Essays about: "Jus"

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1. 21. Humanitarian interventions - Should it be legal under contemporary international law?

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

   Author : Maria Alderin; [2018]
   Keywords : Public international law; Humanitarian interventions; Human rights; Responsibility to protect; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Humanitarian interventions is a well debated subject within international law. When it comes to the legality of humanitarian interventions the international community is divided and a lot of material regarding such interventions can be found. READ MORE

3. 22. Readjusting Historical Credit Ratings : using Ordered Logistic Regression and Principal ComponentAnalysis

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik

   Author : Axel Cronstedt; Rebecca Andersson; [2018]
   Keywords : Ordered Logistic Regression; Principal Component Analysis; MacroEconomic Variables; Credit Risk; Credit Ratings; Multivariate Time SeriesData; Ordinal logistisk regression; Principalkomponentanalys; Makro-ekonomiska variabler; Kreditratings; Multivariata tidsserier;

   Abstract : Readjusting Historical Credit Ratings using Ordered Logistic Re-gression and Principal Component Analysis The introduction of the Basel II Accord as a regulatory document for creditrisk presented new concepts of credit risk management and credit risk mea-surements, such as enabling international banks to use internal estimates ofprobability of default (PD), exposure at default (EAD) and loss given default(LGD). These three measurements is the foundation of the regulatory capitalcalculations and are all in turn based on the bank’s internal credit ratings. READ MORE

4. 23. Transnational Corporations and Human Rights : Assessing the position of TNCs within international human rights law, and the appropriateness of an international treaty on business and human rights

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Erik Söderlund; [2018]
   Keywords : Human rights; corporation; corporations; transnational corporation; transnational corporations; business; businesses; TNC; TNCs; treaty law; draft treaty; intergovernmental woking group; United Nations; Bhopal; Rana Plaza; international law; Ruggie; John Ruggie; Ruggie pricniples; pillar; labour; labour law; labour rights; CSR; Corporate social responsibility; guiding principles; UN global compact; global compact; ILO; jus cogens; customary law; OECD; ICCPR; ICESCR; state-centrism; Bilateral investment treaty; ILC; WTO; World trade organization; International law commission; legal personality; företag; mänskliga rättigheter; traktat; traktaträtt; juridisk person; folkrätt; internationell rätt; FN; Förenta Nationerna; Ruggie; Jhon Ruggie; Arbetsrätt; Globala målen; företagspolicy; Amnesty International; Human Rights Watch;

   Abstract : Transnational corporations are playing an important role in the global economy of today. Many of these corporations have great economic resources and have the possibility of contributing to the development of societies in developing states. READ MORE

5. 24. Dangerous Orbits : Applying the Law of Self-defence to Hostile Acts Against Satellite Systems

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Elias Mannheimer; [2017]
   Keywords : Self-defence; armed attack; international law; outer space; satellite; space law; jus ad bellum;

   Abstract : The world has found itself in the unsatisfactory position of depending greatly upon the services of satellites, all while the risk of satellites becoming targets during conflict looms ever greater. This paper assesses the lex lata of the law of self-defence as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, focusing on the rationae materiae aspect of the armed attack concept. READ MORE

6. 25. Jurisdictional Immunities of the State - The Balance Between State Immunity and Jus Cogens

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

   Author : Karolin Jönsson; [2017]
   Keywords : Public International Law; State immunity; Jus cogens; International Court of Justice; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The jurisdictional immunity of states in cases concerning serious human rights violations has been extensively discussed in the international legal debate, and has given rise to conflicting judicial decisions by courts of various jurisdictions. While serious human rights violations constitute breaches of peremptory norms, jus cogens, from which no derogation is permitted, the law of state immunity is said to constitute a procedural bar to the exercise of jurisdiction by national courts. READ MORE