Essays about: "Customary Laws"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 27 essays containing the words Customary Laws.

  1. 11. Social Representations of Taukuka: A social knowledge approach to the preservation of Bellonese intangible cultural heritage

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : David Leeming; [2016]
    Keywords : Communication; Social representations; Pacific Islands; ComDev; Cultural heritage; Tattoo; Polynesia; Bellona; Oceania; Culture policy; Cultural education;

    Abstract : Solomon Islands along with other Pacific Islands nations is adopting legislation designed to protect traditional knowledge and expressions of culture from misappropriation, attrition and loss of economic opportunity for owners. These developments require the state to engage across a highly pluralistic customary and social landscape. READ MORE

  3. 12. EU and International Treaties with Third Countries - Can EU fulfil legal expectations in areas of shared competence as IP under TTIP?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Morgan M E Broman; [2016]
    Keywords : International Law; Customary International Law; European Union; Competences; Intellectual Property; Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties; World Trade Organisation; World Intellectual Property Organisation; United Nations; Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property rights; IP; IPR; EU; WTO; UN; WIPO; VCLT; TRIPs; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Denna uppsats bygger på forskning inom den komplexa juridiska situationen bakom EU’s externa agerande och konflikten mellan externa och interna juridiska spörsmål inom områden med delad kompetens inom Unionen. EU’s lagstiftning, genom sin egen struktur, har en unik position inom hierarkin för rättskällor. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Implementation and Impact of Restorative Justice Programmes in Albania and Cuba

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Bjarni Freyr Borgarsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Kanun Laws; Formal Informal Social Control; Customary Law; State Law; Legal Pluralism; Mediation; Restorative Justice; Retributive Justice; Albania; Cuba; The Norwegian Mediation Services; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In this master´s thesis I seek to explore the concept of restorative justice, an ideological approach to justice which aims to repair the harm caused by crime through means of communication, cooperation, participation and restoration. By involving all parties affected by crime, restorative justice seeks to address crime through empowering victims, increasing community cohesion and making offenders take responsibility through restorative measures. READ MORE

  5. 14. Effects of the addax bioenergy investment on female farmers´rights to land and their livelihoods in BombaliI District, Sierra Leone

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Benjamin Sesay; [2015]
    Keywords : Large-scale Land Acquisition; Rights to Land; Customary Laws; Sierra Leone; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Attempts to promote women’s rights to land in Sub-Saharan Africa have attracted attention in both academia and from an international development perspective. Female Farmers (FFs) in Bombali district in northern Sierra Leone gain access to farmland through male heritages under customary practices. READ MORE

  6. 15. Child Empowerment and Individual Choice : An analysis of the Indian law with the help of Nussbaum’s Capabilities approach

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Caroline Karavoulias; [2015]
    Keywords : Child marriage; Individual choice; Child empowerment; Universal norms versus Traditional norms; India; Nussbaum’s Capabilities Approach;

    Abstract : More than half of all the girls in India today are married before the age of 18. This derives from gender inequality and discrimination, which has lead to several health issues. At the same time, the Indian state has passed legislation prohibiting the practice of child marriage and made it possible for girls to void their marriages. READ MORE