Essays about: "Canadian law"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words Canadian law.

1. 1. Pursuing Justice:The Criminal Liability of the Christian Clergy in the Cultural Genocide of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Australia

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

   Author : Laura Leila Szücs; [2023]
   Keywords : Human Rights; Indigenous Rights; Genocide; Cultural Genocide; Stolen Generation; Residential School System; Canada; Australia; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Indigenous populations often bore the brunt of Christian settler colonization resulting in marginalization, assimilation, Christianization, and cultural elimination. Most perpetrators of colonial injustices go unpunished and wrongdoings unacknowledged, barring the possibility of genuine international and national reconciliation for indigenous peoples. READ MORE

3. 2. The immoral legality of targeting child soldiers : A humanitarian dilemma

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Ellen Andersson; [2023]
   Keywords : Child soliders; International Humanitarian law; rules of targeting; Direct Participation in Hostillites;

   Abstract : The thesis functions as an overview of the protection of children used in hostilities and their targetability under international law, primarly in international humanitarian law. The author questions the established presumption, that children directly participating in hostilities, shall be equally targetable as their adult colleges and counter parts. READ MORE

4. 3. A Foucauldian Approcach to Climate Change Discourse

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Leia Onsmark; [2022]
   Keywords : Climate change; Foucauldian critical discourse analysis; power; knowledge; responsibility; Canada; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis sheds light on the complexities of climate change discourse by applying Foucauldian discourse analysis to the Canadian 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan. Through a six-step analysis process, the thesis intends to investigate the effects of discourse on the understanding of climate change and the consequences of constituting knowledge through discourse. READ MORE

5. 4. A State of One's Own? - A Legal Study of the Right to Self-Determination and Secession with Focus on the case of Québec and Canada

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

   Author : Hilda Hansson; [2020]
   Keywords : public international law; self-determination; secession; territorial integrity; human rights; democracy; sovereignty; minority rights; Quebec; Canada; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the right of a people to self-determination and the possibility of secession in a democratic context, focusing on the Québec-Canada case. To that end, it studies (1) the historic and contemporary relationship between Québec and Canada, (2) the meaning of the right to self-determination within international law, (3) possibilities for unilateral secession, and (4) secession by virtue of democracy. READ MORE

6. 5. Sub-bituminous Subsidies and Lignite Litigation: American Coal, Canadian Electricity, and Potential WTO Challenges

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Daniel Reinemann; [2020]
   Keywords : World Trade Organization; Coal; Subsidies; Electricity; Dispute; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism is exclusively focused on trade; however, there is a potential for it to be utilized to address environmental problems that are also trade distorting. One area where trade and environmental concerns overlap is fossil fuel subsidies. READ MORE