a result, it appears necessary to formulate a common legal system for all these clauses so as to preserve on one side the protection of the economic activity of the companies et on the other side the safeguard of the economic freedom of the co-contractors subject to these clauses. The benefit of a common legal system is the anticipation of the conditions of validity and implementation of this type of clause. In this way, the cocontractants will not lack in foresight. The development of this common right is in two steps. This includes confirming their autonomy relative to the contracts in which they may be inserted and draw the necessary conclusions regarding their validity. The second step is relative to the implementation of these clauses. Their application is sensitive because it depends for the most part on the precision of their content. In case of a breach of contract, a large array of legal remedies is available to the aggrieved contractor to penalize the breach of contract

This  article  has  as  aim  to  reflect  about  the  protection  of economic, social and cultural rights before the regressive measures adopted by governments in Latin America, as well as of the different levels of jurisdictional tutelage that those receive. The document develops the concept of a regressive measure and the scope of the non-regression principle, furthermore, it shows the experience of the Constitutional Courts from Peru and Colombia and the organs of the Interamerican System of Human Rights regarding the protection of social rights.
El presente artículo tiene por propósito plantear una reflexión sobre la protección jurisdiccional que reciben los derechos sociales frente a la adopción de medidas regresivas en Latinoamérica por parte de los Estados, así como de los diversos grados de tutela jurisdiccional que aquellos reciben. El artículo desarrolla la noción de regresividad y los alcances del principio de prohibición de regresividad, así como la experiencia  de las Cortes Constitucionales de Perú y Colombia y de los órganos el Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos en torno a la protección de los derechos sociales.

O presente estudo tem como escopo examinar os limites constitucionais da influência da tributação nas atividades econômicas dos Contribuintes, à luz dos princípios e postulados da livre iniciativa, da livre concorrência, da igualdade, da proporcionalidade e da proibição do excesso. A indagação geral que impulsionará a pesquisa é a seguinte: pode a tributação, de forma indistinta, determinar como os Contribuintes devem agir ao plasmar suas atividades econômicas, ou há algum limite a partir do qual a influência da tributação sobre as livres escolhas dos Contribuintes não pode mais avançar? Quais as normas resultantes das interações entre direito tributário e direito econômico? Quais limites a igualdade impõe ao uso de medidas extrafiscais? De quais ferramentas dispõe o aplicador para realizar a liberdade econômica e a igualdade? Como a tese do legislador negativo representa um entrave para a realização dos princípios e postulados em questão? Quais paradigmas estão por trás de tal tese? Mais especificamente, examinaremos alguns casos concretos que ilustrem os problemas em questão e permitam um aprofundamento dos pontos discutidos na pesquisa. O primeiro caso será o das empresas excluídas do SIMPLES cuja exclusão esteja motivada pelo simples exercício de determinada atividade econômica, buscando elucidar se tal discriminação encontra suporte no ordenamento jurídico brasileiro, considerando o seguinte: existindo um critério objetivo para definir quais empresas podem gozar dos benefícios do SIMPLES, qual seja, a receita bruta anual da empresa, pode o Poder Legislativo adotar critério distintivo diverso (a atividade econômica desenvolvida pela empresa) para fins de enquadramento no referido regime tributário? Tal discriminação em função da atividade econômica do Contribuinte encontra respaldo na Constituição Federal? Se a liberdade econômica é um limite à tal discriminação, quais são seus elementos e eficácia jurídica? O segundo caso, que impõe questionamentos semelhantes, é o da exclusão da possibilidade de creditamento da mão-de-obra de pessoas físicas utilizada como insumo por Contribuintes do PIS e da COFINS não-cumulativos.
This paper aims to verify which are the constitutional limitations to the influence of taxation over taxpayers’ economic activities, in the light of the principles and postulates of freedom of enterprise, free competition, equality, proportionality and the prohibition of excessive influence. The general enquiry that will guide this research is the following: can taxation, indistinctly, determine how taxpayers shall act when choosing and directing their economic activities, or are there some limitations that compel the government to not influence taxpayers' economic choices? What are the norms resulting from interactions between tax law and economic law? What limits does equality imposes to the use of behavior influent taxation? Which are the tools available to the judges to promote economic freedom and equality? How does the thesis of negative legislative power represents an obstacle to the achievement of such principles and postulates by the courts? What are the paradigms behind such thesis? More specifically, we are going to examine some cases that illustrate the problems abovementioned and allow us to go deeper in points discussed in this research. The first case is the exclusion of companies from tax benefit program called SIMPLES (for small business), whose exclusion is determined by the simple fact of exercise of a specific economic activity. We are going to exam it in order to elucidate if Brazilian law sustains such discrimination, considering the following: if the law choses one criteria to grant the tax benefits of SIMPLES (company's economic size measured by gross income), can the legislator choose another criteria (company's economic activity) to exclude it from the tax benefit program? Is it grounded in Brazilian Constitution the discrimination based upon the simple adoption of an economic activity? If freedom of enterprise is a limitation to such discrimination, which are its elements and legal effectiveness? The second case, which implies similar questions, is the exclusion of the possibility of crediting the labor of natural persons used as an input for taxpayers of non-cumulative PIS and COFINS (social contributions over gross income - VAT).

