Search for dissertations about: "thesis international law sustainability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis international law sustainability.

2. 1. The significance of the default : A study in environmental law methodology with emphasis on ecological sustainability and international biodiversity law

   Author : Aðalheiður Jóhannsdóttir; Staffan Westerlund; Jonas Ebbesson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Environmental law; international law; international biodiversity law; environmental law methodology; the default of law; Environmental law; Miljörätt;

   Abstract : The legal operationalisation of ecological sustainability concerns all levels of legal control. The ensuring of full biodiversity is an indispensible component of ecological sustainability. At the same time, biodiversity losses continue to be a serious problem in many regions of the world. READ MORE

4. 2. Right to Regulate for Sustainable Development in International Investment Law : The Challenge of Incomplete Assessments, Promise of Sustainable Investment, and Need for Reserved Optimism

   Author : Soo Hyun Lee; Juridiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International investment law; Right to regulate; Financing for Development; Sustainable investment; Sustainable development; Public international law; Internationell investeringsrätt; Folkrätt;

   Abstract : Within international investment law scholarship, increased attention has been devoted to the capacity of international investment law, which includes investment treaty arbitration, to facilitate sustainable development. Scholars increasingly agree that issues of sustainable development permeate throughout the international investment law system and thus cannot be viewed as beyond its scope and jurisdiction. READ MORE

5. 3. The Use of Sustainability Criteria : In the Case of the EU Legislation on Biofuels in the Transport Sector

   Author : Evgenia Pavlovskaia; Juridiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; miljörätt; biobränsle; miljöskydd; hållbar utveckling; hållbarhetskriterier; environmental law; Directive 2015 1513; Directive 2009 28 EC; transport biofuels; environmental protection; sustainable development; sustainability criteria; EU energy law;

   Abstract : In the licentiate thesis, it is researched and analyzed how sustainability criteria may be used in a legal framework, with the purpose to promote and safeguard sustainable products and their production. The research and analysis are conducted on the basis of the EU approach to use sustainability criteria for biofuels in the transport sector, legally expressed in Directive 2009/28/EC, and its amendments in Directive 2015/1513. READ MORE

6. 4. The Development and Use of Standards by Non-state Actors: A Study of the Dynamics of Regulating Sustainability Assurance

   Author : Amanda Sonnerfeldt; Institutionen för handelsrätt; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International standards on assurance engagements; Regulatory Space; Accountancy Profession; Decentred regulation; Standards; Non-state actors; Ustainability; Assurance;

   Abstract : Non-state actors have been increasingly engaged in regulation, operating and setting rules outside of, and parallel to, existing legal institutions. These “alternative to legal rules” have been increasingly influential in domestic law and policy, with growing evidence of them penetrating legal, professional, as well as social orders. READ MORE

7. 5. Necessary but not Sustainable? The Limits of Democracy in Achieving Environmental Sustainability

   Author : Marina Povitkina; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; democracy; environmental sustainability; quality of government; corruption;

   Abstract : The world today faces a number of environmental problems that are both severe and urgent. Finding effective solutions is one of the top priorities for the international community, with at least half of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals relating either directly or indirectly to reaching environmental sustainability. READ MORE