INSOLVENCY PROCESS OF LEGAL ENTITIES: THE NEW LAW FIRST YEAR’S APPLICATION PROBLEMS

In June 2010 Latvian Parliament (Saeima) adopted the new Insolvency Law. This article provides analysis of the main problem issues arising of a new law regulating legal entities insolvency process, and, subsequently, on the basis of the present research identifies several areas for further improvement of the legal regulation. The above confirms relevance of the topic of the present article and its importance. The research has the following tasks: identification and investigation of the main problem issues arising of a new law regulating legal entities insolvency process; examination and analysis of the legal entities insolvency process. With the view of the purpose set for this research, the author has applied empirical and theoretical scientific research methods

MAX WEBER'S THEORY OF LAW EDUCATION AND POLITICAL VIEWS OF RELIGION

In order to better evaluate Weber's most popular views on the economic ethics of religion, by comparison and due to the interaction of the opposites and sets of views expressed in them, in this work, the discipline of human rights will also be analysed, which will closely identify Weber's asceticism about the spirit of normative Protestantism and the ethics of capitalism and law school and education. The purpose of the research is to establish and identify the ideas expressed by Weber regarding the value scope of social classes, layers and typology of religion, by analysing them – conventionally, but specifically – through the doctrine of lex nature and education impact in school of sociology. Additionally, the purpose of the present work is to answer what is the general structure of Weber's philosophical thoughts and views on school of law, to find and identify in it the asceticism of the sociology of religion, interspersed with the theory of conflict and domination. But the relevance of the research is rooted in the fact that the methods of Weber's scientific approach are used to analyse the state's institutional and orderly system-theoretical dependence from the bureaucratized forms of public authority and this impact in knowledge.

Aspects of Formation of Legal Status of Subterranean Depths

The aim of the study is to identify and investigate ownership trends in exploration and use of subterranean depths of Latvia, by examining aspects of legal status of subterranean depths. The following methods were used as part of the study: (1) analytical method used for gaining and analysing the amount of information obtained, as well as for structuring research work; (2) comparative method for analysis and comparison of legal frameworks between European continent countries for the use of subterranean depths in regulatory enactments; (3) empirical method based on facts obtained objectively and systematically through collection of information. The main results of the study include: 1. Today, when society’s demand for energy is growing rapidly to ensure the well-being of society, and technology is evolving more rapidly so that energy resources can be used in an increasingly economic way, it is important to be able to separate the public’s common interest and private interest in energy resources located in the subterranean depths. 2. In the 21st century Latvia, legal framework for the ownership of subterranean depths has not carried out the introduction of a legal framework corresponding to the needs of modern society and technological capabilities to be able to perform systematically both the search and exploration of new mineral resources and other resources of subterranean depths and the establishment of a national strategy for the exploitation of subterranean depths

Stillbirth and intrauterine fetal death: role of routine histological organ sampling to determine cause of death.

OBJECTIVES: Guidelines for the investigation of intrauterine death and sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) recommend, based on expert opinion, autopsy procedures and tissue sampling strategies for histological analysis. Although stillbirth is much more common than SUDI, there have been no large-scale studies published which evaluate the usefulness of histological evaluation of specific organs in stillbirth for determining cause of death. Our aim was to evaluate the use of macroscopic and microscopic assessment of internal organs to determine cause of intrauterine death. METHODS: As part of a larger study evaluating several aspects of autopsy findings in intrauterine death, a dedicated database was used to collate antenatal and postmortem examination details for cases of intrauterine death examined between 2005 and 2013 at two tertiary specialist centers in London, UK. Histological findings for all organs were examined in relation to the final cause of death, as determined by objective criteria. RESULTS: Among 1064 intrauterine deaths, the majority (> 80%) of cases had internal organs that were normal on both macroscopic and microscopic examination. There was no case in which histological cardiac examination provided the cause of death when the macroscopic appearance of the heart was normal. Microscopic examination of lung tissue revealed 13 (1%) cases with histological abnormalities that provided the cause of death when the macroscopic appearance was normal, but there was only one (0.1%) case in which the diagnosis would not have been apparent on placental examination: a case of congenital cytomegalovirus infection. There was no case in which microscopic examination of macroscopically normal liver, kidneys, adrenals, spleen, thymus, intestines, pancreas, brain or thyroid provided the cause of death. CONCLUSION: In this large series of autopsies in cases of intrauterine death, only around 1% of cases demonstrated histological abnormalities which provided the cause of death when the internal organs appeared normal macroscopically. There was no case in which routine histological examination of most tissues provided diagnostically useful information that was not apparent from other examinations, such as placental pathology. There is little benefit, purely in terms of determining cause of death, in obtaining tissue from most macroscopically normal organs for routine histological examination

