RJA Maģistra darbi / RGSL Master's Thesis: Recent submissions
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The viability of property transactions carried out by using blockchain technology: the future of Latvian land register learning from Sweden and Georgia use cases
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)The right to property is one of the main fundamental human rights founded in almost every jurisdiction, and as such deserves the highest possible protection. Meanwhile blockchain technology over the last decade has evolved ... -
Creation of a data marketplace for monetization of personal data
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)Today, personal data is being actively traded, and in most cases even without the awareness of the data subjects. The regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) require data controllers and processors ... -
The impact of ABLV case on harmonization of national bank insolvency laws and FOLTF assesment
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)ABLV case has brought about a strong response from the authorities, because it has highlighted the risk of legal uncertainty, when FOLTF banks don’t immediately get liquidated in accordance with SRB decision. The thesis ... -
Implementation of beneficial ownership register in the Baltic States
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)The aim of this thesis is to understand the term “beneficial owner” and look at the implementation of beneficial ownership register in the Baltic States, i.e., Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. The term “beneficial owner” ... -
Competitiveness of the legal and tax framework of employee stock options in Latvia
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)As evidenced by prior research, an attractive legal and tax framework to enterprises and employees can have a positive effect on the entrepreneurial activity in a country and consequently - the economy. The necessity of ... -
Application of shareholders’ agreement in the Republic of Latvia and the United Kingdom
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)Nowadays, the companies are the most important actors in domestic and international commerce. The company is the legal entity represented by an association of natural or legal persons called members or shareholders. As a ... -
Chinese belt and Road initiative:its investment protection and dispute resolution in Pakistan
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)Chinese Belt and Road initiative is a global investment strategy of regional connectivity. It has gained enormous importance due to its mega investment projects in many countries through Asia, Europe, and Africa. This ... -
Problems of user’s consent to the privacy policy
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)The purpose of the thesis is to identify the problems of the acceptance of the privacy policies by users of the online services. The author proposes that there are two types of consent to the privacy policy which are given ... -
Exploitation of cryptocurrencies as a tool for tax evasion: technological and regulatory issues
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)Tax evasion is a crime that harms the national economies, society and indirectly affects all the residents of each state. Now that after a long time of international efforts the traditional tax evasion tools have eventually ... -
Residential tenancy as a viable substitute to home-ownership in Latvia
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)In light of the high rates of owner-occupancy and the view of residential tenancy being an inferior type of tenure, the Latvian government for the past decade has tried to implement a new regulation for residential tenancy ... -
Software source code escrow agreement and legal obstacles of its execution
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)Software source code escrow agreement is a relatively new occurrence, emerged together with the rise of software industry in 1970’s in the U.S. Taking into account the fact that business relationships between the software ... -
Protecting 3D service marks in the EU: the trademark registration dilemma
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)The thesis aims to illuminate the ill-defined requirements and their theoretical applicability of registering a three-dimensional service mark consisting of a store layout in the wake of the Apple judgement in 2014, granting ... -
Compliance mechanism under Aarhus Convention - effective legal instrument for enforcement of international environmental law
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation ... -
“Sicherungsverwahrung” (preventive detention) in Germany under the scrutiny of the ECHR
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)The societal challenge how to deal with offenders deemed habitually dangerous, requires to balance needs for security of the general public with the human rights of the potential extreme dangerous offender. The prediction ... -
Effects on accounting legislation by an EU-wide implementation of the IFRS for SMEs – the case of Germany
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)Harmonisation of companies’ financial reporting obligations is essential to economic decision-making in an international business environment. The degree of harmonisation for small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) is still ... -
Electronic identity verification: personal data protection challenges and risks
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)This work highlights the clash of GDPR, eIDAS Regulation and PSD2 Directive, as well as tackles challenges of implementation in practice, specifically the challenges of securing personal data whilst ensuring an electronic ... -
International consequences of the activation of Title III of the Helms Burton Act
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)In May 2019 the U.S. government activated the Title III of the Helms Burton Act. Title III grants U.S. nationals whose property was expropriated in Cuba after the 1959 revolution a private right of action against those who ... -
Electronic Communications Law legal issues and the effect of it towards freedom, security and justice in the Republic of Latvia
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)On 15 March 2006, the European Union adopted the Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC which regulated the Internet Service Providers storage of telecommunications data and could be used to fight serious crime in the European ... -
The protection of minority shareholders during delisting in Germany and in the U.K.
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)The thesis seeks to compare the protection of minority shareholders during delisting in Germany and in the UK. Delisting refers to a publicly traded company leaving the stock market. In order to compare the protection ... -
Unjustified sick-leave – impact and remedies
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)This paper deals with the problem of issuing unsubstantiated sick-leaves in Latvia. It adopts a comparative perspective contrasting legislation in Latvia and Spain regarding sick-leaves. It also looks at the document in ...