Human Behavior and Legal Standards: Foundations

Unit I: Fundamentals of Law and Human Behavior Standards

  • Freedom: The human person, as being endowed with intellect and will, is not intrinsically bound to act in a certain way but has the power to choose the most appropriate path for attaining their improvement.

Human freedom is the result of one’s rational nature because only the individual is master of their actions and can choose.

The dignity of the person requires that they act as a free and conscious choice, moved and personally induced from

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Commercial Operations: Registration and Accounting

Item 3: Advertising Registration

I. The Register as a Record of People. Public Employer as Required. Employers and Events Register.

The Register is an administrative institution whose main purpose is to advertise what is recorded, and it also performs other functions assigned by law. An individual employer is not required to enroll in the registry. However, this has a number of consequences, mainly that if an employer does not register, they cannot enter any act or contract for their activity. The

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Civil Procedure: Key Concepts and Principles

Autotutela

Autotutela is the first form of composition for conflicts of interest, arising from the lack of an organized state with sufficient power to deter individuals from seeking the solution to their disputes through the law of the jungle and forced subjugation of the weak. Example: The union cashing in a sheet to divide the server; it comes with a writ of mandamus to prevent wrongdoing.

Self-Composition

The difference between self-composition and autotutela lies precisely in the absence of forced

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International Law Case Studies

Case 1: Purchase Agreement

Focus: Purchase Agreement

Relevant PIL Source: Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

Is the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Applicable?

Legal definition of the term “treaty“ (Art 2 para 1 lit a VCLT):

For the purposes of the present Convention: (a) ‘treaty’ means an international agreement concluded between States in written form and governed by international law, whether embodied in a single instrument or in two or more related instruments and whatever its

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Marital Property and Acquisitions under the Civil Code

Community of Property

The Civil Code, specifically Article 1344, defines community of property as the shared profits acquired by either spouse during the marriage, to be divided equally upon dissolution. This system implies an economic partnership between spouses, akin to a partnership agreement. Some legal scholars argue that this residual regime establishes a universal partnership for acquired gains. The 1981 legislation abolished Article 1395, which referred to statutes. Article 1344 emphasizes

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Labor and Social Security Inspection in Spain: Roles and Services

The Ministry of Labor and Social Security in Spain

The Ministry of Labor was established in 1920, prompted by the significant political and social events of 1917, the enactment of the first major social legislation in 1919, and the legislative agenda expected due to the International Labor Organization (ILO) constitution. Labor Law in 1938 established the union as a service organization and state sanitation. Social Security falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health. The sources are professional,

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