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  1. 1. Gender-based violence and the criminal system - When battered women fight back: the law of self-defense. : A single case study of the self-defense principle in a context of domestic violence in the United States

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Alexandra Leroi; [2022]
    Keywords : self-defense law; battered woman; imminency; reasonableness; duty to retreat;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the law of self-defense in the United States, in a context of domestic violence. The starting point is the work of Cynthia Gillespie, a US attorney whose groundbreaking work in 1989 shed light on the many legal obstacles battered women defendants face in Courts while pleading self-defense to homicide charges. READ MORE

  3. 2. Under the Weapons the Laws Remain Silent - A Qualitative Content Analysis of the Idea and Value of the International Court of Justice as a Legal Norm Maker

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Felicia Gustafsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Nuclear Weapons; Advisory Opinion; International Court of Justice; Legal Development; International Community; United Nations General Assembly; International Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Uppsatsens syfte var att undersöka hur ICJ influerar internationell rätt som legal normsättare till det internationella samfundet. Frågeställningen var: hur konceptualiseras idén om ICJ och dess värde för det internationella samfundet av FN:s generalförsamling och domarna som dömde i samband med kärnvapensrådgivningen? Primärmaterialet utgjordes av valda sektioner i de åtta resolutionerna från FN:s generalförsamling som ledde till en rådgivningsbegäran och valda paragrafer ur rådgivningen från 1996. READ MORE

  4. 3. The temporal scope of Unwilling or Unable : a case study on Syria

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Linda Ljuslin; [2018]
    Keywords : International law; Unwilling or Unable; Syria; The United States; Necessity; Proportionality;

    Abstract : The purpose with this paper is to analyze the temporal scope of the doctrine of Unwilling or Unable and focus on when the right to use force in self-defense ends. According to the doctrine a State has a right to use force in self-defense towards a non-state actor on another States territory, if the harboring state is Unwilling or Unable to suppress the non-state actor. READ MORE

  5. 4. Bevarande av orangutangen : en studie av de största hoten mot arternas överlevnad

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Johanna Dahl; [2018]
    Keywords : orangutang; bevarande; regnskogsskövling; palmolja; tjuvjakt;

    Abstract : Orangutanger är endemiskt förekommande på öarna Borneo och Sumatra i Malaysia och Indonesien. Det finns tre arter: Sumatraorangutangen (Pongo abelii), Borneoorangutangen (Pongo pygmaeus) och den nyupptäckta Tapanuliorangutangen (Pongo tapanuliensis). READ MORE

  6. 5. Humanitarian interventions - Should it be legal under contemporary international law?

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

    Author : Maria Alderin; [2018]
    Keywords : Public international law; Humanitarian interventions; Human rights; Responsibility to protect; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Humanitarian interventions is a well debated subject within international law. When it comes to the legality of humanitarian interventions the international community is divided and a lot of material regarding such interventions can be found. READ MORE