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Investor protection under the Energy Charter Treaty: implications for EU's green transition
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)Amid the intense debate surrounding the ECT's impact on state ability to address climate change and recent withdrawal announcements by several EU member states, this thesis investigates the ECT's investor protection within ... -
Iran – United States Claims Tribunal: analysis of legal aspects of taking of private assets and its contribution to international law
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2024)It could be argued that the 21st century is the period which is a serious test of the power and capabilities of public international law, especially when it comes to the dispute prevention or dispute settlement once ... -
Is medical data in Latvia collected and used properly in the scope of the General Data Protection Regulation?
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)The General Data Protection Regulation introduced stricter conditions for the collection and processing of personal data. In addition, a strong emphasis was placed on the rights of the data subject. The main objective of ... -
Is the investor-state dispute settlement system truly in favour of investors
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The thesis is aimed to determine whether the investor-state dispute settlement system is biased in favour of investors through the analysis of Arbitration Rules laid down in the ICSID Convention and UNCITRAL and the ... -
The issuance of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC): legal and economic challenges
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)Although the interconnection between technology, finance, and money has always been consistent, in the last decade the proliferation of digital technology has generated unprecedented transformative changes to the financial ... -
The issue of legal status of Caspian and methods of establishing framework for legal distribution
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)This thesis is an in-depth study of the methods that can be used to divide the Caspian Basin in a fair manner under the international law. In these studies, the issue is analyzed from different perspectives and an in-depth ... -
The issues concerning attribution of cyber-attacks of state actors and non-state actors
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)This thesis aims to analyse the extent to which the current legal standards of attribution can be applied to cyber-attacks carried out by hacker groups under the control of a State actor. Considering the increase of ... -
Issues of different applicable substantive law rules to cross-border assignments of claim
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)In recent years, there has been an increase of cross-border assignments of a claim due to various economic reasons. When an assignment of a claim is conducted cross-border, the parties involved in the process of the ... -
Issues of residential property division in Latvia: impact of Residential Property Law amendments on residential project development in several phases
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The Amendments to the Law on Residential Property, effective from 13 July 2017, have revised the Law on Residential Property, which has been in force since 1 January 2011. The new regulation was aimed to determine clear ... -
Issues surrounding data subject consent as a lawful basis for the processing of personal data in the European Union
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)Individuals being in control of the given consent for the processing of their personal data sounds great in theory, in reality however, there are some issues surrounding data subject consent as a lawful basis for the ... -
Istanbul Convention and the potential effect of its ratification on the legal system of the Republic of Latvia
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)This thesis undertakes a critical analysis of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention), the legal arguments against its ratification ... -
Jurisdiction in cross-border trademark infringements on the internet in the EU
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The Internet has transformed everything. And the area of intellectual property and private international law are not exceptions. This paper examines how jurisdiction rules, initially designed for offline cases, are applied ... -
The justifiability of France's 'burqa ban', considering the limitation clauses of Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights under European Public Order
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)This thesis analyzes prohibitions on wearing the burqa (commonly referred to as “the burqa ban”) within the context of Article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion) of the European Convention on Human Rights. The ... -
The legal and diplomatic role of the Baltic States in Russia's war against Ukraine
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)The main research in this thesis will focus on the diplomatic and legal assistance provided by the Baltic States to Ukraine after it was attacked by the Russian army. Accordingly, the thesis will study how the assistance ... -
A legal and economic analysis of the concept of anticipatory breach under the CISG
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)Contractual remedies are traditionally available after the breach of a contract, but can a party suspecting non-performance prior to the date of performance entitled to seek for remedies? The United Nations Convention on ... -
Legal and economic aspects of transfer of players in football in the European Union
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The main aim of this research is to analyze the legal and economic issues between the current football transfer system and European Union laws. In order to do so, the author looked at the history and development behind the ... -
Legal and ethical issues designing online courts
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)The thesis explores and analyzes how can online courts be best designed to serve the needs of a modern society with different norms and requirements from our current ones and whether the current online courts performing a ... -
Legal and political aspects of European secession movements - what are the lawful mechanisms for secession and creating a new state?
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)Since the fall of Communism in Europe in the 1990’s, no new state in Europe has emerged. While the 2008 Kosovo Declaration of Independence, would suggest otherwise, the statehood of Kosovo is a still debated topic, as the ... -
Legal and political challenges of European Union’s cyber-diplomacy in the age of surveillance capitalism
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)Bachelor thesis will focus on one of the initiatives, which has been developed in order to address the challenges, which are posed by the technological and digital advancements – cyber diplomacy. Furthermore, in order to ... -
The legal and political spectrum of the instruments available to the United Nations Security Council
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)The United Nations Security Council (the UNSC) has been given a wide range of instruments to use in order to carry out its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. These instruments ...