RJA Maģistra darbi / RGSL Master's Thesis: Recent submissions
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The influence of current EU public procurement legislation on the construction industry within the EU
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The aim of the master thesis is to identify the role of EU public procurement legislation in ensuring the common market principles in the public procurement procedures within the construction industry. In this thesis, the ... -
Ex Aequo et Bono in international commercial arbitration
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The principle Ex Aequo et Bono (upon the discretion of the Parties involved in the dispute) allows the arbitrators to decide the case based on their own understanding of fairness and justice. This principle has been widely ... -
Shareholders` agreements in international corporate law: a comparative analysis
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)This research is devoted to the comparative analysis of shareholders` agreements in international corporate law. The research is conducted on the example of common law (predominantly the United Kingdom) and civil law ... -
Anti-money laundering: external accountants as “gate-keepers” in money laundering schemes in Latvia
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The main aim of the master’s thesis is to present an analysis of accountants’ involvement in money laundering schemes due to the lack of regulation on the profession. The research is based on the Financial Action Task Force ... -
Weakness in the international legal system: the case of Ukraine
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the international legal system and determine whether it is able to deal with powerful states on equal footing. In order to achieve this purpose, it is necessary to go back to the ... -
Issues of different applicable substantive law rules to cross-border assignments of claim
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)In recent years, there has been an increase of cross-border assignments of a claim due to various economic reasons. When an assignment of a claim is conducted cross-border, the parties involved in the process of the ... -
Taking the ‘human’ out of humanitarian? States’ positions on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems from an International Humanitarian Law perspective
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The debate about the legality of Lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) under humanitarian law is still ongoing. This is also due to the developing of autonomous weapon systems which might reach new milestones in autonomous ... -
Analysis of the law on the prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing and law on International Sanctions and National Sanctions of the Republic of Latvia in relation to non-residents and non-entities and comparison with international requirements. Main problems and solutions
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The study examines the impact of changes in the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing and Law on International Sanctions and National Sanctions of the Republic of Latvia on non-residents and ... -
Separate and dissenting opinions: their role in the practice of the ICJ
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The purpose of the thesis is to draw attention to the significance of the individual opinions in the practice of the International Court of Justice. The author aims to define the actual role of individual opinions in the ... -
Comparative study of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement: the compromised deal of the free trade
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The main objective is to analyze two treaties – the old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), to evidence the similarities and differences between two drafted ... -
Application of the Article 28 (3) of the General Data Protection Regulation in contemporary Software as a Service (“SaaS”) business.
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)For the purposes of this thesis, regulatory requirements associated with the Data Processing Agreement (DPA) are subject to interpretation in the context of SaaS delivery models widely adopted by prominent SaaS providers. ... -
The application of the Market Economy Investor Principle to assess the existence of economic advantage in case of differentiated airport charges of the European Union’s airports
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The commercial aviation market is one of the fastest growing and most liberalised sectors of the economy in the EU. Development of low cost carriers changed the aviation world as regional airports experienced a boost of ... -
The use of armed drones for counter-terrorism purposes: whether customary international law?
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The vast and rapid development of technologies constantly creates gaps in the law within both the international and national law systems. One of such technologies the increased usage of which for military purposes has ... -
The European Commission`s decisions against cartels influence on the companies` financial results
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The main object of this thesis is the analysis of the European Commission`s decisions against cartels from the financial view. The analysis has been made about the influence on the financial results of the undertakings and ... -
Affect of political and economic instruments applicable in international trade
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)This paper addresses how political and economic tools are used by states when implementing trading policies and practices on both levels, on a regional level further moving to the international level. The main purpose of ... -
Legal framework for secured corporate bonds in Latvia: proposal for a new regulation introducing the concept of a collateral agent
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)Access to finance is considered as one of the key factors to successful financial market development. European companies face problems with corporate funding which is treated as one of the main barriers to corporate growth ... -
Conservative doctrines of liability or new emerging theories – as the European Union attempts to find a right regulatory approach towards Artificial Intelligence
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)In its document Civil Law Rules on Robotics the European Parliament has expressed its vision on how the European Union shall confront swift emergence and introduction of the artificial intelligence (AI) technology into ... -
Nexus between the legality of nuclear weapons and sustainable development
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The aim of the thesis is to assess the legality of nuclear weapons from the perspective of sustainable development and to examine whether the legality of nuclear weapons is compatible with sustainable development. The ... -
Istanbul Convention and the potential effect of its ratification on the legal system of the Republic of Latvia
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)This thesis undertakes a critical analysis of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention), the legal arguments against its ratification ... -
Crowdfunding regulation comparison: Latvia and other Baltic states
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The main purpose of the thesis is to provide an overview of crowdfunding market and investigate current and potential crowdfunding legal regulation in the Baltic States, as well as to assess in more details current and ...