RJA Maģistra darbi / RGSL Master's Thesis: Recent submissions
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Legal protection of medical personnel
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The research question is what international law instruments provide legal protection of medical personnel during armed conflicts. Medical personnel are a separate group of people that participate in armed conflicts, by ... -
Comparison of Polish and Latvian low-skilled labour immigration policy
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)There is significant evidence that attributes Polish economic growth to immigration employment. Given recent attention to the lack of workforce in Latvia to complete low-skilled labour gaps, the discussion has emerged about ... -
Succession of states in respect of state responsibility: towards yet another Vienna Convention?
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The present work analyses the historical evolution of the rules on succession of states as well as provides a review of case law where the Court referred to the concept of state succession to international responsibility, ... -
An analysis of the liability rule in Latvia in case of a transfer of an undertaking in the context of freedom of contract principle
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The objective of this Thesis is to answer whether Article 20 of the Commercial Law of Latvia is compatible with freedom of contract principle. Chapter 1 analyzes the limitation put on freedom of contract principle in case ... -
The implementation of judgments on enforced disappearance in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The concept of Forced Disappearance of Persons has evolved with more frequency in the last decades. This is due, to a large extent, to the increase in research and publications on the subject, by virtue of the growing ... -
Control of digital data breach risks in companies as a crucial factor for guarding human right to privacy
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)This thesis studies company data breach as one of the major threats to human rights in the modern age of advanced information technologies and digitalization of operations as a new reality. The thesis argues that the ... -
Building a fair, competitive and stable tax system in Latvia
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)This master thesis is devoted to the role of tax advisers (lawyers, accountants, financial advisors) in building a fair tax system in Latvia in the context of the latest anti-money laundering requirements, Tax Reform in ... -
Hybrid warfare under international law: is hybrid warfare a crime of aggression?
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The term hybrid warfare has been a subject to much of recent discussion regarding the current and future international political developments in the world. However, despite being widely used in the society, academia policy ... -
Consumer protection in relation to direct marketing - targeted advertising under EU e-commerce legislation
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The thesis analyses issues on consumer protection in the context of direct marketing – targeted advertising under EU e-commerce legislation. The research provides an in-depth examination of aspects concerning the linkage ... -
Shareholder’s role in insolvency procedure
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2017)The aim of this thesis is to analyze the position of the shareholder in a company when it is experiencing financial difficulties. The analysis will cover insolvency procedures in the U.S. and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The ... -
Economic evaluation of biodiversity: importance of protection and representation, the impact of flaws of legislation and evaluation studies of the Baltic Sea
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The importance of biodiversity is undeniable. It is a supporting ecosystem service that is made up of a variety of species and underpins the environment and forms the basis for the functioning of other ecosystem services. ... -
Public risk finance schemes in Latvia
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)This thesis analyses the development and results of public risk finance schemes in Latvia and tries to answer the thesis question – can the national institutional framework of public risk finance schemes could be considered ... -
Sacrificing right to reputation in favour of freedom of speech in the context of defamation laws
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2017)The right to reputation and right to the freedom of speech are two essential elements that play the role of a cornerstone of any modern democratic society, but bringing these two crucial pillars into the right balance is ... -
Air passenger rights in European Union under Regulation 261/2004
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)This research will focus on air passenger rights in European Union. The first section will consist of exploring main legislations with respect of air carrier liability, passenger rights and international carriage by air. ... -
Issues of residential property division in Latvia: impact of Residential Property Law amendments on residential project development in several phases
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The Amendments to the Law on Residential Property, effective from 13 July 2017, have revised the Law on Residential Property, which has been in force since 1 January 2011. The new regulation was aimed to determine clear ... -
Did floating rate notes stopped floating? An investigation on legal impacts of negative interest rates on bond agreements and their trade
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)Most securities pay a coupon as a form of interest from the borrower to the lender. While interest rates in the Euro Area are at historical low levels, as a common market practice, fixed income bonds can yield negatively ... -
Austrian citizenship for South Tyrol: Another Hungarian-Slovak tit-for-tat?
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The subject of this thesis is the question, whether Austria can provide South Tyrol or, more specifically, individual South Tyroleans with the Austrian citizenship under the terms of public International Law. The relevance ... -
Calculating intellectual property damages in the European Union
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2017)Author’s thesis is focusing on the material and economical approaches to intellectual property – how it is evaluated, what are intellectual property damages and, most importantly, how they are determined and calculated. Author ... -
Accountability of mercenaries and private military and security contractors in the existing international legal framework
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2017)The thesis analyse the insufficiencies in international legal norms with regard to the PMCs as well as discusses the difficulties of application of certain norms. Afterwards several alternatives are proposed in order to ... -
EU anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing measures in context of electronic money institutions and payment processors
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The purpose of the given research would be to analyze the current EU AML / CTF regime with regard to electronic money institutions and payment providers, detect the scope of legal norms and regulations, obliging them, ...