Essays about: "supreme court"

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  1. 16. The Dark Side of the Swiss Approach to the Enforcement of Multi-Tiered Clauses : A study on the nature of multi-tiered clauses

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Dylan Mac Quaide; [2021]
    Keywords : Arbitration; international; commercial; Switzerland; Swiss; multi-tiered clauses; enforcement;

    Abstract : Since 2007, Swiss caselaw has developed in a satisfactory manner with regard to the enforcement of multi-tiered clauses. Not only has the Swiss Federal Supreme Court clearly established the cumulative requirements that have to be met to enforce the pre-arbitral tier contained in a multi-tiered clause when a party does not comply with it and directly files an arbitration claim, but the Court has also resolved the question of how the arbitral tribunal should sanction such a violation. READ MORE

  3. 17. THE BACKLASH THEORY: A REASON FOR POLITICAL CONCERN OR FAKE NEWS?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emelie Karlsson; [2020]
    Keywords : backlash; public opinion; American Muslims; survey experiment;

    Abstract : The contested backlash phenomenon assumes that changes to the status quo in favor of minorities will be met with resistance and resentment from majority groups. However, previous research has yielded ambiguous results. This has resulted in a continuous confusion regarding if, when and how backlashes occur. READ MORE

  4. 18. A State of One's Own? - A Legal Study of the Right to Self-Determination and Secession with Focus on the case of Québec and Canada

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

    Author : Hilda Hansson; [2020]
    Keywords : public international law; self-determination; secession; territorial integrity; human rights; democracy; sovereignty; minority rights; Quebec; Canada; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the right of a people to self-determination and the possibility of secession in a democratic context, focusing on the Québec-Canada case. To that end, it studies (1) the historic and contemporary relationship between Québec and Canada, (2) the meaning of the right to self-determination within international law, (3) possibilities for unilateral secession, and (4) secession by virtue of democracy. READ MORE

  5. 19. Partisan Gerrymandering and the U.S Supreme Court - What is the Problem Represented to be?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Maximilian Björklund Claesson; [2020]
    Keywords : Partisan Gerrymandering; U.S Supreme Court; Bacchi; Gill v. Whitford; Rucho v. Common Cause; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : A verdict in 2019 from the U.S Supreme Court that resulted in the withdrawal of the power of lower federal courts to judge in cases of partisan gerrymandering was a contested and debated one, both inside and outside the courtroom. READ MORE

  6. 20. RPM and Object Restrictions – A Need for Change in EU Competition Policy? : A comparative analysis of the different approaches towards RPM in EU and US Antitrust Law

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Rebecca Johnsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Article 101 TFEU; Resale Price Maintenance; Object; Effect; Antitrust;

    Abstract : The United States and the European Union operate in the world’s two most powerful systems of competition law and policy, whose enforcement and judicial institutions employ similar concepts and legal language. Nevertheless, the two systems have reached different results across a number of significant antitrust issues. READ MORE