Search for dissertations about: "Rule of Law"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 64 swedish dissertations containing the words Rule of Law.

  2. 21. The Revival of Chapter VIII of the UN Charter : Regional Organisations and Collective Security

    Author : Gustaf Lind; Ove Bring; Christian Walter; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international law; United Nations; UN Charter; regional organizations; collective security; International law; Folkrätt;

    Abstract : A new regionalism has shaped the modern world since the Cold War. This has revived international law as applicable to regional organisations. This study analyses the legal framework in relation to the roles and functions of regional organisations in collective security. The starting point is Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter. READ MORE

  4. 22. Punishment and Personal Responsibility

    Author : Göran Duus-Otterström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; desert determinism excuses explanations free will puniahment responsibility retributivism retributive justice retributive penal regime;

    Abstract : What justifies punishment? What are the features of a justified penal regime? Answers to these questions often centre on punishment’s capacity to change unwanted behaviour, either by deterring would-be rule breakers or addressing their criminal motivations through various forms of rehabilitation. This book instead defends (a version of) the retributive theory of punishment, according to which punishment should aim to give rule breakers what they deserve. READ MORE

  5. 23. Armed intervention, pursuing legitimacy and the pragmatic use of legal argument

    Author : Olof Beckman; Raoul Wallenberg institutet för mänskliga rättigheter och humanitär rätt; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; armed intervention; international law; United Nations; public international law; state practise; self-defense; legal argument; human rights; Folkrätt;

    Abstract : This study examines how States use legal arguments in cases of armed intervention and how this usage can influence the development of international law. The objective is to contribute to the understanding of the law on armed intervention by conducting a study of how States actually use legal arguments to justify or condemn armed interventions in actual cases. READ MORE

  6. 24. The Antarctic Treaty System - Erga Omnes or Inter Partes?

    Author : Marie Jacobsson; Juridiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Associationsrätt; handelsrätt; Industrial and commercial law; polar law; international law; objective regime; third parties; Antarctic Treaty System; Erga omnes;

    Abstract : The Antarctic Treaty was concluded by twelve states in Washington on 1 December 1959. Although the Antarctic Treaty has a limited number of parties, its impact has been considerable and lauded, but also questioned. READ MORE

  7. 25. How to Regulate Information and Communications Technology? : A Jurisprudential Inquiry into Legislative and Regulatory Techniques

    Author : Ubena John; Peter Wahlgren; David Fisher; Helen Xanthaki; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Legislative techniques; New Regulatory Culture; VoIP; digital copyright; DRM; P2P; net neutrality; Rule of Law; fundamental rights; innovation; legislation; precedents; convergence; applications; goods; services; telecommunications; ICT regulation; Law and Information Technology; rättsinformatik;

    Abstract : ICT transformations digitalisation, computerisation and distributed networks have enabled emergence of new goods, services and applications that have changed the way behaviours are conducted. Moreover, ICT goods have been transformed into services, blurring established legal categories. READ MORE