Understanding Criminal Act Stages and Attempted Crimes

Unit 22: Degrees of Performing a Crime

Successive Steps in the Consummation of a Crime

The commission of an offense is displayed in a general process that consists of stages, from the purely subjective to the full implementation of the action described by law.

Internal Phase: Ideation, Deliberation, Resolution

The internal phase comprises the ideation process, deliberation, and resolution to do the criminal act that occurs in the psyche of the agent. The crime remains without exceeding the inner stage,

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Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining Agreements in Mexico

Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining in Mexico

Understanding Unions

A union is an association of workers or employers formed to study, improve, and defend their respective interests. No one can be forced to join a union. Unions must have a minimum of 20 active workers or 3 employers. Individuals under 16 and foreign nationals may not be part of the union leadership. Public meetings must be held at least every 6 months.

The General Secretary is the representative of the union. Unions may form federations

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Acquiring Property: Legal Methods and Key Considerations

Abstract: Legal Ways to Acquire Property

A mode of acquiring property is a fact or juridical act to which the law grants the virtue of operating in the generation, transfer, and transmission of domain and other real rights.

Features

  1. It is a fact or juridical act.
  2. Its origin is in the law.
  3. It operates in the generation, transfer, and transmission of property.

Theories

Traditional Doctrine: It has its origins in Roman Law. It distinguishes between:

  • Title or remote cause of acquisition: The factual or legal
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Legal Measures for Victim Protection and Sentence Execution

Measures to Protect Victims: Purpose and Classes

The court can take measures such as the prohibition of residence, movement, and communication in proceedings for crimes of homicide, abortion, injuries, torture, crimes against freedom, against moral integrity, sexual freedom, against the right to privacy, to honor, heritage, and socio-economic benefits. These measures are based on a prima facie case (circumstantial complaint), not on the existence of a periculum in mora (risk of delay), but rather

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Commercial Partnership Contracts: Types and Legal Aspects

Partnership Contracts

7.1 External Collaboration with Business and Commercial Leases, Service, and Work: Distinctive Features

We distinguish several concepts:

  • Leasing of Service: A contract whereby one party, the lessor, undertakes to provide a particular service, and the other party, the tenant, agrees to pay the stipulated price. It is an activity contract because the landlord is entitled to develop its activities with due diligence.
  • Leasing of Work: A contract whereby one party, the lessor, undertakes
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Political Law: Athens, Sparta, Plato’s Republic, and Justice

Final Exam Questions: Political Law

Athens and Sparta: Forms of Government in 5th Century BC Greece

Athens and Sparta were the two main city-states in 5th century BC Greece. Here are their different forms of government and relevant institutions:

Athens

The Constitution of Athens polarized all democratic states of Greece.

  • The Boule or Council of 500 was composed of 500 citizens over 30 years of age, with 50 from each tribe. It executed Assembly resolutions, governed finances, received ambassadors, and

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