Browsing LAW PhD Theses by Title

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Title:Wanderers among the nations : a comparative and international law analysis of diaspora law in four European countries Author(s):LEMA BOUZA, Oscar Alberto Date:2020Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2020Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD ThesisAbstract:Ever since humans have been on Earth, there has been migration. And with migration, come transnational attachments, sometimes creating phenomena which have been called ‘diasporas’ since the Septuagint. Although traditionally ...
Title:We the Court : the European Court of Justice, the European economic constitution and article 30 of the EC treaty Author(s):POIARES PESSOA MADURO, Luis Miguel Date:1996Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1996Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD Thesis
Title:'Weaving a silver thread' : human rights coherence in EU foreign affairs and counter-terrorism Author(s):GOLABEK, MichalDate:2013Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2013Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD ThesisAbstract:Human rights are among the chief values on which the EU is ‘founded’ (Art. 6 TEU) and which it seeks to promote through its external relations (Art. 21 TEU). Coherence with values is a significant rhetorical tool which is ...
Title:Welfare state and federalism : a constitutional viewpoint : the cases of Germany and Spain within the framework of the European Union Author(s):SOBRINO, IreneDate:2007Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2007Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD ThesisAbstract:The question of the relation between the aims of current federalism and welfare states has often been portrayed as the idea of two dynamics addressing divergent senses: while federalism would essentially imply centrifugal ...
Title:Weltbürliches Kollisionsrecht : über die Form des Kollisionsrechts und seine Gestalt im recht der Europäischen Union Author(s):ROEDL, FlorianDate:2008Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2008Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD ThesisAbstract:No abstract available
Title:When deportation fails : non-removable migrants in the European Union Author(s):GINES MARTIN, Diego Date:2022Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2022Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD ThesisAbstract:Deportation gaps are presented by EU policy makers as a challenge to EU legality and, more generally, as an existential challenge to state sovereignty. On the other hand, non-deportability is generally viewed as a victory ...
Title:When environmental protection and human rights collide : studies in legal conflict and its management Author(s):PETERSMANN, Marie-Catherine Date:2019Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2019Version:Chapter 1 'Narcissus’ reflection in the lake : untold narratives in environmental law beyond the anthropocentric frame' of the PhD thesis draws upon an earlier version published as an article 'Narcissus' reflection in the lake : untold narratives in environmental law beyond the anthropocentric frame' (2018) in the journal 'Journal of environmental law'
Chapter 2 'A theoretical typology of conflicts and of conflict management techniques'of the PhD thesis draws upon an earlier version published as chapter 'Conflicts between environmental protection and human rights' (2019) in the book 'Human rights and the environment : legality, indivisibility, dignity and geography'
Chapter 3 'Encountering conflicts between environmental and human rights protection in courts ' of the PhD thesis draws upon an earlier version published as an article 'The integration of environmental protection considerations within the human rights law regime : which solutions have been provided by regional human rights courts?' (2015) in the journal 'The Italian yearbook of international law'
Chapter 3 'Encountering conflicts between environmental and human rights protection in courts' of the PhD thesis draws upon an earlier version published as chapter 'When environmental protection and human rights collide : four heuristics of conflict resolution' (2019) in the book 'International judicial practice on the environment : questions of legitimacy'Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD ThesisAbstract:This research inquiries into the meanings that have been ascribed to the ‘environment’ in relation to human rights in international law and adjudication. It retraces the historical nexus between international environmental ...
Title:When the lawfare is about evidence : from the negotiation of the framework convention on tobacco control to the international disputes against tobacco control measures (Philip Morris v Uruguay and Australia - plain packaging) Author(s):MELILLO, Margherita Date:2020Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2020Version:Chapter 2 ‘The Management of the FCTC as an Evidence-Based Regime' of the PhD thesis draws upon an earlier version published as an article 'The FCTC dilemma on heated tobacco products' (2020) in the journal ‘Globalization and Health’
Chapter 3 ‘Strategic evidentiary challenges in international litigation against tobacco control measures' of the PhD thesis draws upon an earlier version published as an article 'The legal and evidential value of the guidelines for implementation of the framework convention on tobacco control recent developments and critical views' (2017) in the journal ‘European journal of risk regulation’, as an article 'The FCTC and its role in WTO law : some remarks on the WTO plain packaging report' (2018) in the journal ‘European journal of risk regulation’, and as an article 'Evidentiary issues in Philip Morris v Uruguay : the role of the framework convention for tobacco control and lessons for NCD prevention' (2020) in the journal ‘The journal of world investment & trade’Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis analyses the role of evidence in the international law on tobacco control. Starting from the 1990s, the 'tobacco wars' have invaded the international arena, giving rise to what I call an 'international lawfare'. ...
