Search for essays about: "political trials"

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  2. 1. Rent-a-judge

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Cigdem Hasan; [2009]
    Keywords : Processrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The state of California is using a certain model of private judging called rent-a-judge. The subject matter of this thesis is the public policy problems surrounding the rent-a-judge and the constitutional problems it creates. These problems arise mainly because of the hybrid form of the system. READ MORE

  4. 2. Special Rules for Special Courts? - The United Nations International Criminal Courts from a Human Rights Perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Mikael Ekman; [2009]
    Keywords : Processrätt; Folkrätt; Straffrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda symbolise the commitment of the international community to put an end to impunity and to reintroduce justice and due process where it has long been denied. With the addition of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the International Criminal Court international criminal justice has developed into a permanent feature of international law. READ MORE

  5. 3. Defense Lawyers at Guantánamo. The Difficulties and Ethical Dilemmas Facing Defense Lawyers Representing Detainees at Guantánamo

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Malin Pahlmblad; [2009]
    Keywords : war on terror; political trials; military commissions; defense lawyers; Guantánamo; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The Bush administration expanded the executive’s powers in the “war on terror”. This gave the president, according to the administration, authority to detain “en-emy combatants” indefinitely at the US naval base in Guantánamo. READ MORE

  6. 4. Dealing with genocide - The judicial responses to the 1994 atrocities in Rwanda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Ericka Olivares; [2008]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Today, 14 years have gone since the whole world turned their backs on Rwanda, the small country in East Africa, during a time when its population needed us the most. These were the same nations that already after the Second World War had made a promise about ''Never Again'', then meaning that they would never again allow another attempt to exterminate an entire ethnic group. READ MORE

  7. 5. Protecting inventions and promoting innovation - a difficult act of balance. A study of the experimental use exception and the research tool issue

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Madeleine Claesson; [2008]
    Keywords : Immaterialrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The increased patenting activity worldwide, especially in the biotechnology field, has lead to an increased fear of blocking effects for the technological progress and follow-on research. Many inventions have an important application as research tools, meaning that they are used in facilitating research. READ MORE