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The overcoming of legal positivism, as well as recognition of the normative force of the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil, led the incidence of human rights in private relations, among them labor relations with emphasis on employment agreement. As employees and employers are both holders of human rights, there are situations in which it checks for collision between the opposing fundamental rights. In order to solve the contradiction of human rights it is necessary to apply the principle of proportionality (adequacy, necessity and proportionality in the strict sense). We applied the principle of proportionality to reexamine the assumptions of non-compete clause to be effective after employment agreement termination in view of the collision between employees‟ human rights of freedom of work and employer's human rights of property. Applying the principle of proportionality it is possible to conclude that non-competition clause is in compliance with Brazilian labor legislation if the agreement observes the following assumptions: (i) justification for the restriction cause, (ii) temporal and geographical limitations, (iii) description of the activities and constraint of the object and (iv) financial compensation
A superação do positivismo jurídico, bem como o reconhecimento da força normativa da Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil (CRFB), propiciaram a incidência dos direitos fundamentais nas relações privadas, dentre elas as relações trabalhistas, com ênfase no contrato individual do trabalho. Como empregados e empregadores são ambos titulares de direitos fundamentais, há situações em que se verifica a existência de colisão entre os direitos fundamentais opostos. Para solucionar esta antinomia de direitos fundamentais recorre-se ao princípio da proporcionalidade (adequação, necessidade e proporcionalidade em sentido estrito). Aplicou-se o princípio da proporcionalidade para examinar os pressupostos de licitude da cláusula de não concorrência com vigência após o encerramento do contrato individual do trabalho em vistas à colisão entre os direitos fundamentais de liberdade de trabalho do empregado e de propriedade do empregador. Através do princípio da proporcionalidade chega-se à conclusão da licitude da cláusula de não concorrência desde que observados os seguintes pressupostos: (i) motivação da restrição, (ii) limitação temporal e geográfica, (iii) descrição das atividades objeto da restrição e (iv) compensação financeira

A fundamentação e a correção de decisões jurídicas na aplicação do direito de igualdade geral exigem o cumprimento das regras e formas do discurso jurídico fundado em bases pragmático-universais. As viradas lingüística e pragmática, por obra de Frege, Wittgenstein e Peirce, fundaram os alicerces de uma teoria dos atos de fala, de Austin e Searle, de uma teoria da argumentação, de Toulmin, e de uma teoria comunicativa e discursiva da verdade e correção, em Habermas. A ética procedimentalista e cognitivista habermasiana reconstrói o princípio da universabilidade em trajes discursivos. Alexy enuncia um conceito não-positivista e inclusivo da moral fundamentado na pretensão de correção jurídica e argúi a tese do discurso jurídico como caso especial do discurso prático geral. Uma decisão jurídica correta deve ser justificada com base nas regras e formas da justificação interna e externa do discurso. A fundamentação das decisões por meio de argumentos de princípios coloca a exigência da aplicação do preceito da proporcionalidade. As dogmáticas e jurisprudências alemã e brasileira, na aplicação do direito de igualdade geral, utilizam inicialmente uma fórmula da proibição da arbitrariedade ou correlação lógica, da qual resulta uma vinculação fraca do legislador, e passam a adotar uma fórmula baseada na proporcionalidade, com uma vinculação severa do legislador, especialmente quando há tratamento desigual de indivíduos com características especiais elencadas na Constituição. A racionalidade de uma decisão que se utiliza da estrutura da proporcionalidade depende da justificação externa de cada uma das premissas usadas na justificação interna. Há uma relação necessária entre discurso jurídico, proporcionalidade e dogmáticas dos direitos fundamentais.
The justification and correction of legal decisions in the application of general equality principle demands the fullfilment of rules and forms of legal discourse founded on a universal-pragmatic basis. The linguistic and pragmatic turn, by Frege, Wittgenstein, and Peirce, established the foundations of a theory of speech acts, by Austin and Searle, of a theory of reasoning, by Toulmin, and a communicative and discoursive theory on truth and correctness in Habermas. The habermasian proceduralism and cognitivism ethics reconstructs the principle of universability in discoursive ways. Alexy states a non-positivistic and moral inclusive concept of law grounded in the claim to legal correction and argues that the legal discourse must be understood as a special case of general practical discourse. A correct legal decision must be justified on the rules and forms of internal and external justification of discourse. The justification for the decisions by means of arguments of principle sets the demand of applying the partial requirements of proportionality. German and Brazilian legal theory and jurisprudence, in applying the right to general equality, apply initially a formula of prohibition of arbitrary and correlational logic, where there is a weak attachment of the legislature, and start adopting a formula based on proportionality, where there is severe attachment of the legislature, especially in the case of discrimination against individuals with special features listed in the Constitution. The rationality of a decision which uses the structure of proportionality depends on the external justification of each of the premises used in the internal justification. There is a necessary link between proportionality, legal discourse and fundamental rights legal theory.