A FTIR spectroscopy evidence of the interactions between wheat germ agglutinin and N-acetylglucosamine residues

AbstractWheat germ agglutinin (WGA), a lectin binding a N-acetyl-D-neuraminic acid (NeuNAc) and/or N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) group, was studied by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Deconvolution of the FTIR spectrum of WGA alone indicated the presence of few α-helices and β-sheets, in contrast to many other lectins. These results agree with previous WGA crystal data. The WGA conformational changes, induced by GlcNAc-bearing liposomes or GlcNAc oligomers, were studied by infrared differential spectroscopy. The GlcNAc binding to WGA resulted in a decrease of turns and α-helices and a concomitant appearance of β-sheets, inducing more or less peptidic N-H deuteration

ASPECTS OF INSOLVENCY IN CRIMINAL LAW

The article contains analysis of the legal norms that govern criminal liability for risks posed to insolvency. Based on case law and conclusions made by the law scholars, the preconditions have been studied the presence of which has to be proven in order to enable calling of a person to criminal account for leading to insolvency, filing of a fraudulent application for insolvency proceedings, hindering the insolvency proceedings and breach of the conditions of legal protection. The study enables deepen understanding of the preconditions to application of the law and helps to gain knowledge of criminal legal protection of insolvency and to avoid any behavior patterns that might be interpreted as criminal. The period since enactment of the new Insolvency Law that has changed the concept of insolvency as well as the course of procedure and therefore has affected the application of criminal legal protection has been too short for development of judiciary in this area. The few sources of scientific literature on the regulation of criminal legal protection of insolvency in the Criminal Law had been published before enactment of the new Insolvency Law. Five years of operation of the Insolvency Law is a kind of milestone for updating the issues of criminal legal protection of insolvency and extended assessment of the insolvency regulations in the Criminal Law

Principle of Legality in Civil Procedure: Basis for Formal Conduct of Civil Cases (Abstract)

In the article, the author examines the matter of the expression and content of the principle of legality in civil procedure, more specifically focusing on the procedural and substantive problems of the principle of legality. Civil procedure is universal as a compulsory form of protection of subjective rights or, in other words, civil procedure is a procedure for compulsory exercise of civil rights, which is reduced to a set of norms that determine the type of actions of both existing legal protection institutions and persons who use this protection or are involved in it in any other way. Legality plays an important role in this regard. Legality means a state of life of the society which, firstly, has a legal framework, which is not logically contradictory and which generally meets the objective needs of this society and, secondly, natural and legal persons respect and follow the legal norms adopted. In civil procedure, this is not only a principle, but also one of the aims of legal proceedings. According to its content, the principle of legality includes, firstly, the requirement that the courts apply the norms of the substantive law correctly and carry out procedural actions in accordance with the legal norms; secondly, the requirement that other participants of the procedure comply with the procedural and substantive legal regulation when adjudicating and considering civil cases in court. Thus, the principle of legality includes procedural and substantive components. The aim of the article is, by analysing the moral-legal content of the principle of legality, to evaluate the aspects of its application. Material and methods used in the study for the empirical basis of the research include scientific works and collections of articles, publications in periodicals and primary sources, laws, internet resources, as well as other publicly available information. Analytical, inductive and deductive research methods have been used in the research.Rakstā tiek apskatīts jautājums par likumības principa izpausmi un saturu civilprocesā. Pētījumā tiek aplūkoti likumības principa procesuālie un materiāli tiesiskie jautājumi

CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR DELAYING INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS

The article analyzes the legal norm, which provides for the criminal liability of the administrator and the representative of the debtor within the framework of legal entity insolvency proceedings or of the insolvent natural person in these proceedings. Up to now the criminal law science of Latvia discussed the issue of criminal aspects of delaying insolvency proceedings, however the authors, who researched them, did not go into details or analyzed them in conjunction with the previous insolvency regulation. This is indicative of the topicality of the theme, the importance of theoretical and practical research in the modern criminal law. By means of his thesis, the author wants to even partially close this gap, examining the most important aspects of the theme. Although the time passed after the effective date of the new Insolvency Law of November 1, 2010 is not enough to form legal practice in the criminal aspects related to delaying insolvency proceedings, it is the right moment to emphasize the urgency of the problem and to thoroughly evaluate the most important issues. Therefore, the purpose of the thesis is, analyzing peculiarities of offence as specified in Article 215 of the Criminal Law, to evaluate theoretical and practical aspects of its application. The empirical base of the research is formed by scientific theses and collections of articles, periodical editions and primary sources, legal acts, statistical data, Internet resources, other information in the public domain. To develop the thesis, the author used analytical, comparative, inductive and deductive methods of research