Essays about: "personality rights"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words personality rights.

  1. 1. Sentient Objects — A Theoretical Analysis of the Potential of Animals as Legal Subjects

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Alice Edfast; [2023-04-26]
    Keywords : Jurisprudence; Legal theory; The legal subject; Legal personhood; The person-thing dichotomy; Animal Law theory; Animal sentience; Animal slaughter; Animal testing; Legal rights; Hohfeld’s fundamental legal conceptions; Speciesism; Humanism; Posthumanism; Greimas’ semiotic square;

    Abstract : The sentience of animals has been scientifically proven since the nineteenth century, which has led to changes in our attitude towards animals and to the proliferation of anti-cruelty laws. But despite the rise of an Animal Law discipline, animal rights organisations’ attempting to elevate the legal status of animals, and several recent European legislative changes categorising animals as “non-things”, the legal status of a person has not yet been extended to animals. READ MORE

  3. 2. Scrutinizing local views of the role of education in relation to western mainstream views : a case-study from Tanzania

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Utveckling och internationellt samarbete

    Author : Najah Abyan; Caroline Petersen; [2023]
    Keywords : Babati; capability; education; freedom; gender; socioeconomic differences; Babati; Tanzania; kapabilitete; frihet; utbildning; genus; socioekonomiska skillnader;

    Abstract : This case study was conducted to give an in-depth analysis of the local stakeholder’s views on the role of education in Babati, Tanzania. The goal is to investigate differences and similarities between the views in Babati and mainstream western views, exemplified by the theory of Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen while being attentive to gender and socioeconomic differences. READ MORE

  4. 3. The responsibilities of LKAB to respect the rights of the Sami people - a Business and Human Rights perspective on access to remedy in the Swedish mining sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Izabell Zaza; [2023]
    Keywords : public international law; state-owned-enterprises; business and human rights; indigenous peoples; Sweden; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In 2023, the Swedish state-owned enterprise LKAB revealed that it had found Europe’s largest deposit of critical minerals, which are needed in green technology. Being located on indigenous territory, a mine would impact the migration of reindeers, a Sami practice which form the basis of their culture and status as indigenous peoples under international law. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Interplay of EU Data Protection Roles within Groups of Undertakings

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Nicolás Bahm; [2022]
    Keywords : GDPR; Group of Undertakings; Data Protection; Company Law; Company Groups; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The GDPR is the EU’s latest instalment in the attempt to establish a harmonised data protection regime across the Union, something that started over 25 years ago with the Data Protection Directive. And although a milestone in European legislation for placing the respect for fundamental rights of individuals above the interests of powerful economic groups, it still has left some aspects not fully regulated. READ MORE

  6. 5. Avliva eller låta leva? : en etisk diskussion om att väga sällskapsdjurs livskvalité och lidande

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Malin Wolters; [2022]
    Keywords : lidande; livskvalité; avlivning; etik; veterinär; djurägare;

    Abstract : Denna studie har tre syften. Det första är att undersöka hur djurägare och veterinärer ser på lidande, livskvalité och beslut om avlivning av sällskapsdjur. READ MORE