Essays about: "Customary Laws"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 27 essays containing the words Customary Laws.

  1. 21. Persistent objector - The demise of a hero?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Fredrik Ingman; [2009]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The principle of the persistent objector strikes at the heart of international law creating uncertainty over issues as how customary international law is created, whom it binds and how states actively can evade being bound by certain customary international laws. The mere existence of this principle gives rise to a great number of diverging interpretations. READ MORE

  3. 22. The Great Firewall - Freedom of Speech on the Internet in China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Svensson; [2007]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Freedom of speech is both a fundamental and an important right in the sense that this right is the key to fulfill other human rights. Without being able to seek information, a citizen cannot be aware of what rights he or she has. READ MORE

  4. 23. The added value of the UN Draft Norms as compared to existing codes on Corporate Social Responsibility and their legal status

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Bohman; [2006]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : When the United Nations was created in 1945, states were the only significant decision-makers. Even with the construction of the human rights regime in the aftermath of the Second World War, states were designated as the only duty-bearers who could violate international human rights law. READ MORE

  5. 24. (Wo)Men’s Land - Land Policy Development and Land Reform in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Johan Tejpar; Charlotta Undén; [2006]
    Keywords : gender; Land reform; Land policy development; East Africa; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In this thesis, the currently much debated issues of Land Policy Development and Land Reform are discussed. The authors use existing theories on the topic and these are then applied on three East African case countries; namely Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. READ MORE

  6. 25. "Legality in international criminal law; a human rights standard?"

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Joris Verbeek; [2006]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The principle of legality is a fundamental principle of criminal law. It grants the defendant in a criminal trial protection from the arbitrary use of state power by binding the state to certain rules and guarantees. READ MORE