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Fundamental Rights, Legal Principles, Justice
Analysis, from the perspective of the philosophy of law and legal theory, of aspects related to the structure, interpretation and application of legal principles, with special focus into fundamental rights; analysis of conflicts of rights, balancing and proportionality; theoretical foundations of human rights, their relations with theories of justice and other areas of political philosophy; the link between law and morals.
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Email: dmartinezz@uoc.edu
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DDI |
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Ethical aspects of AI
Analysis of the ethical issues and challenges posed by the developments in the field of artificial intelligence, as well as proposals on ethical criteria or guidelines to guide developments in this field, applied to any of the areas, such as transport, investments, automated decisions, the application of law (artificial judge), health, etc., as well as the relevance of the transparency of the processes or the impact on privacy and other rights, among other issues.
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Email: dmartinezz@uoc.edu
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Welfare and comprehensive protection of children and adolescents in the face of violence - Empirical and legal studies of violence involving children and adolescents (victims, aggressors or bystanders). - Design and evaluation of prevention, detection or intervention programmes against any form of violence (child sexual abuse, bullying, domestic abuse, cyberbullying, online grooming, etc.). - Assessment of the enforcement and impact of Organic Law 8/2021, of 4 June, for the comprehensive protection of children and adolescents in the face of violence. - Technologies implemented for the detection, assessment and care of victimized children and adolescents to improve their well-being and mental health (virtual reality, artificial intelligence, serious games, apps, etc.). |
Dr. Irene Montiel
Email: imontielj@uoc.edu
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VICRIM - Victimologia Empírica i Aplicada |
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Internet intermediaries and the DSA This research proposal focuses on the duties and liability of online platforms and other internet intermediaries in the EU. In particular, it considers the legal framework of the EU Digital Services Act (Regulation EU 2022/2065 on a Single Market for Digital Services) |
Dr. Miquel Peguera
Email: mpeguera@uoc.edu
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DDI |
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The tax treatment of unmarried couples The tax treatment of unmarried couples is a controversial field of research in the field of financial and tax law, especially due to the competence of the Autonomous Communities over their regulation and their similarities with the institution of marriage, despite the fact that they are not comparable legal realities. For this reason, this thesis proposes the delimitation and study of their tax treatment, with the aim of highlighting the main controversial issues that arise and making the necessary proposals for improvement. |
Dr. Irene Rovira Ferrer
Email: iroviraf@uoc.edu
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TAXBUSINESS |
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Sexual violence in intimate partner relationships Empirical and legal study on sexual violence in intimate partner relationships and the response of the criminal justice system |
Email: jtamarit@uoc.edu
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VICRIM - Victimologia Empírica i Aplicada |
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Legal and victimological study on the forced disappearance of children during Franco's regime
Study on the problem of stolen children and the forced disappearance of children during Franco's regime and on the possible responses to their reparation needs. To reconstruct the possible situation of victimisation of single mothers and children during the aforementioned period and to seek answers to the reparation needs that this victimisation may have created. This will be done, on the one hand, through an exhaustive documentary study that will allow us to obtain relevant statistical data, and on the other hand, through qualitative interviews with several witnesses of the time and children who have resided in the institution.
The research has to allow to know what are the needs experienced by the persons involved and in a framework of investigation of their origins, what is, for them, the best way to satisfy these needs, which is linked to the options of restorative justice. Likewise, as these victimisations were inflicted in an institutional context, the study has to consider what response could be given at this level to eventual requests for reparation from the victims.