Les composants structurels présentent des zones de concentrations de contraintes conduisant à des états de contraintes hétérogènes, pouvant amener de la plasticité locale et à des ruptures en fatigue oligocyclique. Dans ce travail, deux volets sont proposés pour étudier le comportement local élasto-plastique cyclique au point critique. Dans un premier temps, une méthode analytique est proposée afin de prévoir la réponse locale uniquement au point critique de la structure. Dans un second temps, des mesures expérimentales sont obtenues grâce à des mesures in-situ par diffraction de rayons X afin de pouvoir questionner les prévisions de la méthode simplifiée et éléments finis. L’étude du comportement au point critique de la structure est réalisée à partir d’une méthode basée sur l’utilisation d’un Opérateur de Localisation Ajustable (OLA). Deux stratégies permettaient jusqu’alors d’identifier cet opérateur sur une structure. En s’inspirant de ces méthodes, deux axes d’améliorations sont proposés afin d’améliorer les prévisions numériques. Ces deux méthodes présentent un nouveau compromis intéressant entre le coût d’identification et la qualité des prévisions vis-à-vis de la référence numérique. Afin de confronter ces résultats numériques à des résultats expérimentaux, un protocole pour le suivi de contrainte in-situ par diffraction de rayons X est mis en place. Par la suite, des essais ont permis d’observer un comportement cyclique présentant notamment une relaxation progressive et continue de la contrainte moyenne jusqu’à l’amorçage d’une fissure
The structural components exhibit zones of stress concentrations leading to heterogeneous stress states, that can lead to local plasticity and low cycle fatigue failure. In this work, two parts are proposed to study the local cyclic elasto-plastic behavior at the critical point. First, an analytical method is proposed to predict the local response only at the critical point of the structure. In the second step, experimental measurements are obtained through in-situ X-ray diffraction measurements to question the predictions of the simplified finite element method. The study of the behavior at the critical point of the structure is carried out using a method based on the use of an Adjustable Location Operator (ALO). Until now, two strategies have been used to identify this operator on a structure. Based on these methods, two lines of improvement are proposed to improve the numerical predictions. These two in the presence of a new interesting compromise between the identification cost and the quality of the predictions with respect to the numerical reference. In order to compare these numerical results with experimental results, a protocol for in-situ stress monitoring by X-ray diffraction was set up. Subsequently, tests were carried out to observe cyclic behavior, with a progressive and continuous relaxation of the average stress until the initiation of a crack

Les raisons impérieuses d’intérêt général en droit de l’Union européenne sont des intérêts permettant la justification de restrictions aux différentes libertés de circulation. Ces raisons impérieuses sont donc un mode de justification. Un mode de justification essentiellement prétorien car c’est la Cour de justice qui l’a théorisé. Elle a instauré ces raisons dans l’arrêt Cassis de Dijon, étendu leur application à toutes les libertés de circulation et encadré cette application. Ainsi, ces raisons impérieuses sont soumises à la volonté de la Cour et à ses incertitudes. Par conséquent, si la jurisprudence est incertaine concernant les intérêts qualifiés de raisons impérieuses d’intérêt général voire contradictoire à propos des conditions liées aux raisons impérieuses, les raisons impérieuses d’intérêt général sont un mode de justification par essence prétorien. D’ailleurs, si certains textes de droit de l’Union européenne reprennent la théorie élaborée par la Cour de justice, ils restent vraiment fidèles à la jurisprudence. Ces textes, aussi bien de droit primaire que de droit dérivé, reprennent des éléments essentiels de la théorie des raisons impérieuses d’intérêt général et notamment les conditions élaborées par la Cour. Ces textes copient aussi les imperfections prétoriennes concernant la théorie des raisons impérieuses. On va même jusqu’à avoir une frontière entre les raisons impérieuses et les autres modes de justification tout aussi floue dans les textes que dans la jurisprudence de la Cour. Ainsi, malgré la reprise de la théorie des raisons impérieuses dans des textes, ce mode de justification reste par essence jurisprudentiel
The mandatory requirements in the European Union law are reasons who can justify restrictions to the differents freedom of movements. So, those mandatory requirements are a justification method. An essentially jurisprudential justification method because it is the Court of justice who theorized it. It established thoses reasons in the Cassis de Dijon case, extended their application to every free movements and regulated their application. So, those mandatory requirements are also subject to the will of the Court and to its uncertainties. Therefore, if the jurisprudence is uncertain about interests named as mandatory requirements and even conflicting about its conditions, the mandatory requirements are an essentially jurisprudential justification method. Although, if some European Union law texts resume the jurisprudential made theory, they are truly loyal to the jurisprudence. Those texts, both primary and secondary law, pick up essential elements of the theory, in particular the conditions created by the Court. But those texts also copy the Courts imperfections about the theory. They even have a border between mandatory requirements and other justification methods equally blurred in the texts and in the jurisprudence. Thus, despite the retake of the theory of mandatory requirements in texts, this justification method stays essentially jurisprudential

