Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Breslau.

Thesis (doctoral)--Friedrich-Wilhelm-Universität in Breslau.

Legal Instruments for Protecting the World's Forests from the Perspective of Law The aim of this thesis was to create an overview about the legal instruments for the world's forests protection with excursions into other instruments, i.e. political, scientific and voluntary. In order to achieve this goal, the text starts with a brief description of the importance of forests for the everyday life on the Earth, continues with the main part listing the legal instruments for protecting the forests at the national, European and international law level and ends with the discourse on voluntary instruments and certifications for world's forestry.

This diploma thesis is focused on legal instruments of soil protection. Soil is one of the basic components of the environment and it is an integral part of it. Soil is a necessary prerequisite for humans and other terrestrial organisms' existence. In recent decades, however, soil is undergoing considerable degradation, mainly due to anthropogenic activity. Therefore, it is essential to ensure its protection. Law is currently probably the most effective tool to achieve this goal. This thesis contends the most important legal instruments for the protection of this component of the environment. This thesis does not mention all conceivable legal instruments for soil protection as this component of the environment represents the basis for any human activity and thus it interferes widely to many areas of branch of law. This thesis is divided into eight chapters. The first three chapters are focused on the general characteristics of basic and key concepts. The first chapter deals with basic concepts such as the environment and soil, then with a description of degradation factors that threaten and damage the soil. The second chapter deals with the general definition of legal instruments used to environment protection in Czech law. It includes, in particular, conceptual, administrative and economic tools....

1 Legal instruments for protection of soils Abstract Diploma thesis analyses the topic of legal instruments for soil protection. Significance of soil, as one of the components of environment, lies especially in securing livelihood for the inhabitants of our planet, water circulation and retention, and in the fact that soil provides living space for a substantial portion of living organisms. In this context the legal instruments represent means by which we can successfully protect soil from its degradation. Considering that soil degradation is rapidly increasing in the last couple of decades, the topic of this diploma thesis becomes more and more pressing, though sometimes overlooked by general public. Thesis primarily analyses legal instruments which exist in the Czech legislation and are most significant for the state of soil in the Czech Republic. The objective of this thesis is particularly to analyse individual legal instruments, to critically evaluate them and suggest possible improvements to the current state of soil protection in the Czech Republic. The first chapter highlights the enviromental importance of soil and characterizes its specificities as one of the components of environment. Subsequently current soil degradation processes are presented. In the end of the chapter the thesis summarizes...

The aim of the diploma thesis is the analysis and comparison of the elementary legal instruments of territorial nature protection in the Czech Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany. This diploma thesis is divided into 8 chapters including the introduction and the conclusion. The second and the third chapter deal with the most important sources of legal regulation of the territorial nature protection in both international law and law of the European Union and emphasises their influence on the creation of legal regulations of national law. The fourth chapter is concerned with the historical development of the territorial nature protection in both countries in question and focuses mainly on the development of legal regulations since the 30's. The fifth chapter provides an elementary overview of the legal sources of the territorial nature protection in national law. The sixth and the seventh chapter deal with general and special nature protection respectively and provide comparison of the respective legal institutes. The conclusion is concerned with the comparison and the evaluation of common and different features of Czech and German legal regulations and provides proposals for constituent changes of the provisions in question.

The aim of this thesis is to describe the complete view of protection of the ozone layer. Therefore, it contains information about international, european and national legislation in this area. In addition, international legal aspects of climate change are mentioned. Finally, both ozone regime and climate change regime are compared. The author pays attention to the advantages and disadvantages of legal instruments and tries to find ways how to use ozone legal instruments in climate protection.

This research aims to evaluate the role that Kenyan independent churches play in the protection of the fundamental human rights of children. It became apparent during the course of the research that Kenya's independent churches have numerous shortcomings that affect their ability to protect such rights. The Kenyan independent churches are affected by the negative effects of an African traditional worldview. Among the effects of this worldview is the tolerance of female genital mutilation, polygamy and corporal punishment, practices that contravene the United Nation's Declaration on the Rights of Children. The research further discovered that some of the Kenyan independent churches perpetuate the violation of the fundamental human rights of children with their gross misunderstanding of Scripture, especially the wisdom of Bible texts such as Proverbs 22:15. A literal application of Scripture and a tendency to lean towards casuistic ethics contribute to the misuse and misunderstanding of the Bible verses that touch on the human dignity of children. The violation of the fundamental human rights of children is rampant in Kenya. The number of independent churches involved in protecting the fundamental human rights of children is very small. The few independent churches that offer child services offer relief services rather than embracing a human rights approach to serving children. Although the independent churches make out the majority and are the fastest growing among the churches, it is notable that mission churches such as the Catholic and Anglican churches are more involved in protecting the fundamental human rights of children when compared to the independent churches in Kenya. Kenyan independent churches furthermore suffer the effects of poverty coupled with illiteracy, a factor that affects their ability to champion the fundamental human rights of children as stipulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children. On the positive side, some social cultural values common among the independent churches, such as African communal solidarity and the extended family system, promote the well–being of children. However, overall the Kenyan independent churches have not successfully responded to the violation of the fundamental human rights of children. This inability remains a concern worthy addressing. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Ethics))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.

This research aims to evaluate the role that Kenyan independent churches play in the protection of the fundamental human rights of children. It became apparent during the course of the research that Kenya's independent churches have numerous shortcomings that affect their ability to protect such rights. The Kenyan independent churches are affected by the negative effects of an African traditional worldview. Among the effects of this worldview is the tolerance of female genital mutilation, polygamy and corporal punishment, practices that contravene the United Nation's Declaration on the Rights of Children. The research further discovered that some of the Kenyan independent churches perpetuate the violation of the fundamental human rights of children with their gross misunderstanding of Scripture, especially the wisdom of Bible texts such as Proverbs 22:15. A literal application of Scripture and a tendency to lean towards casuistic ethics contribute to the misuse and misunderstanding of the Bible verses that touch on the human dignity of children. The violation of the fundamental human rights of children is rampant in Kenya. The number of independent churches involved in protecting the fundamental human rights of children is very small. The few independent churches that offer child services offer relief services rather than embracing a human rights approach to serving children. Although the independent churches make out the majority and are the fastest growing among the churches, it is notable that mission churches such as the Catholic and Anglican churches are more involved in protecting the fundamental human rights of children when compared to the independent churches in Kenya. Kenyan independent churches furthermore suffer the effects of poverty coupled with illiteracy, a factor that affects their ability to champion the fundamental human rights of children as stipulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children. On the positive side, some social cultural values common among the independent churches, such as African communal solidarity and the extended family system, promote the well–being of children. However, overall the Kenyan independent churches have not successfully responded to the violation of the fundamental human rights of children. This inability remains a concern worthy addressing. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Ethics))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.

Univ., Diss.--Münster, 2004.