Essays about: "Threats to the Rule of Law"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words Threats to the Rule of Law.

  1. 1. Going on Offense in Defense of National Judiciaries : On the Infringement Action and its Use in Combating Threats to Judicial Independence

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Henrik Reinhammar; [2022]
    Keywords : Judicial Independence; Infringement Actions; Article 258 TFEU; Rule of Law; Court of Justice; European Commission;

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  3. 2. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown : How the Rwandan government has legitimized its rule 2010-2019

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sara Kjellström; [2020]
    Keywords : electoral authoritarian regimes; Rwanda; securitization; legitimization;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study how electoral authoritarian regimes remain resilient over time, by observing how they handle challenges to their rule. More specifically, the thesis will focus on the strategies used to legitimize further rule. READ MORE

  4. 3. Justifying Japan’s Securitized ODA

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

    Author : Wichuta Teeratanabodee; [2020]
    Keywords : securitization of aid; Official Development Assistance; Japan’s ODA; bilateral aid; critical discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : While the global foreign aid trend has shifted closer to security, the Development Assistance Committee prohibits donor countries from giving aid for military purposes or the donor countries’ security interests. Many scholars observed that several projects of Japan’s Official Development Assistance are, to a large extent, military aid or driven by national interests. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Role of the Judiciary and the Rule of Law - Judicial un-involvement in the wake of the Me Too-Movement

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

    Author : Louise Oskarsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Jurisprudence; The Rule of Law; Threats to the Rule of Law; Judicial Un-Involvement; The Me Too-Movement; #Metoo; Me-Too Rörelsen; Rättsstatsprincipen.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Publishing rape allegations on social media whilst not involving the administration of justice became a significant phenomenon in the wake of the Me Too-Movement. Exemplified through two prime examples, the judicial un-involvement, arguably a questioning of the assumption that the law is the powerholder in the state, will be claimed to have been a departure from the concept of the Rule of Law. READ MORE

  6. 5. Recent developments in responding to rule of law threats in Europe – new responses by the European Commission and the Venice Commission

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Samuel Pana; [2017]
    Keywords : EU law; comparative law; legal history; law; international law; public international law; law of international organisations; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis assesses two relatively new rule of law tools of two regional organisations in Europe – the European Union with the new EU Framework for strengthening the rule of law, and the Venice Commission with a new rule of law checklist, and puts them in relation with a concrete case. The rule of law is a principle worth safeguarding at any time, but its relevance increases as it is being questioned and threatened. READ MORE