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Social media and open trial: an emerging conflict or an opportunity?
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-29)This thesis presents a comprehensive overview of the concept of open trial in different eras, before and after the birth of the Internet and social media. It describes obstacles and challenges that emerge in the digital ... -
A critical assessment of the nature, scope and adequacy of the Taliban and Al Qaeda sanctions regime(s) established by the United Nations Security Council
(The University of Edinburgh, 2012)Alongside the development of methods of terrorism, society has developed ways of fighting it. This dissertation addresses modern forms of countering terrorism in the sense of sanctions regime(s) established by the United ... -
Addressing maritime violence through a changing dynamic of international law-making: supplementation within evolution
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018-07-04)Violence at sea has long been a problem for the international community, although the nature and preponderance of incidents has evolved over time. This issue was dealt with in a cursory manner in the 1982 United Nations ... -
International law of climate change and accountability
(The University of Edinburgh, 2013-11-26)In the past few decades, accountability has become a key concept to assess the role and place of a wide range of trasnational institutions. Such trend can be partially explained by the widespread sense of unaccountability ... -
Judging democratisation: courts as democracy builders in the post-war world
(The University of Edinburgh, 2015-11-25)Can courts really build democracy in a state emerging from undemocratic rule? If so, how they do this, and what are their limits in this regard? This thesis seeks to explore the development since 1945 of a global model ... -
Human trafficking and models of governing security
(The University of Edinburgh, 2015-11-25)This thesis seeks to address the complex forms assumed by the problem of human trafficking in the contemporary world and in particular to analyse and overcome certain identified shortcomings in existing models of ... -
Interface between jurisdiction instruments and arbitration
(The University of Edinburgh, 2015-11-25)This thesis addresses the question of how conventions and other instruments regulating court jurisdiction should deal with court proceedings relating to arbitration. It argues that the conventional approach of excluding ... -
Emerging legal concepts at the nexus of law, technology and society: a case study in identity
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-29)The aim of this thesis is to investigate and further the understanding of the interaction between law, technology and society. My original contribution to this understanding lies in an account and analysis of the process ... -
Fault-based and strict liability in the law of neighbours
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-29)By the end of the twentieth century, and after a long line of conflicting case law, the question about the basis of liability in nuisance was settled: in Scotland, damages are awarded only upon proof of fault (RHM Bakeries ... -
'Contextual elements' of the crime of genocide
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-24)According to the literal interpretation, the crime of genocide is characterized by an individualistic intent to destroy a group, unlike other international crimes where contextual elements such as the need for plan or ... -
REDD-plus and the protection of indigenous peoples under international law
(The University of Edinburgh, 2014-07-02)The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) regime has been developing a voluntary climate change mitigation mechanism that is called ‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation ... -
Creation and application of law: a neglected distinction
(The University of Edinburgh, 2014-07-02)The thesis investigates the deep conceptual structure of the distinction between creation and application of law. Legal philosophers either take the distinction for granted (and so do the vast majority of legal scholars ... -
Regulation as a mechanism to encourage competition in the Chilean telecommunications market: towards the concept of emulated competition
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-24)This thesis proposes to determine the role of regulation that promotes competition in the telecommunications market in Chile. Regulation has been used in the telecommunications sector at different points in time to ... -
Democracy and epistocracy reconciled? The Scottish Police Authority and police governance in Scotland after 2012
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-29)This thesis examines the emergent role of the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) in delivering organisational accountability of the Police Service of Scotland, following reform in 2012. The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) ... -
Reason-giving as an act of recognition
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-29)This thesis defends the claim that reason-giving is a discrete type of speech act (of an expressive kind) that has a distinctive value. It further argues that this value is best understood in terms of recognition, rather ... -
Creators' organisations as actors in copyright policy: mapping the complexity of stakeholder behaviour, dynamics and differences.
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-29)A basic tenet and challenge of copyright law is the need to balance the interests of a range of stakeholders, from authors and performers to publishers, producers, broadcasters, intermediaries, service providers and the ... -
Cyprus, 1963 – 64: a new conceptual framework for chaotic security structures and momentous phases in polity‐building
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-29)My work explores the development of the security and defence structures of the Cypriot state in the turbulent post-colonial years 1959-65. After a series of political imbroglios, exacerbated by the involution of external ... -
Criminal careers and the crime drop in Scotland, 1989-2011: an exploration of conviction trends across age and sex
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-29)Rates of recorded crime have been falling in many countries in Western Europe, including Scotland, since the early 1990s. This marks the reversal of a trend of increasing levels of crime seen since the 1950s. Despite ... -
Constitutional basis of judicial review in Scotland
(The University of Edinburgh, 2014-07-02)The thesis examines the constitutional position of the Court of Session's supervisory jurisdiction. It begins by emphasising the methodological and substantive importance of the historicality and traditionality of law. ... -
Public interest approach to data protection law: the meaning, value and utility of the public interest for research uses of data
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-29)Due to legal uncertainty surrounding the application of key provisions of European and UK data protection law, the public interest in protecting individuals’ informational privacy is routinely neglected, as are the public ...
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