Essays about: "acting on one s behalf"

Found 3 essays containing the words acting on one s behalf.

  1. 1. How soon is now? Exploring mitigation of short-lived greenhouse gases in the landscape of climate risk and policies on metrics

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

    Author : Edwin Klint Bywater; [2020]
    Keywords : Global warming; GWP; GTP; methane; short-lived greenhouse gases; short-lived climate forcers; climate policy; climate risk; climate crisis; carbon pricing; climate negotiations; technocracy.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : In the collected efforts towards understanding earth’s climate system, and acting on climate change, the time dimension is of central importance. When humanity’s collected activity is carbon-neutral, and how the trajectory towards such a state might look, is a tough question to answer. READ MORE

  3. 2. State Responsibility for Genocide - The International Court of Justice's Judgment in the Genocide Case and its Aftermath

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

    Author : Kaisa Marttinen; [2016]
    Keywords : folkrätt; public international law; folkmord; genocide; ICJ; Bosnia; statsansvar; State Responsibility; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : State responsibility for commission of genocide has a jus cogens status in customary international law and is based on the general rule of attribution: whether the persons or groups acting within the State are acting, or at least can be treated as acting on behalf of the State is key for State responsibility to arise. For non-state actors to be attributable to the State the relationship between them must be one of “complete dependence”, as the test of control formulated in the Nicaragua case of 1986 suggests. READ MORE

  4. 3. Corporate Social Responsibility - the legal context

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Jesper Silow; [2008]
    Keywords : Förmögenhetsrätt; Associationsrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : During the last few years increased focus has been given to environmental and social issues due to worldwide changes in the weather and temperature, in some cases leading to natural disasters and dramatic changes in everyday life. Media and politicians have begun to address related problems, acknowledging the fact that human impact on nature is a real problem that poses as a threat to our future. READ MORE