Essays about: "legal implications"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 241 essays containing the words legal implications.

  1. 1. The Great DeFi Dilemma: How stakeholders can navigate the uncertain waters of decentralised finance adoption: An explorative study

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Otto Tjäder; Luis Ulrich; [2023-07-20]
    Keywords : DeFi; blockchain technology; economic evolution; adoption; adaptation; innovation;

    Abstract : This study explores the key challenges in the adoption process of Decentralised Finance (DeFi) technology and its implications for stakeholders, including bankers, users, developers, and regulators; tying in to a broader perspective of economic evolution. The data consist of over 20 semi-structured interviews with individuals among the different stakeholder groups, primarily in Sweden and the USA. READ MORE

  3. 2. Sentient Objects — A Theoretical Analysis of the Potential of Animals as Legal Subjects

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Alice Edfast; [2023-04-26]
    Keywords : Jurisprudence; Legal theory; The legal subject; Legal personhood; The person-thing dichotomy; Animal Law theory; Animal sentience; Animal slaughter; Animal testing; Legal rights; Hohfeld’s fundamental legal conceptions; Speciesism; Humanism; Posthumanism; Greimas’ semiotic square;

    Abstract : The sentience of animals has been scientifically proven since the nineteenth century, which has led to changes in our attitude towards animals and to the proliferation of anti-cruelty laws. But despite the rise of an Animal Law discipline, animal rights organisations’ attempting to elevate the legal status of animals, and several recent European legislative changes categorising animals as “non-things”, the legal status of a person has not yet been extended to animals. READ MORE

  4. 3. The crisis of International criminal law in Africa: An African perspective on international criminal law and (in)security governance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Rukiatu Fatmata Sheriff; [2023]
    Keywords : International Criminal Court; African Union; Ontological Security; anxieties; Postcoloniality; international criminal justice; Third World Approaches to International Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Since coming into force the International Criminal Court, has been challenged with a series of issues. Criticism, especially, from African states has forwarded the underlying anxieties that riddles this relatively new institution of international criminal justice. READ MORE

  5. 4. Corporate Climate Due Diligence in the European Union – A Legal Analysis of its Implications for the Climate Action of Energy-Intensive Industries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Ellin Svea Jarl Righi; [2023]
    Keywords : Corporate Due Diligence; Climate Change; Climate Change Due Diligence; Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; Energy-Intensive Industries; Climate Action; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In this thesis, issues surrounding climate actions are analysed through the notion of corporate due diligence in the European Union (EU) context. The study explores how mandatory climate change due diligence schemes, potentially in the form of a legally binding instrument, may affect the critical sector of energy-intensive industries (EIIs) in the Union and further contribute to the broader EU climate actions. READ MORE

  6. 5. Business as usual? : Third-country business and legal effects of sanctions on international trade

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Gustaf Lewander; Fatma Ilkem Karayazici; [2023]
    Keywords : International trade law; international trade conflict; economic sanctions; trade sanctions; international law; international trade; international business; economics of sanctions; Turkey; Russia; European Union; United States.;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the legal implications of sanctions on third country companies trading or operating with a sanctioned target state. Considering previous research – primarily from the disciplines of international business, international commercial law and economics – into international business under conditions of sanctions, we analyze the interplay of different sanctions and how they affect third country business. READ MORE