Essays about: "awa"

Found 5 essays containing the word awa.

  1. 1. Justifying Legal Rights of Nature : An ideational analysis of the Te Awa Tupua Bill debate in New Zealand

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nanna Friman; [2021]
    Keywords : Rights of Nature; Legal Personality; Whanganui;

    Abstract : In 2017, the Whanganui River in New Zealand gained legal personality, a potentially norm-breaking legislation that could challenge society to view nature differently. It is thus important to understand the reasons and justifications behind such a decision. READ MORE

  3. 2. Evaluation of methods for full-text search in patents

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för elektro- och informationsteknik

    Author : Otto Lagerquist; Ebba Toreheim; [2021]
    Keywords : natural language processing; full-text patent search; legal tech; document similarity; sentence embeddings; clustering; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : In this thesis we have evaluated methods for doing full-text searches in patent documents. The aim of patent searches is to find evidence and relevant documents when an invalidity search is done on a patent. READ MORE

  4. 3. Testing the (legal) waters: interpreting the political representation of a river with rights in New Zealand : “let’s talk to the river, instead of talking about the river”

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Wouter Blankestijn; Anna Martin; [2018]
    Keywords : earth jurisprudence; rights of nature; political representation; ecocentrism; human-nature communication; river management; indigenous justice; environmental justice; communicative ethic; thematic analysis; New Zealand;

    Abstract : In 2017, after protracted litigation between Māori iwi (tribe) and the Crown, the Whanganui River in Aotearoa/New Zealand was granted the status of a ‘legal person’. The river is described as an indivisible and living whole, so-called Te Awa Tupua. READ MORE

  5. 4. Does openness affect economic growth? : A panel data on developing and developed countries

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Awa Aagah; Sibel Baydono; [2018]
    Keywords : Openness; economic growth; GDP per capita;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the impact of trade openness on economic growth through a panel analysis containing a set of 61 countries over 15 years. The method we use is the fixed effect regression model in Stata, to see whether openness to trade has explanatory power over GDP per capita growth. READ MORE

  6. 5. Storytelling as a marketing, leadership and communication tool. : A discussion and analysis of the need for stories in today´s organization.

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Awa Danso Faal; Sandra Larsson; [2008]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE