Right to Health: Legal Recognition and Effectiveness
Essay - 4 pages - International law
The right to health is a fundamental right that is recognized in law, but its effectiveness is limited by its normative scope and the presence of systemic inequalities.
UEMOA Court of Justice Jurisprudence on Lawyer Profession
Essay - 4 pages - International law
Analysis of the UEMOA Court of Justice's role in harmonizing access to the lawyer profession amidst national resistances.
Insufficient Regulation in High Seas: Impact of Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Essay - 5 pages - International law
The Deepwater Horizon disaster highlighted the insufficiency of the legal framework governing access to resources in high seas and the need for effective environmental protection.
Insufficient Regulation of High Seas: Impact of Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Essay - 5 pages - International law
The Deepwater Horizon disaster highlighted the insufficiency of international law governing high seas, prompting calls for a more coherent and binding framework to regulate offshore oil exploitation and protect the environment.
International Law and Dispute Resolution
Essay - 3 pages - International law
This document discusses the role of international law in resolving conflicts between states, its limitations, and the impact of political tensions on its effectiveness.
UN Security Council: Pacification and Limitations
Essay - 6 pages - International law
The UN Security Council plays a crucial role in maintaining international peace and security since its inception in 1945. Despite its limitations and failures, it remains a major actor in international relations.
State Succession in International Law
Essay - 5 pages - International law
This document examines the complexities of state succession in international treaties and UN membership, balancing normative stability with state sovereignty.
International Organizations' Legal Personality: Evolution and Implications for Global Governance.
Essay - 5 pages - International law
Discover the evolving legal landscape of international organizations and their growing role in global governance. International organizations, though derivative subjects of international law, are increasingly recognized as possessing legitimate legal power on the international scene. Their legal...
Transhumanism: Ethics, Technologies, and Human Rights
Essay - 5 pages - International law
Transhumanism is a cultural and intellectual movement that advocates for the use of cutting-edge technologies to enhance human capabilities, raising questions about ethics, human rights, and technological risks.
ICJ Material Jurisdiction in International Law of War
Essay - 3 pages - International law
Analysis of the International Court of Justice's material jurisdiction in the context of international law of war, focusing on the case Ukraine v. Russian Federation.
International Law and Climate Refugees
Essay - 5 pages - International law
This document examines how different branches of international law address the issue of climate refugees, including human rights, refugee law, migration law, and environmental law.
Spanish Autonomism: A Legitimate Territorial and Administrative Articulation
Essay - 6 pages - International law
This document explores the concept of Spanish autonomism, a constitutionally framed and legitimate articulation between the central state and autonomous communities. It examines the Spanish Constitution's recognition of local autonomies and the principles that govern this relationship,...
Is the fragmentation of International Law a pathological phenomenon or the sign of a healthy pluralism?
Essay - 4 pages - International law
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Articles of Agreement of 1944 emphasizes that the World Bank must disregard political factors and solely base its decisions and operation on economic grounds. Highlighting that the consent-based nature of the international legal system...
Advisory Opinion on The Wall - International Court of Justice - Article 51 of the United Nations Charter and the right of self-defense
Essay - 3 pages - International law
In its Advisory Opinion on The Wall, the International Court of Justice declared that Article 51 of the United Nations Charter "recognizes the existence of an inherent right of self-defense in the case of armed attack by one State against another State", thereby implying that the right of...
How and why is International Law Binding on States?
Essay - 3 pages - International law
While the legal nature of the subject itself has been often discussed and debated, it is generally considered that international law has legal value, notably because of its binding effect. Indeed, international law is binding on states, with obligations based on both moral and formal reasons....
What Consequences did the Treaty of Trianon have on Hungary?
Essay - 4 pages - International law
After 4 years of war between 1914 and 1918, the Allies marked their victory by signing different treaties, like the Treaty of Trianon. Indeed, this treaty was signed on the fourth of June 1920 in Versailles by, on the one hand, most of the Allies (the UK, France, the USA, Italy, the Kingdom of...
Why do European courts refuse to enforce U.S. punitive damages?