Les lignes d’arbres de transmission navale sont soumises à des chargements cycliques complexes. Afin de caractériser en fatigue ces lignes d’arbres, deux objectifs complémentaires sont achevés. Dans un premier temps, les chargements des lignes d’arbres sont caractérisés afin d’identifier des cycles de fatigue pertinents. Lors de cette étape, une méthode paramétrique originale de dimensionnement en fatigue est mise en place. Cette méthode repose sur une modélisation des chargements avec une prise en compte de leur variabilité, de la contrainte moyenne et de la non-proportionnalité. Cette méthode montre qu’il existe deux modes d’endommagement avec un mode associé au régime cyclique établi de la flexion rotative et un mode associé aux manoeuvres du navire. Dans un second temps, une méthode de caractérisation rapide est mise en place afin d’étudier le comportement des aciers des lignes d’arbres en fatigue pour un grand nombre de configurations de chargements. Un modèle permettant d’identifier le comportement en fatigue à grand nombre de cycles, à partir des mesures d’autoéchauffements, est employé. Les aciers de l’étude sont caractérisés en traction-torsion pour diverses configurations de contraintes moyennes et de non-proportionnalité du chargement. Dans ce cadre, la notion de surface d’iso-auto-échauffement est introduite. Elle permet, pour une éprouvette, de modéliser le comportement élastoplastique et dissipatif du matériau dans l’espace dédié des contraintes. Leur utilisation permet de définir un critère de fatigue multiéchelle basé sur les invariants du tenseur des contraintes. Dans l’étude, une modélisation du comportement du matériau est proposée pour les chargements de très faible amplitude (fatigue à très grand nombre de cycles VHCF) montrant une différence forte de dissipation par rapport au régime d’amplitudes plus importantes (i.e. le domaine de la fatigue à grand nombre de cycles HCF)
Marine shaft lines undergo complex cyclic loadings. In order to characterize these structures in fatigue, two complementary objectives are achieved. Firstly, the marine shaft’s loads are characterized in order to identify relevant fatigue cycles. During this step, an original parametric fatigue design method is implemented. This method is based on the definition of an equivalent load considering multiaxiality, variability, non-proportionality and mean stress. This method allows to distinguish two damage modes with a mode associated with the established cyclic regime of rotary bending and a mode associated with the ship’s maneuvers. Secondly, a rapid characterization method is implemented to characterize in fatigue the marine shafts’ steels for a large number of loading configurations. The method is based on a model which enables fatigue identification behaviors from self-heating measurements. The steels of the study are characterized in tension-torsion for various configurations of mean stress and nonproportionality of the loading. In this context, the notion of iso-self-heating surfaces is introduced. It allows, for a specimen, to model the elastoplastic and dissipative behavior of the material in the dedicated stress space. Their use makes it possible to define a multiscale fatigue criterion based on the invariants of the stress tensor. In the study, a modeling of the behavior of the material is proposed for very low amplitude loads (VHCF) exhibiting a strong difference in dissipation compared to the regime of higher amplitudes (i.e. HCF domain)

