Essays about: "unwritten law."

Found 4 essays containing the words unwritten law..

1. 1. In the Absence of Law. The legal frame of an Non-Profit Association's General Assembly resolution.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Berit Kjosnes; [2014]
   Keywords : Ideell förening; Ideell; associationsrätt; rättsgrundsatser; föreningsfrihet; generalklausulerna; likhetsprincipen; majoritetsprincipen; jäv; juridisk enhet; hierarkisk organisations struktur; beslutsorgan; styrelse; årsmöte; generalförsamling; generalförsamlingens beslutsprocess; demokratisk; minoritetsskydd; överklagan; juridisk ram; oskriven rätt. NPA; non-profit association; association; general principles of law; freedom of association; the general clause; the principles of equal treatment; majority rule; conflict of interest; legal entity; hierarchical structure; decision-making organs; board; annual general meeting; decision-making; general assembly; decision-making process; democratic; minority protection rules; rules of proceedings; legal framework; unwritten law.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The first aim of this study is to investigate what it takes for a nonprofit association (NPA) to become a legal entity, specifically regarding requirements addressing decision-making organs within the NPA’s organization. Secondly, since within the legal framework of associations there exist general principles of law, this study also explores which general principles of law are applicable to a general assembly meeting and how these general principles affect the decision-making process. READ MORE

3. 2. The Making(s) of Law. Postmodern feminist perspectives on local court Justices under Zambian customary law

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Ida Agering; [2009]
   Keywords : discourse; deconstruction; gender; judge; Zambia; customary law; justice; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis is the result of a Minor Field Study (MFS) on the judges, the so-called Justices, working in local courts in Zambia, where unwritten customary law is applied. The analysis is based on in-depth interviews, in order to explore the role of the Justices within the structure of customary law and their role in the discrimination against women that the law allegedly generates. READ MORE

4. 3. The Role of the European Court of Justice in the Protection of Fundamental rights - A Satisfactory System of Human Rights Protection ?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Linda Hansson; [2007]
   Keywords : EG-rätt; Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The Court of Justice's ability to enforce a satisfactory system of human rights protection for the European Union has been questioned over the years and still is today. For, despite the changing and increasingly improved status of fundamental rights within the Community legal order, the development of the general principles doctrine and fundamental rights are subject to a number of criticisms. READ MORE

5. 4. From Costa to Constitution: The Case Continues...

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Carl-Johan Breitholtz; [2004]
   Keywords : EG-rätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The doctrine of supremacy in Community law was established by the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice and has evolved over time since the early case law of Van Gend en Loos and Costa-ENEL. The principle is an unwritten rule and a basic characteristic of Community law and has never been enshrined as a part of the European Treaties. READ MORE