Search for dissertations about: "history of law"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 97 swedish dissertations containing the words history of law.
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1. The code of Concord : Emerson's search for universal laws
University dissertation from Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell International / Acta Universitatis StockholmiensisAbstract : The purpose of this work is to detect a pattern: the concordance of Ethics and Aesthetics, Poetics and Politics in the most influential American thinker of the nineteenth century. It is an attempt to trace a basic concept of the Emersonian transcendentalist doctrine, its development, its philosophical meaning and practical implications. READ MORE
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2. The Life and Times of Targeted Killing
University dissertation from Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell International / Acta Universitatis StockholmiensisAbstract : Against the background of the ongoing shift in the perception of the legality and legitimacy of extraterritorial lethal force in counterterrorism, this thesis analyses the emergence of so-called “targeted killing” in the history of Israel and the US, as well as in international law. It finds that the relationship between targeted killing and law, particularly international law, is not a straightforward case of more or less determinate and legally binding norms being applied to state measures adopted in situations of insecurity (in this case, those of the second Intifada and 9/11) but rather one of a much longer and mutually productive relationship. READ MORE
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3. Heroes and Victims : The Holocaust in Israeli Historical Consciousness
University dissertation from Department of History, Lund universityAbstract : The interest in the Holocaust has been growing continuously over the last decades, and this study deals with how the Holocaust has been perceived, interpreted and used in an Israeli context. The central theoretical concept in this study is historical consciousness, and the aim is to analyze the place of the Holocaust in Israeli historical consciousness. READ MORE
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4. Knowledge and Acknowledgement : The Politics of Memory of the Armenian Genocide
University dissertation from Lund University (Media-Tryck)Abstract : How come that the Armenian genocide, a century old issue, is still a highly topical question, academic as well as political, in our days? My dissertation intends to follow the development of the Armenian question since WWI, with focus on the past half century, starting on the 50th commemoration day on April 24, 1965. The aim is to understand how the question has evolved during these years, identify the driving factors and the participating actors in the process of politics of memory. READ MORE
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5. Themis v. Xiezhi: Assessing Judicial Independence in the People's Republic of China under International Human Rights Law
University dissertation from Jonas Grimheden, [email protected]Abstract : The first of three parts in this study elaborates on international human rights law and drawing on the most essential international instruments and jurisprudence, the criteria constituting judicial independence are distilled as a framework for assessment. The point of departure is that judicial independence is a necessary guarantee for the enjoyment of human rights rather than a privilege of judges. READ MORE
