Sökning: "history of international law"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 34 avhandlingar innehållade orden history of international law.
1. Impartial or Uninvolved? : The Anatomy of 20th Century Doctrine on the Law of Neutrality
Sammanfattning : This work focuses on neutrality as a discourse in the 20th century. I have looked at a number of doctrinal texts and read them both as legal arguments and as texts with philosophical and political implications. Therefore, this is a piece of intellectual (or conceptual) history in international law. LÄS MER
2. The emergence of routine enforcement of international investment law : Effects on investment protection and development
Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores how the enforcement of international investment law became so powerful. It does so by tracing the different legal developments that have enabled the strength of the present regime. In this respect, the two aims of providing investment protection and that of fostering economic development are examined. LÄS MER
3. The Life and Times of Targeted Killing
Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
4. Themis v. Xiezhi: Assessing Judicial Independence in the People's Republic of China under International Human Rights Law
Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
5. Freedom of expression in armed conflict : The silence between spaces
Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the relationship between international human rights law (IHRL) and international humanitarian law (IHL) in regards to the right to freedom of expression in armed conflict. Freedom of expression is a touchstone of other human rights and a cornerstone of democracy. LÄS MER