Dégagés de façon prétorienne par la Cour de justice, les principes généraux du droit de l’Union occupent dans la jurisprudence administrative française une place que peut expliquer la notion de dédoublement fonctionnel. D’une part, ce sont des normes obligatoirement appliquées par le juge national dans le champ du droit de l’Union.D’autre part, en dehors du champ, ils constituent une source d’inspiration pour le Conseil d’Etat dans la création et l’interprétation des principes généraux du droit français. Dans le premier cas, le juge administratif est garant du respect de ces principes.Fidèle aux exigences de la Cour de justice, il assume pleinement son rôle de juge de droit commun de l’application des principes du droit de l’Union. Dans le second cas, il devient acteur de la circulation des principes en Europe. Toutefois la coexistence des principes peut engendrer des tensions, accentuées par la difficulté à délimiter le champ du droit de l’Union, incertain et en pleine expansion. C’est pourquoi la thèse propose le déploiement d’une politique jurisprudentielle de convergence, dans laquelle le juge administratif affirmerait explicitement son souci de s’inspirer des principes du droit de l’Union. Ces derniers, combinés avec les principes issus de la Charte des droits fondamentaux, de la CEDH et des ordres nationaux, semblent donner naissance à une nouvelle catégorie de source matérielle : les principes européens communs. L’originalité de celle-ci, qui la différencie de toute autre source, est de constituer une oeuvre collective des juges en Europe, dans laquelle ces derniers puisent leur inspiration pour créer de nouveaux principes ou interpréter les principes existants
The general principles of EU law, which are a judicial creation of the Court of Justice, play a role in French administrative case law that can be explained by the notion of functional duplication (“dédoublement fonctionnel”). On the one hand, the general principles of EU law are rules that are mandatorily applied by the national courts within the scope of EU law. On the other hand, beyond that scope, they constitute a source of inspiration for the Conseil d’Etat in creating and interpreting general principles of French administrative law. In the first case, the administrative courts are the primeguarantors of compliance with these principles. In line with the requirements of theCourt of Justice, they entirely fulfill their role as the ordinary courts applying principles of EU law. In the second case, they become one of the protagonists of the movement of principles in Europe. However, the coexistence of principles could trigger tensions,heightened by the difficulties in delineating the scope of principles of EU law, which is uncertain and rapidly expanding. That is why the thesis proposes the development of a judicial convergence policy, in which the administrative courts would more clearly affirm their concern to take inspiration from the general principles of EU law. These latter, combined with the principles stemming from the Charter of Fundamental Rights,the ECHR and the national orders, seem to give rise to a new category of material source: the common European principles. The originality of this category, which differentiates it from any other source, is that it constitutes a collective work of judges inEurope, from which they draw their inspiration to create new principles or interpret the existing ones

For both randomized clinical trials and prospective cohort studies, the Cox regression model is a powerful tool for evaluating the effect of a treatment or an explanatory variable on time-to-event outcome. This method assumes proportional hazards over time. Systematic approaches to efficiently evaluate non-proportionality and to model data in the presence of non-proportionality are investigated. Six graphical methods are assessed to verify the proportional hazards assumption based on characteristics of the survival function, cumulative hazard, or the feature of residuals. Their performances are empirically evaluated with simulations by checking their ability to be consistent and sensitive in detecting proportionality or non-proportionality. Two-sample data are generated in three scenarios of proportional hazards and five types of alternatives (that is, non-proportionality). The usefulness of these graphical assessment methods depends on the event rate and type of non-proportionality. Three numerical (statistical testing) methods are compared via simulation studies to investigate the proportional hazards assumption. In evaluating data for proportionality versus non-proportionality, the goal is to test a non-zero slope in a regression of the variable or its residuals on a specific function of time, or a Kolmogorov-type supremum test. Our simulation results show that statistical test performance is affected by the number of events, event rate, and degree of divergence of non-proportionality for a given hazards scenario. Determining which test will be used in practice depends on the specific situation under investigation. Both graphical and numerical approaches have benefits and costs, but they are complementary to each other. Several approaches to model and summarize non-proportionality data are presented, including non-parametric measurements and testing, semi-parametric models, and a parametric approach. Some illustrative examples using simulated data and real data are also presented. In summary, we present a systemic approach using both graphical and numerical methods to identify non-proportionality, and to provide numerous modeling strategies when proportionality is violated in time-to-event data.

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國立雲林科技大學
科技法律研究所
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The prime derective of private law is principle of party autonomy which means the person involved might create, modify or eliminate the legal relationship as theirselves wish. In other words, the autonomy of private law means the freedom of individual to constitute their private legal relations and responsible for theirselves. However, not everyone has the appropriate ability to mediate and coordinate, and the legitimacy reason that country should intervene the unequal and power disparity negotiation is based on it. Non-competition Standard contract clause, for example, often makes employee an unequal state of affairs and restrict them by an unfair clause (like high liquidated damages), which is unduly limit the right of work option. This paper aims to analyze the Provisions in the Pre-Formulated Standard Contracts and Rule of proportionality and proposes a discourse and conclusion to this article.

