Understanding Interregional and International Private Law in Spain
Interregional Law
Interregional law governs interconnected private legal situations with different legal systems within one legal state. Whether or not interregional law is a function of the legal state model in question is debatable. In Spain, the competence for the development of interregional law is vested exclusively in the central state. However, regional governments have developed rules of interregional law, some of which have been appealed to the Constitutional Court. Nevertheless, some interregional
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Concept of Sociedad Anónima (SA)
The origin of the Sociedad Anónima (SA) is linked to companies founded in the seventeenth century for trade in the East and West Indies. The great geographical discoveries of earlier centuries opened new trade routes and created a favorable climate for mounting expeditions and commercial enterprises. Due to their size and large risks, these ventures could not be undertaken by traditional, quasi-family companies. Hence, the idea of building companies with capital
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T9: Legal Relationships
The Nature of a Legal Relationship
The law concerns itself with human relations, specifically those legal relationships that hold special significance for the social or political order, or for orderly coexistence. A legal relationship is defined as a situation of mutual and reciprocal connection between two or more persons, governed by the rule of law. This relationship is caused by a fact, either natural or produced by a voluntary act, that aims at the realization of certain
Read MoreVenezuelan Political Evolution: Constitutions, Laws, and Parties
The Constitutions of 1936 and 1947
In the foregoing, we have referred to the concepts and definitions of the Constitutional Charter. We emphasize the importance of implementing and enforcing it in intimate union and relationship with the rule of law. This arises out of a special event: the desire of rulers and the ruled for a government to achieve genuine popular representation in the republican-democratic system.
The Constitution of 1936
The constitution of 1936 reflects adherence to the law of the
Read MoreFinancial and Tax Law: Principles and Concepts
**Item 1: Financial Activity**
Financial Activity: Concept and Character
- Collection and administration of economic resources, so scarce, in order to meet public needs. That means that on a necessary and indispensable basis, involving an organized social group on which the common needs and concerns affecting all members. Social organization has to procure the public revenue to meet public expenditure.
- It is done when the State and other public entities obtain money resources and use them to perform
US Executive Branch: Structure, Roles, and Powers
Article II of the US Constitution
Section 1
1.2 Outlines how many electors a state can have (Senate + House)
1.3 Describes how electors vote
1.4 States that Congress can determine when electors cast their votes
1.5 Outlines requirements for the US President
1.6 Details what happens when the President and Vice President are ill, resign, or cannot carry out their duties
1.7 Sets the salary for the President
1.8 Stipulates that before becoming President, they must take an oath
Section 2
- 2.1 The President is