Essays about: "Legal Aid"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 87 essays containing the words Legal Aid.

1. 1. Natural Language Inference Transfer Learning in a Multi-Task Contract Dataset : In the Case of ContractNLI: a Document Information Extraction System

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Yiu Kei Tang; [2023]
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   Abstract : This thesis investigates the enhancement of legal contract Natural Language Inference (NLI) classification through supervised fine-tuning on general domain NLI, in the case of ContractNLI and Span NLI BERT (Koreeda and Manning, 2021), a multi-task document information extraction dataset and framework. Annotated datasets of a specific professional domain are scarce due to the high time and labour cost required to create them. READ MORE

3. 2. Revisit ownership. An assessment of how Swedish foreign aid promotes National ownership of recipient countries; A case study of International development partnership between Tanzania and Sweden

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Scholastica Vangisheria; [2023]
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   Abstract : The subject of ownership is one of the most important topics under discussion in the realm of international development cooperation. After the introduction of structural adjustment programmes in Africa in the 1980s, the debate began. READ MORE

4. 3. The digital economy and its implications: does the OECD’s Pillar One Proposal challenge the principles of law within International and EU tax law?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Wihan Esterhuizen; [2023]
   Keywords : Tax; EU Law; OECD S Pillar One; principles of law; ability-to-pay; territoriality; state aid; transfer pricing; Arm s length principle; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Change is the only constant; yet, as we step into the brave new world of taxing the digital economy, it might seem like the need and development of principles and rules for adequate profit allocation has only begun. This thesis discusses the profit allocation rules under the Unified Approach of the OECD Pillar One Proposal Amount A in relation to three identified principles of law in international and European tax law. READ MORE

5. 4. Rule of Flaws : Challenges to Revitalizing the International Legal Protection of Search and Rescue Humanitarian Aid Workers Facing Criminalization in the Mediterranean

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Annachiara Ruzzetta; [2023]
   Keywords : Criminalization; policing humanitarianism; search and rescue; humanitarian aid workers; Mediterranean Sea; legal protection;

   Abstract : In the latest years, European governments have increasingly criminalized providing support to displaced people. Humanitarian non-governmental organizations (NGO) carrying out life-saving search and rescue (SAR) activities in the Mediterranean Sea have been facing wide obstacles in aiding newcomers, and in many instances have been subject to criminal proceedings. READ MORE

6. 5. THE CRIMINALISATION OF NGO-LED SAR OPERATIONS : A Contributing Factor Towards Crimes Against Humanity Against Migrants in Libya

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Maanpreet Kaur; [2023]
   Keywords : Mediterranean Sea; migrants; distress; lifesaving efforts; Non-Governmental Organisations NGO ; Search and Rescue SAR Operations; Libyan Coast Guard LCG ; detention; human rights violations; criminalisation; NGO aid workers; interception; risks; vulnerable; Crimes Against Humanity CAH ; Italy; criminalisation of humanitarian aid workers; vilification; SAR missions; consequences; rights; dynamics; international legal framework; liability; Italian State Officials ISO ; International Criminal Court ICC ; legislations; International Criminal Law;

   Abstract : In the perilous waters of the Mediterranean Sea, migrants find themselves facing limited choices when in distress. Their options are stark: either to rely on the lifesaving efforts of Non- Governmental Organisations (NGO) aid workers conducting Search and Rescue (SAR) Operations, to be intercepted by the Libyan Coast Guard (LCG) and subsequently detained in Libya where their human rights are gravely violated, or to face the tragic fate of perishing at sea. READ MORE