The aim of this thesis is to discuss the concepts of humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect (R2P), and; to investigate how best to apply the concepts in the face of humanitarian crises, in order to address concerns about their implementation. The failure of the Security Council to react to grave human rights abuses committed in the humanitarian crises of the 1990s, including Iraq (1991), Somalia (1992), Rwanda (1994), Bosnia (1993-1995) Haiti (1994-1997), and Kosovo (1999),triggered international debatesabout: how the international community should react when the fundamental human rights of populations are grossly and systematically violated within the boundaries of sovereign states, and; the need for a reappraisal of armed humanitarian intervention. Central to the debate was whether the international community should continue to adhere unconditionally to the principle of non-intervention enshrined in Article 2(7) of the UN Charter, or take a different course in the interest of human rights. The debate culminated in the establishment of the Canadian International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS) in 2000, with the mandate to find a balance between respect for sovereignty and intervention, for purposes of protecting human rights. Much of the scholarly literature on military intervention for human protection purposes deals with the legality and legitimacy of the military dimension of the concepts. The significance of the thesis is that: it focusesthe investigation on the potential abuse of the use of force for human protection purposes, when moral arguments are used to justify an intervention that is primarily motivated by the interests of the intervener, and; the propensity to use disproportionate force in the attainment of the stated objective of human protection, by powerful intervening states. The central argument of the thesis is that there are double standards, selectivity, abuses, andindiscriminate and disproportionate use of force in the implementation of R2P by powerful countries, and; that, whether a military intervention is unilateral, or sanctioned by the UN Security Council, there is the potential for abuse, and in addition, disproportionate force may be used.The thesis makes recommendations to address these concerns, in order to ensure the survival of the concept.
Public, Constitutional and International Law
LL.D.

This study examines the quantification of compensation for non-pecuniary damage, awarded by means of judicial decisions based on equity, and seeks to verify whether such calculation safeguards legal certainty and predictability when applying the law, as well as whether it observes the principles of proportionality and equality. Firstly, the limits for discretionary judgment permitted to the judge were determined, by evaluating the criteria established under the law. Then, by examining the grounds of the judicial decisions in cases that had been selected beforehand, this study sought to detect operation modes in concrete considerations of equity used by judges. The examination of the grounds on which these judicial decisions are based permitted the comprehension of the calculation method used in each case and the observation that the criteria of compensatory nature, such as the extent of the damage and the respective consequences, assumed a primary role. Despite discrepancies in viewpoints with regard to certain issues of law, the jurisprudence examined reveals that great care is taken to consider the solutions reached in similar cases, in an attempt to ensure that the different criteria applied in the quantification of compensation are given uniform relevance. The comparison of decisions, reported to cases with similar legal contours, did not reveal relevant discrepancies in the calculation criteria used, nor are they disproportionate regarding the amount of compensation awarded, which means that resorting to equity, in determining the compensation to be awarded due to nonpecuniary damage, does not jeopardize legal certainty or predictability when applying the law, and observes the principle of proportionality, which is anchored in the constitutional principle of equality. The study performed, led to the conclusion that the grounds on which judicial decisions are based, by itemising the elements which are taken into account and the criteria adopted by the judge, allow these to be taken into consideration in similar cases, contributing towards uniform interpretation and application of the law, ensuring legal certainty and predictability when resorting to equity while quantifying compensation.
O presente trabalho incide sobre a quantificação da indemnização por danos não patrimoniais, operada em decisão judicial proferida com recurso à equidade, e tem o propósito de verificar se tal cálculo salvaguarda a certeza e a segurança na aplicação do direito, bem como se respeita os princípios da proporcionalidade e da igualdade. Procedeu-se à determinação dos limites da margem de discricionariedade conferida ao julgador, mediante a apreciação dos critérios estatuídos no direito positivo. De seguida, através da análise da fundamentação de decisões judiciais, proferidas num âmbito previamente definido de casos, procurou-se detetar modos de funcionamento do concreto juízo de equidade utilizados pelo julgador. A apreciação da fundamentação dessas decisões permitiu conhecer o método de cálculo em cada caso utilizado e constatar que os critérios de natureza compensatória, como sejam a extensão do dano e respetivas consequências, assumiram clara primazia. Apesar de existirem entendimentos divergentes quanto a determinadas questões de direito, a jurisprudência analisada revela uma preocupação constante com a consideração das soluções dadas a casos análogos, numa procura de uniformização da relevância a atribuir aos diversos critérios de cálculo da indemnização. O cotejo entre decisões, reportadas a casos com contornos jurídicos similares, não evidenciou divergências relevantes nos critérios de cálculo utilizados, nem desproporção nos valores indemnizatórios obtidos, o que permitiu considerar que o recurso à equidade, na determinação da indemnização por danos não patrimoniais, não contende com a certeza e a segurança na aplicação do direito e respeita o princípio da proporcionalidade que integra o princípio constitucional da igualdade. O estudo realizado permitiu concluir que a fundamentação das decisões judiciais, ao discriminar os elementos atendidos e os critérios seguidos pelo julgador, permite a respetiva consideração em casos análogos e, assim, contribui para a uniformização na interpretação e na aplicação do direito e confere certeza e segurança ao recurso à equidade na quantificação indemnizatória.

