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Sacrificing right to reputation in favour of freedom of speech in the context of defamation laws
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2017)
The right to reputation and right to the freedom of speech are two essential elements that play the role of a cornerstone of any modern democratic society, but bringing these two crucial pillars into the right balance is ...
Accountability of mercenaries and private military and security contractors in the existing international legal framework
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2017)
The thesis analyse the insufficiencies in international legal norms with regard to the PMCs as well as discusses the difficulties of application of certain norms. Afterwards several alternatives are proposed in order to ...
Capacity of existing trade mark protection in relation to infringements by 3D printing technologies in the EU
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)
The masters thesis will research and analyze the possible clashes between the current regulation of EU trade mark law and virtual reality of 3D printing in the context of the most common infringements by the main actors ...
Suitability of Trade Secrets Directive for the protection of patentable information from perspective of a startup company
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)
This research paper studies suitability of newly adopted European Parliament and the Council Directive no. 2016/943 - Trade Secrets Directive for protection of potentially patentable information from a startup company ...
Economic sanctions in international arbitration
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)
Historically, economic sanctions, as options of foreign policy, are aimed on changing the behavior of the target state and its regime. In a very extreme situation, economic sanctions can be used in a comprehensive manner, ...
The legal consequences of the August 2008 Russian-Georgian military conflict: how does the "creeping occupation" carried out by Russia violate Georgia's sovereignty and the Georgian people’s rights?
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2017)
The present thesis illustrates how the "creeping occupation" violates Georgia’s territorial integrity and fundamental human rights based on the historical, as well as the 2008 and subsequent developments. Stemming from the ...
Cryptocurrency regulation: tendencies and challenges in the European Union
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)
While the popularity of cryptocurrencies is growing, the regulation of cryptocurrencies still remains largely underdeveloped body of law. In order to understand the ongoing debate of cryptocurrency regulation, it is crucial ...
Human dignity as a foundational value of peremptory norms in international law
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)
The central premise of the research is that international law is a value-laden system and that peremptory norms, the same as any other legal norms, are grounded on certain values that inspire their formation, advancement, ...
EU anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing measures in context of electronic money institutions and payment processors
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)
The purpose of the given research would be to analyze the current EU AML / CTF regime with regard to electronic money institutions and payment providers, detect the scope of legal norms and regulations, obliging them, ...
Evidence in international arbitration: with case-study of arbitration law of Latvia
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)
Within globalization and rapid technological process, more and more merchants involve in international transactions and thus more and more international disputes arise. Arbitration is one of dispute settlement mechanisms. ...