Rīgas Juridiskā augstskola / Riga Graduate School of Law: Recent submissions
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Initial coin offering fraud and investment protection under the European Union and Latvian legislation
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The research is focused on the current regulatory framework of the European Union and the Republic of Latvia, which partially covers initial coin offering and cryptocurrency, but other countries' jurisdictions are mentioned ... -
The importance of whistleblowing. The protection of whistleblowers in European Union
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)Whistleblowing currently is highlighted as significant and beneficial tool to fight with criminal offences and illegal misconducts at the workplace. As employees are the closest persons to give a witness about different ... -
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 ... -
Analysis of EU and UN legislation regarding trafficking in human beings in Latvia
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)Thesis analyses how efficiently Latvia has implemented its regional and national obligations as a member state of EU and UN in its legislation regarding THB. Directive 2011/36/EU and Palermo Protocol have provided a basis ... -
Analysis of (non)application of Sharia laws of divorce under Article 10 of the Rome III Regulation
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)In the result of increased migration and the gradual formation of multicultural societies, the growth of the Muslim population in Europe, alongside Islam and other cultural peculiarities, is gaining momentum. This phenomenon ... -
The limits of legitimate business interest with respect to processing of children's data
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The research is specifically focused on processing of children's data since it is an even more focused field of data protection which is given separate provisions in international and national legislation. Moreover, it is ... -
From Directive 95/46/EC to the General Data Protection Regulation: addressing the potential harm to data subjects' rights arising from personal data collection and data analytics
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)This work highlights the issues of personal data collection and its use in data analytics by analyzing the potential harms to individuals rights’ arising from personal data collection and data analytics and comparing the ... -
Special and differential treatment under the enabling clause
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the systemic issues revolving around preferential trade activity in the World Trade Organization. As a significant part of the system is based upon the principle of good faith, an ... -
Analysis of peacekeeping’s performance within the United Nation’s framework on the examples of Rwandan, Liberian and Somalian cases
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The research focuses on the United Nation’s notable legal instrument of “peacekeeping” and examines its performance on the examples of three cases – UNAMIR, UNMIL and UNOSOM (that later on transitioned into UNOSOM II). The ... -
Compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation and violations under it
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The General Data Protection, replacing the Directive 95/46/EC brings more strict obligations with respect to data subject’s rights and data security. The main objective for the research of violations under the General Data ... -
Maintenance of international peace and security: analysis of Russian use of force abroad and Article 39 of UN Charter implementation in Georgia in 2008
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The paper examines Article 39 of the UN Charter and how the main principle of the Security Council “to maintain or restore international peace and security” is interpreted by Russia and is it consistent with the understanding ... -
The loyalty program compliance together with the General Data Protection Regulation in the Baltic States
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)Nowadays life is not imaginable without loyalty programs. Almost every good or service provider has introduced to loyalty programs that are widely used. Loyalty programs are a marketing strategy to encourage the customer ... -
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 ... -
Hybrid status of child soldiers. Child soldiers as legitimate military targets
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)This paper seeks to analyse the hybrid status of child soldiers in the international legal framework governing the protection and recruitment of child soldiers. Despite the illegal nature of recruitment and use of child ... -
Analysis of legal aspects of the targeted killings made by the United States of America using unmanned aerial vehicles in Libya and Yemen
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The current Bachelor Thesis is an analysis of the legality from the perspective of the international law of two connecting aspects: the targeted killings and the unmanned aerial vehicles. The United States of America is ... -
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 ... -
The “national identity” clause enshrined in Article 4(2) of the Treaty on European Union and the normative assumption of the compliance with constitutional identity claimed by Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The requirement for the European Union to respect the national identities of its Member States nowadays enshrined in Article 4(2) of Treaty on European Union has boosted various debates about the meaning of the ‘national ... -
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 ... -
Possible cannabis legalization or decriminalization and its economic benefits in Latvia
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The current research paper explores the possibilities of legalizing or decriminalizing cannabis in Latvia and concludes that decriminalization is in fact possible and beneficial. The state should use a systematic approach ... -
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 ...