1 Relocation as a Solution to the EU Migration Crisis Abstract Asylum law has traditionally been perceived as a sensitive area of state policy. For this very reason, for a long time, it was mostly excluded from the process of European integration. However, the development of the internal market and the removal of internal borders have ultimately necessitated some degree of harmonisation of asylum and migration policies amongst the Member States. Consequently, there have been several major increases in EU competence in the field of asylum and migration since the 1990s. This has eventually led to the creation of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). Yet, a prolonged lack of political will to introduce a major reform of the CEAS and to duly implement the principle of solidarity has over the years resulted in serious systemic deficiencies. These defects, in particular the uneven distribution of responsibility between the Member States, have fully shown during the EU migration crisis. This far-reaching crisis has translated into several ad hoc solutions, including the use of an emergency EU competence to adopt temporary measures under Art. 78(3) SFEU (ex Art. 64(2) TEC), which had not been used until then. The adoption of two Council relocation decisions in September 2015 has raised numerous legal questions...

ABSTRACT! ! ! In the present thesis, I focus on the comprehensive legal framework for the legal instrument of compensation for non-pecuniary harm that was sustained by secondary victim(s), i.e., a person or persons not affected directly who are close relatives to primary victims, differing from primary victims whose interest is secured by article 2958 of the Civil Code (designated as smart money and compensation for aggravation of social position). It is these secondary (indirect) victims who sustain non-material harm through mental suffering that is a natural reaction to the death or grave injury of the primary victim who is their close relative. They are also provided for by law by means of the special provision of article 2959 of the Civil Code, which allows them to seek adequate pecuniary settlement from the offender, aimed at mitigating the pain upon either the loss of a close relative or their permanent and irreversible grave impairment that requires permanent care. ! ! First of all, I produced a thorough analysis of the specific legal instrument in its current legal arrangement; then, I compared this arrangement to that of the 1964 edition of the Civil Code. In particular, I defined legal reasons for the inception of this pecuniary compensation, particular the criteria for objective assessments,...

