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Data as an asset in an insolvency procedure
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)When a business becomes insolvent, assets that has selling value prevails within the insolvency process. Understanding if personal data can be classified as an asset and whether it can be sold when facing insolvency ... -
Data protection in an employment context – monitoring employees working from home through monitoring software under the General Data Protection Regulation
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)The thesis addresses practical and legal issues related to the monitoring of employees working from home through monitoring software against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic and the overall trend towards flexible ... -
Data subject rights in online social networks - personal data protection and problematic aspects
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)Online social networks have become an important part of the online activities on the web and one of the most influencing media. Online social networks should be compliant with the GDPR, international and EU data protection ... -
The death penalty in the United States of America: challenging the constitutionality and analyzing inconsistency of the Supreme Court justices
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The paper is focused on two issues: the constitutionality of the death penalty and inconsistency of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. The paper aims at finding out how the constitutionality of the death ... -
Death penalty under international humanitarian law
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)War and the practice of the death penalty are two separate occurrences started and created by humans that make the killing of another human being lawful and justifiable. International humanitarian law is the system of ... -
Debt recovery methods of unsecured consumer credits in the European Union
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)In today's world, consumer lending occupies a special place in the financial services market. It provides a wide range of financial support to meet consumers' daily needs, including access to unsecured consumer credit. ... -
Defamation: criminalization of freedom of expression
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The right to freedom of expression, as guaranteed by the Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights, is one of the most fundamental elements for the perseverance of democracy and further development of the ... -
Defensive patent strategies in the European pharmaceutical industry
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)For the purposes of keeping their commercial activities as effective and successful as possible, pharmaceutical companies can be eager to use different defensive strategies to protect their inventions and investments. ... -
The definition of cryptocurrency and mining for the purposes of tax regulation
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)The work aims to determine the main problems and gaps in cryptocurrency and mining taxation with the aim of proposing an effective hypothetical model of tax regulation for the hypothetical country in which it is absent. ... -
Definition of the term “ultimate beneficial owner” within the scope of European anti money laundering legislation and sanctions legislation currently applicable in the European Union on the Russian Federation
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)The term “beneficial owner” plays a critical role within the compliance area in the European Union- both Anti Money Laundering and Sanctions. Thus the author is aiming to research what is the definition of the term “ultimate ... -
The definition of ‘terrorism’ under international law in relation to armed conflicts involving non-state actors
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)The growing influence of violent non-state groups within the international realm for some time already has presented challenges for scholars, lawyers, and politicians. One of the most prominent technical challenges has ... -
Development of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503, its effect on the multi-business model crowdfunding service providers and new niches of business
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)Crowdfunding as part of modern day’s finance and category of fintech has developed rapidly in the last decade leaving regulation behind. Problems arising from insufficient regulatory framework and fragmented national ... -
Did floating rate notes stopped floating? An investigation on legal impacts of negative interest rates on bond agreements and their trade
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)Most securities pay a coupon as a form of interest from the borrower to the lender. While interest rates in the Euro Area are at historical low levels, as a common market practice, fixed income bonds can yield negatively ... -
Digital age and corporate taxation. European Union on the way to create a unilateral digital taxation regime
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The digitalization of the economy has rapidly changed the outlook of the business models today. It is no longer necessary for an entity to be located within a country to generate enormous amounts of revenues deriving from ... -
Diplomatic privileges and immunities in a new millennium: a critical analysis of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)21st century is described as the age of changes and technologies. Therefore, changes are also experiencing diplomatic law, in particular the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. The Convention was signed in 1961, in ... -
Discrimination of same-sex marriages in the European Union
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms lies at the heart of the European Union’s values and objectives. The non-discrimination law is enshrined by numerous statutes and treaties and stays one of the core ... -
A discussion on the blockchain technology and competition in context with the EU and US law
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)The technology, which has been around for a long time, has attracted the attention of the whole world relatively recently, along with the sharp rise of Bitcoin in 2017. In many areas of law, blockchain and cryptocurrencies ... -
The disenfranchisement of prisoners under the principle of proportionality: a comparative study of the US and the UK
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)The right to participate in the governing of state is one of the principle fundamental human rights, be it directly or indirectly through an elected official. This right has been addressed numerous times in different ... -
Dispute resolution within the WTO: the case of the U.S.-China trade war
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)In this thesis, the analysis is focused on the Trade War between the United States and China. The issue is analyzed from a legal perspective as well as from a political perspective. The goal of this thesis is to find out ... -
Does the right to access to justice oblige the states to include a working court mandatory mediation system?
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)Over the last two decades mediation has become more popular. With the ongoing trend in Europe of making mediation mandatory there have been discussions about if the process of making mediation compulsory goes against the ...