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Human dignity as a foundational value of peremptory norms in international law
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)
The appeal of the idea of a morally structured, systemized international legal system implied by the jus cogens regime has resulted in an abundance of literature covering different aspects of this normative category. This ...
Succession of states in respect of state responsibility: towards yet another Vienna Convention
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)
The end of the twentieth century was characterised by a series of state dissolution cases, such as the breakup of Czechoslovakia, the Socialist Federalist Republic of Yugoslavia, and the Soviet Union. In that context, the ...
CISG: 40 years of interpretation
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)
The use of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods has been promoting business transactions throughout the world for more than 30 years. Its widespread application may be considered ...
Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights violations in detention places for asylum seekers
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)
This paper examines Article 3 ECHR violations in asylum seeker detention places. This has been a topical issue for the last few years and will be further as asylum seekers are still an ongoing issue. The detention places ...
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 ...
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 protection of minority shareholders during delisting in Germany and in the U.K.
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)
The thesis seeks to compare the protection of minority shareholders during delisting in Germany and in the UK. Delisting refers to a publicly traded company leaving the stock market. In order to compare the protection ...
Protecting 3D service marks in the EU: the trademark registration dilemma
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)
The thesis aims to illuminate the ill-defined requirements and their theoretical applicability of registering a three-dimensional service mark consisting of a store layout in the wake of the Apple judgement in 2014, granting ...
Annexation of Crimea – seizure of territories without a declaration of war: realities of the 21st century
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)
The thesis focuses on the main international legal aspects of the annexation by one State, namely the Russian Federation, of a part of another sovereign State, Ukraine. The annexation of the Crimean Peninsula is the first ...
Comparative analysis of Latvian and Estonian AML requirements in regards to the virtual currency exchange service providers – theory and practice
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)
Money laundering is considered as one of the most significant types of financial crime. Its magnitude has only increased in the past decade alongside with the development in the technological field. Since the regulatory ...