Essays about: "Philosophy of law"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 54 essays containing the words Philosophy of law.

  1. 16. Minority Rights, to be recognised by the Legislator or the Supreme Court? - Did the Swedish Supreme Court (Högsta domstolen) adopt an activist or restrained position, concerning the right to property of the Sami people, in the Taxed Mountain Case (Skattefjällsmålet) and what were the effects of the chosen approach?

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

    Author : Karin Nilsson; [2018]
    Keywords : jurisprudence; allmän rättslära; private law; civil rätt; legal philosophy; rättsfilosofi; legal history; rättshistoria; sami law; samerätt; Dworkin; skattefjällsmålet; the taxed mountain case; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In the 1970s a group of Sami people sued the Swedish State claiming a better right to a geographic area referred to as the Taxed Mountain (Skattefjällen). The Sami people are recognised as an indigenous people, and a minority group, by the Swedish State. READ MORE

  3. 17. Pained Body, Performed Madness: A Study of the Bio-political Philosophy in He Yunchang's Performance Art

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Chenru Xue; [2018]
    Keywords : He Yunchang; Performance art; Homo Sacer; State of Exception; Madness; Cultural Sciences; Arts and Architecture; Performing Arts;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the considerations of bare life in He Yunchang’s performance arts, based on two of his works, One-meter democracy (2010) and Golden Sunlight (1999). I make a deep analysis of the images and archives of the two performances, about the artist’s artistic method of using visual signs. READ MORE

  4. 18. Legitimate legal authority and the obligation to obey : An analysis of Joseph Raz´s arguments on legitimate authority

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Etik

    Author : Emma Molin; [2017]
    Keywords : Philosophy of law; Joseph Raz; Obligation to obey; authority; obedience; compliance; the service conception;

    Abstract : Two central issues in literature discussing legal authority seems to the the questions of what the law has when it has authority and under what conditions the law can be said to have authority. This thesis analyses an answer to these two questions as it has been developed by legal philosopher Joseph Raz. READ MORE

  5. 19. En retrospektiv och prospektiv utvärdering av etik och djurvälfärd i Sveriges djurskyddslagstiftning

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Stina Larsson; [2017]
    Keywords : djurvälfärd; etik; djurarter; djurskydd; lagstiftning;

    Abstract : For thousands of years, humans have reflected on and debated the exploitation of animals in captivity and the environment provided for them. Animal ethics has been a documented subject since the antiquity and is in present time an important philosophical topic in both scientific and public interest. READ MORE

  6. 20. Strengthening the Egg Value-Chain in Bhutan under the Philosophy of Gross National Happiness

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Nivit Tanglertpaibul; [2017]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Egg production; Animal welfare; Gross National Happiness; Bhutan;

    Abstract : Being a small landlocked country located in Eastern Himalaya ranges, makes it difficult for Bhutan to secure and sustain its national food security. Thus, Bhutan highly depends on the import of food from neighboring countries. READ MORE