Search for dissertations about: "positive rights"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 71 swedish dissertations containing the words positive rights.

2. 1. Libertarianism and Potential Agents : A Libertarian View of the Moral Rights of Foetuses and Children

   Author : Anna-Karin Andersson; Torbjörn Tännsjö; Gunnar Björnsson; Hillel Steiner; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; abortion; active passive; intention foresight; libertarianism; negative rights; positive rights; potential agents; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy; praktisk filosofi;

   Abstract : This essay advances a libertarian theory of moral rights, which responds effectively to some serious objections that have been raised against libertarianism. I show how libertarianism can explain children’s rights to certain physical integrity and aid. READ MORE

4. 2. Muslim Rights and Plights. The Religious Liberty Situation of a Minority in Sweden

   Author : Jonas Alwall; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Theology; Religious Culture; Religious Minorities; Muslims; Islam; Integration; Immigrant Policy; Immigration; Minority Rights; Religious liberty; Human Rights; Teologi; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

   Abstract : This dissertation deals with the religious liberty situation of the Muslim minority in Sweden. The Muslim minority has grown considerably in recent decades as a consequence of labour and refugee immigration of a large scale, which has caused a change in Swedish society from an etnically, culturally and religously homogeneous situation to one of a significant heterogeneity. READ MORE

5. 3. Human Trafficking and Slavery Reconsidered. Conceptual Limits and States' Positive Obligations

   Author : Vladislava Stoyanova; Juridiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; servitude; slavery; human trafficking; forced labour; Council of Europe Convention on Action against Human Trafficking; European Convention on Human Rights; positive obligations;

   Abstract : The support for the fight against ‘human trafficking’ has evolved rapidly and comprehensively. There has been, however, no overarching critical evaluation of the efforts to make ‘human trafficking’ a focus of international law. READ MORE

6. 4. Journalism Worthy of the Name: A Human Rights Perspective on Freedom within the Press

   Author : Herdis Thorgeirsdottir; Juridiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; positive requirements; dignity; democracy; Public Watchdog; European Convention on Human Rights; Article 10; journalism; freedom within the press;

   Abstract : There is much tension between the conception of the press as a private enterprise subject to the logic of the market and the press as an instrument of democracy. One of the broken promises of democracy is the failure of the market in guaranteeing a vigorous political debate. READ MORE

7. 5. Juridification of Educational Spheres : The Case of Swedish School Inspection

   Author : Judit Novak; Elisabet Nihlfors; Sharon Rider; Ulf P. Lundgren; Guy Neave; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education policy; educational spheres; evaluative state; governance; institutionalization; judicialization; juridification; law as institution; legalization; new managerialism; positive rights; re-regulation; rule of law; school inspection; schools inspectorate; Pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : This dissertation argues that the great transformation of education policy and governance that we have witnessed in the last few decades can only be properly understood by taking into account a process of juridification. In and of itself, this is not a novel assertion; what is argued here is that what this entails concretely has been only partially understood. READ MORE