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Unjust enrichment in Latvian Civil Law: insights from theory, court practice and the DCFR
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)The concept of unjust enrichment has not been widely discussed and written about by legal scholars in the last twenty years, however, case law indicates that such disputes are common for both private individuals and ... -
Unjustified sick-leave – impact and remedies
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)This paper deals with the problem of issuing unsubstantiated sick-leaves in Latvia. It adopts a comparative perspective contrasting legislation in Latvia and Spain regarding sick-leaves. It also looks at the document in ... -
The use of armed drones for counter-terrorism purposes: whether customary international law?
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The vast and rapid development of technologies constantly creates gaps in the law within both the international and national law systems. One of such technologies the increased usage of which for military purposes has ... -
Use of Article 106(2) TFEU in the context of liberalizing the Latvian market of roadworthiness testing services
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The master’s thesis is about the potential use of the “escape clause” enshrined in Article 106(2) of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) in a situation where an undertaking, which is granted with ... -
Use of cyber-weapons under international law
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)The paper attempts to provide an answer to the designated research question to determine whether the use of cyber-weapons could potentially amount to jus ad bellum, under international law, by looking through the possible ... -
Use of site-blocking injunctions for the protection of trademark rights online
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The author analysed site-blocking injunctions and their legal basis at three levels, namely at the international, regional (the EU in particular), and the national (Latvia in particular) level. It was sought how the legal ... -
The values required to join the European Union – an attempt to explain what democracy and the rule of law are by legal means
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)Art. 49 TEU and Art. 2 TEU lay down the conditions for accession to the European Union, but they contain very vague and historicaly loaded legal terms. Therefore, candidate states often have problems determining what to ... -
VAT treatment of virtual currencies in the European Union: regulatory challenges and proposals
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)Nowadays, the EU tax governance of virtual currencies is considered to be partial or incomplete. The research seeks to evaluate the contemporary VAT regime’s effectiveness in regard to virtual currency related operations ... -
Vehicle mounted dashboard cameras: a practical approach to GDPR compliance
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)Vehicle mounted dashboard cameras or dashcams among other things can be characterized with the growing demand for vehicles around the world. These in size small vehicle innovations are gaining their popularity due to their ... -
The viability of property transactions carried out by using blockchain technology: the future of Latvian land register learning from Sweden and Georgia use cases
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)The right to property is one of the main fundamental human rights founded in almost every jurisdiction, and as such deserves the highest possible protection. Meanwhile blockchain technology over the last decade has evolved ... -
Violation of Article 2. and Article 9. of European Convention of Human Rights by Russian Federation in the occupied territory of Crimea
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)Thesis analyses Article 2 and Article 9 ECHR concerning violations in the annexed territory of Crimea. Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its military presence in the Eastern Ukraine region is still topical issue in the ... -
Violations of Article 3 of the ECHR in the detention conditions of migrant minors
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)The safeguards provided by Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights reinforce the Council of Europe's commitment to uphold human dignity and well-being of all individuals as the fundamental human rights principles. ... -
Violations of Kurdish human rights in Turkey from 2018 to 2021 in relation to Article 2 of EU accession criteria
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)This Bachelor thesis aims to explicate why, despite having links with EU for many decades, Turkey is not admitted to the EU through reviewing the standards of "respect for human rights, including the rights of persons ... -
Violence against women in armed conflict
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)This thesis explores the mechanisms available to the United Nations Security Council to ensure implementation of its resolutions on women, peace and security; and the mechanisms available to the Committee on the Elimination ... -
Virtual in-game objects as property and subject of intellectual property rights: comparative research
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)The use of virtual objects in digital environments, especially in games, has become increasingly prevalent in recent years. This thesis explores the legal treatment of virtual in-game objects, examining whether they can ... -
The war on drugs: destigmatizing drug use as a way forward
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)The aim of this thesis is to analyze why the war on drugs has been recognized as a failure by academics, policy makers and experts in the fields of drugs, psychiatry and economy and how to move forward and turn failure ... -
Weakness in the international legal system: the case of Ukraine
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the international legal system and determine whether it is able to deal with powerful states on equal footing. In order to achieve this purpose, it is necessary to go back to the ... -
What are the background and the consequences of the divorce between the European Union and the United Kingdom
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)23 June 2016 was the crucial date when the citizens of the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union in a nationwide referendum. This thesis covers the legal, political, economic, and historical relationship between ... -
What are the essential elements needed for the contract of sale to be formed? A comparative study of legal regulation in terms of the conclusion of the sales contract under the continental and common law legal systems with the focus on the legislation of Latvia, Germany, Russia, and the United States of America
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)Today, the sales contract is the most common type of contract of civil and commercial circulation. The movement of material goods in commodity form, which is the basis of any legal obligation, in the contract of sale appears ... -
Who governs the High North? UNCLOS and Russia’s geopolitics in the Arctic
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The Arctic is under a threat of multiple levels. It is argued that the region is not only ungoverned properly by laws, it is also subjected to mass natural resource extraction, which is getting more approachable with years ...