Essay - 6 pages - International law
In terms of civil liability in Continental Europe, the principle is to compensate only for the damage. Civil liability is not punitive. The purpose is only to put the victim back in the situation she knew before the operative event. If the behavior deserves a sanction, it is a matter of criminal...
Fragmentation and inconsistency in international investment law
Essay - 5 pages - International law
It is a fallacy to think of international investment law as a general, coherent regime. The rules of law are splintered and fragmented, both in terms of their formal source and in terms of their application of particular disputes. What is more, there are no mechanisms in international investment...
The Jurisdictional Requirement of the Existence of a Legal Dispute
Essay - 2 pages - International law
In its 1974 judgment, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) resolved solely to admit a case before its framework on the very basis of the genuine existence of a dispute. This provision is not unique to the ICJ: the article 25(1) of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes...
Non-Appearance by a State Compatible with the Adversarial Principle: an Adversarial Procedure Reinstated by the Court
Essay - 5 pages - International law
Since the occupation of Crimea in February 2014, the Russian Federation has been violating the prohibition on the use of force under international law in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter with respect to Ukraine. Moreover, it was already an armed attack within the meaning of Article 51 of the...
History of the Common Law System on the English Legal System
Essay - 11 pages - International law
As a direct result of the colonization by the British, many of its states naturally acquired this common law system, being the English law in globo, maintaining its primary principles, procedures, actors and modes of proof. As a consequence of this adoption and utilization of English law, and the...
Administrative law in the United States
Essay - 4 pages - International law
Explaining the concept of administrative law can cause complications to many people. Therefore, before going further in this work, we will define the administrative law in advance for a better understanding. Administrative law is the set of rules that define the rights and obligations of an...
Essay on international agreements : sales of Covid-19 vaccines
Essay - 5 pages - International law
This situation has changed the world. Experiencing such situations require a certain level of implication and commitment on the international scale. Meaning, all the countries were henceforth concerned about this pandemic. Fever, dry cough, and exhaustion are the most prevalent Covid-19 symptoms....
How could international law support a transition to renewable sources of energy?
Essay - 4 pages - International law
Climate change is an international issue. Indeed, no matter how much greenhouse gases emissions decrease in Europe, if the world does not act collectively climate change and its consequences will continue. But climate change is not only an international topic, it intersects with many...
Should the death sentence be implemented globally?
Essay - 5 pages - International law
From the beginning of the world, there have always been multiple ways or theories of punishment. After researches and studies conducted by the experts of the domain, it was revealed that the death sentence takes its roots from the legal and political systems of many countries of the world....
The risks of democracies
Essay - 3 pages - International law
In order to determine whether there is a violation of due process, it is necessary to ask several cumulative and conditional questions. If so, is a fundamental right involved? And finally, depending on the answer to this question, it is necessary to apply the standards of the review to provide an...
State sovereignty in international public law
Essay - 5 pages - International law
Jean Bodin (1530-1596) considered that the concept of sovereignty is an absolute concept. Sovereignty is a key concept when it comes to dealing with the state and its place in the international arena. It is, indeed, a concept that has been fostered to characterize the intrinsic power of states:...
Estoppel: questions and case study
Essay - 5 pages - International law
The doctrine of the promissory estoppel is a remedy afforded to a party receiving a promise/representation (the promisee) enabling them to rely on that promise/representation made by the other party (the promisor) to recover damages due to the either beneficial or prejudicial and detrimental...
The International Criminal Court and the Peace Process in Northern Uganda
Essay - 9 pages - International law
The Juba Peace Talks that started in July 2006 in Southern Sudan seem to be one of the best chances to bring an end to the 20-year-long raging conflict in the region of Northern Uganda. Known for its unbelievable atrocities, the war has by now caused the displacement of more than 1.7 million...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Essay - 4 pages - International law
It is increasingly common for commercial agreements to include clauses providing for the use of a form of alternative dispute resolution, should a dispute arise. Consider critically the approach of the courts, and the guidance available from bodies such as UNCITRAL and the ICC, in discussing how...
