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Taiwan's sovereignty under UN Charter Article 2 (4) and Article 1 of Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)This undergraduate research investigates Taiwan's sovereignty claim's legal foundation and assesses whether it complies with the UN Charter and the Montevideo Convention. On the subject of sovereignty, the perspectives of ... -
Taking the ‘human’ out of humanitarian? States’ positions on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems from an International Humanitarian Law perspective
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The debate about the legality of Lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) under humanitarian law is still ongoing. This is also due to the developing of autonomous weapon systems which might reach new milestones in autonomous ... -
Taxation of businesses operating digitally in the European Union
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)Over time the ways businesses operate and are able to reach their customers, have changed significantly. There is no more a need for a business to be physically present in the jurisdiction where their customers are located ... -
Telework and technologies. The challenges of legal regulation
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)Covid pandemic has drastically changed the way people work and communicate. It has forced many of them to switch to the telework and triggered the use of different new technologies. These changes helped to slow down the ... -
Temporal effect of interpretation in CJEU judgments in C-326/15 DNB Banka and C-605/15 Aviva: implications on cost-sharing in Latvian financial and insurance services sectors
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The main objective of the paper is to analyse the temporal effect of the interpretation of Article 132(1)(f) of the VAT Directive given by CJEU in Latvian case C-326/15 DNB Banka and Polish case C-605/15 Aviva with regard ... -
Towards a uniform interpretation of the principle of good faith in the European Union: a study of general trends in the interpretation and application of the principle
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)The principle of good faith is a universally recognized fundamental principle of law. While the principle’s importance is not disputed, its definition has been deemed non-existent, and the current interpretation is based ... -
Trademark protection in the metaverse from a general EU trademark's perspective
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)This thesis researches the legal framework surrounding Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) in Web 3.0 or the Metaverse context. Due to their unique characteristics, NFTs require novel regulatory approaches, yet the decentralized ... -
Trafficking of human beings for forced labour in EU member states: challenges in ringing charges and prosecuting cases in Bulgaria and Romania
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)The study focuses on trafficking of human beings for forced labor. One of the key causes of trafficking of human beings is the demand for the victims’ services and the products produced by their exploitation, which generates ... -
The trafficking of women for sexual exploitation in the Russian Federation
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)Trafficking in persons is a serious breach of human rights and the analytical problem is highlighted by the fact that exact numbers cannot be detected. In this thesis, the author analyses the social factors of the causes ... -
The transfer saga continues. The need for a new Bosman in the EU with regards to the regulations on the status and transfer of players by FIFA
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)This paper will discuss the limitation of freedom of movement for workers within the European Union in relationship with FIFA’s regulations on the status and transfer of players. The specific Article that will be discussed ... -
Turkey’s violations of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights in closed institutions
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)Turkey has always been condemned by the international community for its anti-democratic ways of handling detained persons in their closed institutions that causes severe human rights violations as detained persons are ... -
Ukraine and Russia: Development of legal relations and the Kerch Strait incident
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The focus of this thesis is to explore and analyse the development of interstate legal relations between the Republic of Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Furthermore, the Kerch Strait case study is used in order to ... -
(Un)Just war: assessing the legality of the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The multi-faction civil conflict in Yemen gained an international status on March 26, 2015 when a coalition led by Saudi Arabia intervened at the request of the internationally-recognized Government of Yemen (GoY) to restore ... -
Uncertainty under Norway’s claimed exclusive rights over the Snow crabs in the Archipelago of Svalbard
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)This thesis explains the legal framework in the Archipelago of Svalbard with an emphasis on the Loophole area. The author will answer the question on what is regulating the Svalbard archipelago and can Norway claim exclusive ... -
Uncovering corporate tax avoidance and investigating multinational corporation financial strategies and the social consequences
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)This bachelor thesis’s aim is to analyze and research the problem of corporate tax avoidance and its social consequences. The main objectives will be to first of all, address and explain the theory of corporate tax in ... -
Understanding of national identity for the national judiciary of Germany in the context of Art. 4(2) TEU. Potential limitations on European integration
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)This Master's thesis deals with the different understanding of the German Constitutional Court of Art. 4(2) TEU in comparison to the understanding of the ECJ and its possible effects on the integration process. It addresses ... -
Understanding of the concept “Use of vehicles” in the EU motor insurance
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The major objective of the thesis is identifying the meaning of the concept “use of vehicles” firstly adopted under Article 3(1) of First MID (Directive 72/166/EEC). The main research question of the thesis is whether the ... -
United Nations in combating the international crimes against humanity committed by the Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant in Yazidis and the military forces in Myanmar.
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The most tragic contemporary cases related to the crimes against humanity are the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant inhuman actions carried out against Yazidis Community and the Burmese military persecution operations ... -
United Nations Peacekeeping missions regarding the violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - success and failure determined by the strategic points of the conflict
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)The author explores United Nations Peacekeeping missions regarding the violations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - success and failure determined by the strategic points of the conflict. The analysis of the ... -
The United States legitimization and justification of the Iraq invasion in 2003 under international law
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)Prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq by United States and its partners, Iraq failed to fully comply with some of the obligations posed by the UN Security Council resolutions 1441 and 687. Under the Bush administration, it ...