Title:Who is the 'woman' in human rights law : narratives of women's bodies and sexuality in reproduction jurisprudence Author(s):OJA, Liiri Date:2018Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2018Version:This PhD thesis is partly based on work previously published in the article ''Woman' in the European human rights system : how is the reproductive rights jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights constructing narratives of women's citizenship?' (2016) in the journal 'Columbia journal of gender and law'Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis asks who is the woman in human rights law and explores how transnational human rights law forums are contributing to women’s silencing by reinforcing harmful stereotypes. It constructs a special analytical frame ...
Title:Who's afraid of natural law? : a comparative look at the use of political morality in constitutional decision-making in Canada, Ireland and Italy Author(s):O'CONNELL, RoryDate:1997Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1997Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD Thesis
Title:Working time law in Japan and the European Union : a comparative approach in the context of legal culture Author(s):KONSTA, Anna-MariaDate:2000Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2000Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD ThesisAbstract:The present research deals with legal culture and working time in the European Union and in Japan. Working time is perceived in an extended way and research is not limited only into hours of work, but it deals also with ...
Title:The World Bank's lawyers : an inquiry into the life of law as institutional practice Author(s):VAN DEN MEERSSCHE, Dimitri Date:2019Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2019Version:Part of the PhD thesis draw on fragments of an earlier version published as an article 'Performing the rule of law in international organizations : Ibrahim Shihata and the World Bank’s turn to governance reform' (2019), in the journal 'Leiden journal of international law'
Part of the PhD thesis draw on fragments of an earlier version published as an article 'Scholars in self-estrangement (again) : rethinking the law of international organisations' (2017), in the journal 'London review of international law'
Part of the PhD thesis draw on fragments of an earlier version published as an article 'nternational organizations and the performativity of measuring states discipline through diagnosis' (2018), in the journal 'International organizations law review'Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD ThesisAbstract:In the landscape of global governance, international institutions have emerged as productive sites for the incubation, circulation and mediation of international law. Legal labor and imagination have often appeared as ...
Title:Worldly ambitions : foreign policy objectives in European constitutional law Author(s):LARIK, JorisDate:2013Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2013Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD ThesisAbstract:Constitutions of today do not merely address the salus populi anymore, the welfare of the people, but increasingly exhibit international ambitions. This is true in particular for the EU Treaties. To make sense of these ...
Title:The WTO memberships of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and Macau, China : their contribution to judicial settlement of trade disputes Author(s):WU, Chien-HueiDate:2009Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2009Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis examines the constitutional significance of WTO memberships of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and Macau, China and their contribution to judicial settlement of trade disputes. I firstly present the complexities ...
Title:'You wouldn't steal a car' vs 'information wants to be free' : regulatory failure of copyright law through the prism of systems theory Author(s):GRACZ, Katarzyna Date:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD ThesisAbstract:The thesis aims at explaining current regulatory crisis of copyright law (understood as its inability to regulate social dynamics as regards production, reproduction, dissemination of and access to information goods) through ...
Title:Youth transitions and EU integration : paths to an EU regulatory fabric for youth employment Author(s):STEIERT, Marc Date:2024Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2024Version:Chapter 8 'Inside integration : the interweaving of EU youth employment regulation in the early 2000s' and chapter 10 'The contemporary result of integration : a regulatory fabric for youth employment in the European Union' of the PhD thesis draw upon earlier versions published as articles: 'Opportunity or threat to cohesion? : brain drain and young people’s geographical mobility in the EU' (2023) in 'EU Law live', and 'An opportunity or a threat to cohesion : brain drain, young people, and geographical mobility in the EU' (2023) in the journal 'Revue des affaires européennes'.Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD ThesisAbstract:This dissertation analyses the regulation of youth employment in and by the EU. By youth employment regulation, I refer to the legal, policy and other instruments establishing a regulatory framework for young people’s ...
Title:Zu einer Ethik der Selbstreferenz oder: Theorie als Compassion Moeglichkeitsbedigungen einer autopoietischen Gesellschafts- und Rechtstheorie Author(s):BLECHER, MichaelDate:1990Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1990Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD Thesis