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Showing 1 to 20 of 856 for “"International law"”.
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International Law and Counter Terrorism
… examination of the intersection between international law and counterterrorism. It thoroughly explores the concept of terrorism, analyzing it from the perspectives of international criminal law, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. The thesis highlights the complexities and …
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Self-Judgment in International Law
… the interpretation and application of norms of international law that relate to particularly sensitive issues, such as national security. However, allowing for legally binding unilateral decision-making creates the risk of abuse by states and is thus denounced by most international lawyers. …
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Genetic Resources, Equity and International Law
This thesis examines the application of international law to the uses of agricultural crop plants termed plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. In particular, it asks the question, does international law regulate the use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture so as to enable …
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Nineteenth-century textbooks and international law
The thesis is an introduction to the textbooks on international law written mainly in the 19th century. So the chief source' materials are the textbooks themselves. The study is not an exhaustive account of the work of each textbook writer, but only of his attempt to consider the law as a system. …
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International law reconceptualised: the role of NGOs.
International law has largely adhered to its traditional foundations, centring upon states as the pre-eminent actors. States have generally remained as the main subjects of international law, and state-centric considerations such as their jurisdiction, sovereignty and relations with other states, …
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Weapons trade, human rights and international law
… used to contribute to serious violations of international human rights law (IHRL) and international humanitarian law (IHL). The key rules, and specific measures for their implementation, have slowly been set out in an emerging array of international and regional instruments, guidelines and …
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Private International Law Aspects of Freezing Injunctions
… these concerns are exacerbated by the current international scope of freezing injunctions due to the insufficient regard for the principles of public international law. The encroachment on the jurisdiction of foreign states undermines equipage equality by enabling claimants to make multiple …
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The status of Rhodesia in international law
This thesis deals with the international law position of those entities which may be said to have status in relation to the territory known as Rhodesia (or Southern Rhodesia, if one is to give it its original name). These entities are the State of Rhodesia, the Government of Rhodesia, the People of …
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Criminal responsibility of corporations in international law
Includes bibliographical references.
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The status in international law of Guantanamo Detainees
Under International Humanitarian Law, persons captured in war do not lose their rights to be treated as human beings. Indeed, humanitarian law as well as human rights law ordain that such persons must be treated humanely. Following the war in Afghanistan of October, 2001, the Americans captured a …
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International law and state failure - Somalia and Yugoslavia
… considers the treatment of failed States in international law. State failure represents a relatively recent phenomenon, which presents novel problems for the international community to deal with. For international law, the principles and experience of dealing with the creation, continuity and …
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Regulating Arbitral Jurisdiction: A Private International Law Proposal
… issues in relation to the arbitral resolution of international commercial disputes. It provides an account based on a contemporary analysis of these issues utilising the tools of private international law. The analysis is divided in two parts: a theoretical and a practical one. The theoretical …
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Advising States: The Government Lawyer in International Law
… advising the state entails in the context of international law, through a close analysis of the role of the government legal adviser. It responds to the prevalent representations of the advisory function offered by Anglo-American practitioners, with modes of knowledge production that …
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The Legality of Border Walls under International Law
… the legality of border walls under public international law, focusing on four legal regimes: international refugee law, international human rights law, international indigenous law, and international environmental law. For illustration, the thesis assesses the compatibility of wall …
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Legal personality of artificial intelligence under international law
… and application in the legal framework of international law over the years. Without claiming advanced technological knowledge in scientific areas like robotics and engineering the paper will then try to present some basic overview over the latest developments concerning Artificial …
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Lubanga, child soldiering and the philosophy of international law
International criminal law lacks a coherent theory suitable for its own context. This lacuna has left the International Criminal Court (ICC) – the most prominent global penal institution - without clear theoretical premise(s) to guide prosecution and punishment. In its current incarnation, …
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