Magister Legum - LLM / The objective of this study is to explore the criminalisation of persons based on sexual orientation in Cameroon in light of that country’s international human rights obligation. The study examines the constitution and laws of Cameroon as applicable to sexual minorities. It aims to discuss recent developments in international human rights law with regard to the human rights basis for decriminalising homosexuality.

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This thesis examines different facets of feminine artistry in Virginia Woolf's novels with the purpose of defining her conception of women artists and the role sacrifice plays in it. The project follows characters in "Mrs. Dalloway," "To the Lighthouse," and "Between the Acts" as they attempt to create art despite society's restrictions; it studies the suffering these women experience under regimented institutions and arbitrary gender roles. From Woolf’s earlier texts to her last, she embraces the uncertainty of identity, even as she portrays the artist’s sacrifice in the early-to-mid twentieth century, specifically as the creative female identity fights to adapt to male-dominated spaces. Through a close-reading approach coupled with biographical and historical research, this thesis concludes that although the narratives of Woolf's novels demand the woman artist sacrifice for the sake of pursuing creation, Woolf praises the attempt and considers it a crueler fate to live with unfulfilled potential.

Es allí que me motivo a realizar un trabajo sobre la importancia del objeto social y aquellos actos y contratos que pueden ser celebrados excediéndose de lo circunscrito en el objeto social, lo que se conoce como actos ultra vires. De allí la necesidad de analizar los actos ultra vires y su responsabilidad de quienes han contratado excediéndose de lo circunscrito en su objeto social y como tal sus consecuencias. / Trabajo de investigación

La présente recherche se propose, en dépassant la vieille querelle des tenants de la théorie « classique » des actes de langage (J. R. Searle et D. Vanderveken) et des analystes des interactions (« École de Genève » principalement), à la fois d’étudier le fonctionnement des actes de langage en interaction et de montrer qu’il est possible d’articuler ces deux positions en apparence divergentes. En fait, nous proposons un concept d’acte de langage qui reste dans l’esprit de la théorie searlienne, mais en ajoutant une perspective contextualiste (selon le modèle proposé par A. Trognon et Ch. Brassac) susceptible de rendre compte du fonctionnement de l’acte dans la dynamique discursive. Le but principal de cette démarche est ainsi d’apporter des données nouvelles à la description de ces unités. Un second but s’ajoute au premier : traiter ces unités dans une dimension comparative entre deux langues – le français et le roumain –, telles qu’elles sont utilisées par des locuteurs natifs. Le corpus est constitué d’interactions de classe enregistrées dans les deux systèmes d’enseignement mentionnés, et ensuite transcrites. L’analyse du fonctionnement et des réalisateurs des actes de langage dans un genre d’interaction verbale, permet de soutenir la nécessité d’une analyse contextualisée des actes de langage et, en outre, d’identifier des types d’actes de langage, des réalisations linguistiques de ces actes, des schémas interactionnels spécifiques d’un genre particulier de discours. La récurrence de ces types d’actes, réalisations préférentielles, schémas interactionnels, explique également la ritualisation de certaines séquences de l’activité didactique et, en particulier, de la séquence d’ouverture - l’incipit, sur lequel se focalise l’analyse dans cette thèse. Par ailleurs, l’approche contrastive met en évidence des différences quantitatives ainsi que des réalisations préférentielles manifestant des différences institutionnelles, attitudinales, idéologiques. / The main aim of the present research is, surpassing the old quarrel between the supporters of the classical theory of speech acts (J. R. Searle and D. Vanderveken) and those of the analysts of interaction/discourse (mainly « The Geneva School»)), both to study the functioning of speech acts in interaction and to show that these two, apparently divergent positions, may function together. Actually, we propose a concept of speech act in the line of Searle’s theory, adding, however, a contextualist perspective (according to the model proposed by A. Trognon and Ch. Brassac), which is likely to account for the functioning of the act in the discursive dynamics. The main aim of this endeavour is to provide new data for the description of these units. The second aim of this thesis is to treat these units comparatively, in two languages –French and Romanian-, such as they are used by native speakers. The corpus consists of class interactions, which were recorded in the two above-mentioned education systems and then, transcribed. The analysis of the functioning and of the patterns of realisation of speech acts in a specific type of verbal interaction has the advantage of supporting the necessity of a contextualized analysis of speech acts and, on the other hand, to identify types of speech acts, linguistic realisations of these acts, interactional schemas, which are specific to a particular discourse genre. The recurrence of these types of acts, of their preferential realizations and of the interactional schemas also explains the ritualization of several sequences of the didactic activity and, particularly, of the opening sequence- the incipit, which is the focus of the analysis of this thesis. Also, the contrastive approach emphasizes quantitative differences, as well as preferential realisations which indicate institutional, attitudinal and ideological differences.

