Sweden is an EU Member State that has had a history of strict regulation relating to the sale and purchase of alcoholic goods. Most notably, it has long had in place a state monopoly which has possessed the exclusive right to engage in the retail sale of certain alcoholic goods within the state. This article analyses the contemporary legal issues arising in regard to Sweden and national measures relating to private imports, retail sale, exclusive rights, and state monopolies. It emphasizes a number of developments. First, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has changed its course when assessing the lawfulness of national measures relating to state monopolies. Second, the CJEU has ruled that the private import of alcoholic goods into Sweden from other EU Member States is lawful, permissible, and compatible with EU law. Third, the article argues that changes to national law that allow for domestically produced alcoholic goods to be sold outside the state monopoly, farm sales (gårdsförsäljning), would be discriminatory, and incompatible with EU law. Furthermore, and as a result, Systembolaget could no longer be a monopoly. The articles concludes by offering views on the future of alcohol regulation in Sweden, in light of the applicable considerations deriving from EU law.

Kan en tankeväckande lek vara ett kritiskt-tänkande-verktyg? En ny studie svarar: Ja, men…Resultatet i den nypublicerade studien i The Law Teacher är i grunden positivt – tankeväckande lek kan var ett sätt att stimulera studenterna i processen att utveckla det kritiska tänkandet. Men artikelförfattaren identifierar också en del fallgropar. Därför ger hon också flera förslag på förbättringar, vilka skulle kunna ha potentialen att lyckas riktigt väl med detta pedagogiska grepp.