Przedmiotem rozprawy doktorskiej jest zagadnienie swobody kształtowania treści umowy spółki z o.o. Doktryna nie wypracowała dotąd jasnych wskazówek interpretacyjnych, które pozwoliłyby rozstrzygnąć w spójny sposób o dopuszczalności umieszczania określonych postanowień w umowie spółki z o.o. Konsekwencją tego są spory dotyczące licznych zagadnień szczegółowych. Prowadzi to do niejednolitej praktyki sądów rejestrowych, co jest zjawiskiem niepożądanym, powoduje bowiem brak pewności co do rozstrzygnięć sądowych.W tych uwarunkowaniach konieczne było, po pierwsze, ustalenie treści dyrektyw interpretacyjnych, przy pomocy których należy oceniać dopuszczalność zamieszczenia w umowie spółki z o.o. konkretnych postanowień oraz, po drugie, ustalenie właściwego sposobu pojmowania kryteriów ograniczających swobodę kształtowania treści umowy spółki z o.o. Analiza obu tych kwestii umożliwiła z kolei odpowiedź na pytanie, czy stosowana wdoktrynie i orzecznictwie wykładnia przepisów nie zawęża nadmiernie autonomii woli wspólników.Pracę podzielono na trzy części. Analiza przeprowadzona w pierwszej części pracy doprowadziła do wniosku, że spółka z o.o. stanowi szczególnego rodzaju stosunek zobowiązaniowy. W związku z tym spółkę z o.o. należy postrzegać przez pryzmat zasady swobody umów – wspólnicy powinni mieć możliwość swobodnego dostosowywania kształtu instytucji spółki z o.o. do własnych potrzeb, tak długo, jak realizacja ich autonomii woli nie narusza szeroko pojętego bezpieczeństwa obrotu. Podstawę ustalania zakresu swobody kształtowania treści umowy spółki z o.o. w zakresie pozostawionych przez ustawodawcę luzów decyzyjnych, tj. w odniesieniu do postanowień zmieniających treść ustawy oraz postanowień dodatkowych stanowi więc art. 3531 k.c. Jednak ze sposobu sformułowania przepisów oraz aksjologii prawa spółek odkodowanej z całokształtu regulacji spółki z o.o. wynika konieczność przyjęcia – inaczej niż w prawie zobowiązań – wstępnego domniemania imperatywnego charakteru norm prawnych. Ponadto analiza dotycząca charakteru prawnego spółki z o.o. doprowadziła do sformułowania uwag de lege ferenda – w niektórych przypadkach regulacja spółki z o.o. nadmiernie ogranicza swobodę umów.W drugiej części pracy zostały omówione kryteria delimitujące swobodę kształtowania treści umowy spółki z o.o.: zasady współżycia społecznego, natura stosunku spółki z o.o. i ustawa. Z analizy wynika, że w procesie definiowania tych kryteriów należy poszukiwać rozwiązań w jak największym stopniu uwzgledniających zasadę swobody umów – dotyczy to m.in. sposobu pojmowania kryterium natury spółki.W trzeciej części dysertacji zilustrowano, jak tezy zaprezentowane w poprzednich częściach pracy wpływają na ocenę dopuszczalności umieszczenia w umowie spółki z o.o. konkretnych postanowień. W tej części rozprawy odwołano się również do poglądów doktryny niemieckiej, która uznaje dość szeroki zakres swobody umów w spółce z o.o. Powyższe spostrzeżenie powinno stanowić asumpt do podjęcia dyskusji nad zasadnością zawężania swobody umów w polskiej spółce z o.o. Pomimo ogólnych deklaracji o obowiązywaniu w spółce z o.o. zasady swobody umów, polska doktryna często opowiada się przeciwko dopuszczalności konkretnych postanowień umowy spółki z o.o. w sytuacjach, gdy wydaje się, że w świetle zasady swobody umów zasadne byłoby przyznanie wspólnikom swobody kształtowania treści umowy spółki.
This doctoral dissertation focuses on the freedom of determination of the contents of articles of association of a Polish spółka z o.o. So far, the doctrine has not developed unambiguous interpretative guidelines that would make it possible to consistently decide the issue of admissibility of introducing certain provisions in articles of association of spółka z o.o. This gives rise to disputes on a number of specific issues. This leads to the inconsistent approach taken by registry courts, which is an undesirable phenomenon, as it gives rise to uncertainty as to court decisions.In such circumstances, it was necessary, first, to determine the content of the interpretative directives which should be used for evaluating the admissibility of introducing certain provisions in the articles of association of spółka z o.o. and, secondly, to determine the proper understanding of the criteria restricting the freedom of determination of the content of articles of association of spółka z o.o. The analysis of these two issues has, in turn, made it possible to answer the question of whether the interpretation of the provisions applied by the doctrine and courts does not excessively restrict the autonomy of shareholders’ will.The dissertation has been divided into three parts. The analysis carried out in the first part has led to the conclusion that spółka z o.o. creates an obligation of a specific type. Accordingly, spółka z o.o. should be seen through the prism of the principle of freedom of contract, i.e. shareholders should be able to freely adjust the structure of spółka z o.o. to their purposes, so long as the exercise of their autonomy of will does not prejudice broadly understood security of transactions. Therefore, the determination of the scope of freedom of determination of the contents of articles of association of spółka z o.o. within the leewaygranted by the legislator, i.e. with respect to the provisions amending the legal norms and additional provisions, is based on Article 3531 of the Polish Civil Code. However, it results from the way of drafting the legal provisions and the axiology of company law decoded from all provisions governing spółka z o.o. that, unlike in the contract law, legal norms must be presumed to be mandatory. In addition, the analysis of the legal nature of spółka z o.o has led to the formulation of comments de lege ferenda – in some cases the provisions governing spółka z o.o excessively restrict the freedom of contract.The second part of the dissertation discusses the criteria delimiting the freedom of determination of the contents of articles of association of spółka z o.o, such as principles of community life, nature of the spółka z o.o. relationship and relevant acts. The analysis reveals that, when determining such criteria, solutions taking into account, as much as possible, the principle of freedom of contract should be sought. This applies, among others, to the understanding of the criterion of the nature of a company.The third part of the dissertation illustrates how the theses put forward in the previous parts affect the evaluation of admissibility of introducing certain provisions in the articles of association of spółka z o.o. That part of the dissertation also refers to the views presented in the German doctrine which allows for a fairly broad freedom of contract in spółka z o.o. The above observation should serve as a cornerstone for discussion whether or not it is reasonable to restrict the freedom of contract in a Polish spółka z o.o. Despite general declarations that the principle of freedom of contract is applicable in spółka z o.o., the Polish doctrine often puts forward arguments against the admissibility of introducing certain provisions in the articles of association of spółka z o.o. where, in the light of the principle of freedom of contract, it would be reasonable to allow shareholders to freely determine the contents of articles of association.