The thesis aspires to convey a comprehensive and methodologically well-grounded image of the ideological dimension of political interaction between the EU and Russia. The research is based on the linguistic analysis of four key foreign policy documents, conceived as a continuous dialogue between the EU and Russia, and covering the period between 1994 and 2007. A model comprising several methods used in the study of international relations is applied to the aforementioned documents. The methods in question focus on discourse analysis. The methodological basis of the thesis incorporates the theoretical concepts of social constructivism, speech acts theory and dialogic analysis. Emphasis is placed on understanding the expectations and objectives of actors, the analysis of explicit and implicit messages in the dialogue, the definition of the actors' understanding of self, other and the third party. The thesis also tries to describe and explain the actors' changes in behavior towards each other.

The words and messages in apps are part of a conversation between people and their technology that we take part in every day. As technology becomes increasingly embedded into our daily lives, we form relationships with our devices and our apps. While we might think of these relationships as different, our behaviors and interactions with technology are still shaped by the social world, and these messages found in apps are based on existing patterns in face-to-face conversation. UX writing is the process of creating these messages in user experiences, which facilitate people's social interactions between apps and other digital products. Interacting with apps and other digital products is inherently social, and by using conversational language as a driving component of UX writing and Human-Computer Interaction, we can also cast User Experience (UX) as a type of communicative exchange between a person and an app, and therefore User Experience (UX) as conversation. Through qualitative interviews and usability testing with native and non-native English speakers, this research explores what type of language style works best for a global audience in these conversations with our apps and how we can strategically apply conversational patterns to improve the experience of users. Abstrakt Slova a zprávy v...

Principles of administrative proceedings, abstract Focus of this diploma thesis is the issue of basic principles of administrative proceedings, but not in terms of basic procedure principles of administrative authorities as they are set out in § 2 to 8 of the Administrative Procedure Code, but in terms of procedural principles of administrative proceedings, as rules of procedure before administrative authorities. These principles represent a key element for understanding and interpretation of the procedural process in an administrative proceeding, but Administrative Procedure Code does not contain an express codification of these principles in its text. Goal of this thesis is to perform a detailed analysis of individual principles both individually and in context. The aforementioned principles of administrative proceedings usually occur in the form of mutually ambivalent pairs and their application during administrative proceedings presents many conflicting issues which stems from their implicitly general nature. The methodological basis of this thesis is the method of textual hermeneutics and general empirical-analytical paradigm based on the source material, which consists mainly of judgments and resolutions of the Supreme Administrative Court and is supplemented by relevant literature. The text of this...

Although terrorism is an area that has been the subject of much research, systematic searches in databases reveal that a focus on actors and movements that find their motivation in Christian beliefs, is, by and large, lacking. Ever since the 9/11 terrorist attack, Islamist terrorism has been the major focus. The purpose of this thesis is to describe and compare Christian and Islamist acts of terrorism. This will be done by using the terrorist attack of the self-proclaimed Christian crusader Anders Behring Breivik in Norway 2011 and compare it to the terrorist attack in Paris November 2015 claimed by the terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS). A content analysis is used to explore the material. The analysis is conducted with an analytical framework created from previous research on religious terrorism to explore the similarities and differences of religiously motivated terrorist acts. The study reveals that there are a lot of similarities between Breivik and the Paris attackers. Both Breivik and IS strived to change society with violence justified by their religion. In a type of “God´s executioner” fashion. A final conclusion in this thesis is that Breivik and IS share Ideological core ideas in the form of exclusivity, however, the exclusivity is expressed differently. Breivik´s exclusiveness is linked to ethnicity and skin colour, while IS´s exclusivity is solely linked to faith.

La publicación, dividida en 4 partes compuestas por 10 capítulos, pone en discusión una propuesta de fundamentación para una ética de la función pública. Se trata de una ética aplicada que comprende al conjunto de orientaciones sobre cómo deben actuar quienes ejercen funciones públicas, en el marco de un Estado democrático. Por ello, el autor propone superar las insuficiencias de las aproximaciones que privilegian un enfoque económico administrativo. / This book, divided in four parts and composed of ten chapters, discusses a proposal of a foundation for a public service ethic. It is about an applied ethic that includes the set of guidelines on how to act for those who exercise public functions, within the framework of a democratic state. Therefore, the author proposes to overcome the inadequacies of the approaches that favor an administrative economic focus.