Essays about: "legal responsibility"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 289 essays containing the words legal responsibility.

  1. 1. Closing the gap? An Analysis of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Business Operations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Sif Tani Nielsen-Lundberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Human Rights; Legal Consciousness; Law in books and Law in action; UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; UN Sustainable Development Goals; Supermarket chains; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : There is an increasing demand for responsible business conduct. Different mechanisms have been developed to promote and ensure such responsibility within corporate operations. Two of such mechanisms are the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). READ MORE

  3. 2. To be one step ahead: A survey of Swedish municipal food preparedness

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling

    Author : Robin Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Civil defence; food preparedness; governance; resilience; responsibility; sustainable development; Civilt försvar; livsmedelsberedskap; styrning; resiliens; ansvar; hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : Officials of varying backgrounds from a sample of nine municipalities in Sweden were interviewed in a semi-structured format regarding the state of their work on food preparedness, challenges and opportunities for working on said topic, as well as the relation between municipalities and national actors related to civil defence. A vast majority of Swedish municipalities were contacted, and the final interviewees were hand-picked from a group of candidates that accepted a request for an interview. READ MORE

  4. 3. External Migration Control Measures and Ill-Treatment of Migrant Women: On the Responsibility of the EU and the Member States Under the EU-Charter

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

    Author : Pelle Flood; [2022]
    Keywords : EU Law; International Human Rights Law; Externalization; EU-Charter; Charter of Fundamental Rights; Migration; Ill-treatment; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Through the external dimension of the EU migration policy, the EU and its member states have increasingly employed externalization measures as a means of stemming the irregular migration flows that reach the external borders of the Union. The measures are characterized by domestic conduct with extraterritorial effect leading to increased migration control in the third countries targeted by these measures. READ MORE

  5. 4. Justifying or Excusing Humanitarian Intervention? - An Examination of Whether the Law of State Responsibility Can Accommodate the Domestic Justification-Excuse Distinction

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

    Author : Isabella Krvavac; [2022]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; public international law; analogi; analogy; rättfärdigande omständigheter; justifications; ursäktande omständigheter; excuses; humanitär intervention; humanitarian intervention; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In defense of humanitarian intervention, it has been claimed to be ‘illegal but justified’ and ‘illegal but excused’. One way of understanding such claims is that humanitarian intervention is illegal since existing primary rules of international law prohibit such intervention. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Use of Management Control in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations : A descriptive case study on the use of management control in three Ethereum blockchain based DAOs

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Industriell ekonomi

    Author : Ludvig Öberg; Isak Almquist; [2022]
    Keywords : DAO; Decentralized Autonomous Organizations; Management Control; Blockchain; Bitcoin; Ethereum; Smart Contracts; Cryptography; Consensus; Governance; Cryptocurrencies; DAO; Decentraliserade Autonoma Organisationer; Styrning; Blockkedja; Blockkedjor; Bitcoin; Ethereum; Kryptovalutor; Konsensus;

    Abstract : Decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs, are spoken highly of in cryptocurrency spaces as a new way of organizing capital and labor. The basic concept is an organization with a shared vision or goal, where the participants and/or outside stakeholders own tokens that grant governing rights over resources through smart contracts. READ MORE