Constitutional Jurisdiction: Habeas Corpus and Fundamental Rights in Chile

Constitutional Jurisdiction in Chile: Two Key Cases

With these defining elements of constitutional jurisdiction, there are cases in which the Recurso de Protección (RP) can be considered a manifestation of constitutional jurisdiction. This statement is very precise, as it is not being said that the RP is part of the Constitutional Court in general, as there are many cases in resolving issues of mere legality. It is constitutional jurisdiction in only two cases:

  • When the arbitrariness of an organ
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Amparo Proceedings: Key Principles and Legal Framework

Hermetic Jurisdictional Relations

  • Coordination: Represents entities in the same category.
  • Supraordination: One entity is above another, both being of the same level.
  • Subordination: Coercible authority governed under a higher authority.

Types of Amparo

  • Direct Amparo: Challenges final judgments or awards that end a trial.
  • Indirect Amparo: Challenges any act that affects an individual.

1. Instance Rules or Principles of the Amparo Proceeding

  • Article 107, Fraction I of the Constitution: Amparo will always proceed
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Commercial Contracts: Commission, Distribution, and More

Item 10: More Contracts

Partnership Contracts

Commercial activity is conducive to the provision and obtaining of collaboration. Contracts of this nature are a legal instrument of this cooperation, primarily by taking on obligations.

A) Activity (or Media) Contracts: Just the realization of this with due diligence to discharge the contract, and the employee is entitled to receive the agreed salary, regardless of whether the activity is permitted or not achieving the desired result.

B) Result Contracts:

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Contract Law: Formation, Principles, and Classification

Sources of Obligations

Sources of obligations can be mediate (human fact: contract, unilateral declaration of will, tort) or immediate (the Act).

Features of Contracts

  • Contracts cover all legal transactions resulting from an agreement of wills, standardizing their design and eliminating controversy, regardless of the type of contract, provided that it is bilateral or plurilateral.
  • The link of obligation under the contract is a result of the law.

Concept of Contract

A contract is the agreement of two or

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Labor Law in Spain: Contracts, Working Hours, and Wage Protection

Block I: Birth and Duration of Contracts for Work

Course A:

Miguel Hernandez works for the municipality of Valladolid as a social educator. Since joining on January 11, 2000, he has been providing his services in the Juvenile Program Insertion council through successive contracts for work or service, developing the same functions in each new hire. The project, which does not belong to the education system, is funded autonomously and therefore subject to signing a specific agreement each year with

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Spanish Government Structure and Regional Autonomy

The Government

The organs comprise the President, Vice-President(s), and the Ministers, acting both collectively through the Council of Ministers and the Executive Committee of the Government.

Government formation is initiated by the granting of parliamentary confidence to a certain candidate by the Congress of Deputies. Appointed by the President, he proposed the appointment of other members of the Government to the King, who formally appoints the ministers, though with no decision or veto power.

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