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Email: jtamarit@uoc.edu
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VICRIM - Victimologia Empírica i Aplicada |
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Copyright online enforcement Questions regarding the enforcement of copyright online. Problems of applicable law and jurisdiction. Identifying infringers. ISP liability. |
Email: rxalabarder@uoc.edu
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DDI |
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Copyright Law and Artificial Intelligence Questions regarding originality, authorship, related rights. Should AI outputs be protected under Copyright law? And if so, how? |
Email: rxalabarder@uoc.edu
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DDI |
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Free speech and ISP regulation Rules regulating ISP liability and how they may affect the enforcement of free speech online. |
Email: rxalabarder@uoc.edu
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Copyright Exceptions and Limitations in the EU acquis The (un)harmonized regime of Exceptions and Limitations in EU acquis. Special reference to the "recent trend" of further harmonization through mandatory E&L. |
Email: rxalabarder@uoc.edu
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Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Legal implications of blockchain and other advanced technologies applied to online dispute resolution. |
Email: avilalta@uoc.edu
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Access to Justice (A2J) and justice systems The transition towards a full digitization to achieve an open, relational, resilient, efficient justice that is committed to the real needs of people, particularly those with some degree of disability or vulnerability, and taking advantage of the full potential of cutting-edge technology within the full respect of fundamental rights. |
Email: avilalta@uoc.edu
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Sectorial ADR and digitalization Mediation and other conflict resolution mechanisms, such as conciliation, arbitration, adjudication and ombuds offices, play a crucial role in areas such as the consumer sector or family law. Although European Union legislation has created a harmonizing regulatory framework that is sufficiently flexible for each country to implement regulations that respect their various legal traditions, there are still regulatory barriers and some suspicion of the types of adjudication that de facto hindering them de facto from takin proper hold in the countries' justice systems. |
Email: avilalta@uoc.edu
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Comparative criminology and digitalization of society
Analysis of the impact of the digitalization of society on the characteristics, rates and trends of crime across time and space, as well as the validity of predominant criminological theories for explaining new types of crime.
In this context, the digitalization of society has led to either a simple adaptation of existing criminological theories, or a paradigm shift in the explanation of crime.
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Email: alindeg@uoc.edu |
VICRIM - Victimologia Empírica i Aplicada |
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Crimes against cultural heritage
This line of research studies crimes against cultural heritage and their inclusion in transnational crime (organized crime, terrorism) and international crime (war crimes against cultural heritage); in specific terms, it engages in a criminological analysis of archaeological looting and illicit trafficking of this type of heritage, and other crimes against cultural heritage, including the theft and forgery of works of art.
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Email: mbalcells_i@uoc.edu |
VICRIM - Victimologia Empírica i Aplicada |
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Victimization in close relationships. Partner violence and the criminal justice system
Victimological and legal study of partner violence from the perspective of the victim and their experience with the criminal justice system. Analysis of the effectiveness of the criminal justice system regarding victimization in close relationships and the possible application of restorative justice processes.
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Dra. Patricia Hernández Hidalgo Email: phernandezhi@uoc.edu |
VICRIM - Victimologia Empírica i Aplicada |
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Digital inheritance Inheritance law is not a new legal concept. It already existed in Roman law, where it was deemed to cover both family and social aspects. However, the law has had to adapt to the changes in society. Nowadays, the progress of society and technological innovation have brought with them new legal realities, including digital identity, the perpetual nature of activities on the web, the creation of social media accounts, virtual currencies or, even, virtual artworks (NFTs). Despite the efforts to regulate them, it has not been enough. This thesis, then, looks to study post-mortem protection of all of people's digital data and content, paying special attention to Spanish Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December 2018, on personal data protection and the guarantee of digital rights. |
Email: tcucurullp@uoc.edu |
TAXBUSINESS |
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Access to Justice in the Anthropocene Analysis of the right of access to justice in the context of climate change. Within this framework, the following research problems may be addressed: Analyze whether the climatic emergency justifies an exceptional approach to access to justice and the possible tension with the rule of law; Critically analyze the relevance of the human rights legal regime in the fight against climate change; Identify obstacles to the realization of access to justice in the strategic litigation at the international, European and national levels. |
Email: bsteible@uoc.edu Email: mcardonaval@uoc.edu |
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The EU Values before the EU Court of Justice Analysis of the legal value of the values enshrined in article 2 TEU (especially, respect for fundamental rights and the rule of law) and the jurisprudence of the CJEU in the context of the rule of law backsliding, both internally (regarding EU Member States) and in the EU's external action. |
Email: bsteible@uoc.edu |
GEOCONDAH |