The Spanish Constitution: A Deep Dive
The Constitution as a Legal Standard
The Constitution of the Second Republic establishes a clear rule of law, producing both positive (creating rights and obligations) and negative (repealing conflicting older rules) effects.
Positive Effects
Every legal rule has two parts: the preamble (or explanatory memorandum) and the articulated text. Only the articulated text (the articles) produces positive and negative effects. While the non-articulated text helps interpret the articles, the Constitution
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Application and Interpretation of Labor Standards
Labor regulations in Spain stem from multiple sources, including the autonomous power (collective autonomy) of worker and employer representatives to address specific implementation issues.
Management of Standards: Static Point of View
Hierarchy of Legal Rules
A normative approach orders rules of various ranks based on the principle of hierarchy:
- A) The higher standard prevails over the lower, and the latter is subordinate to the first.
- B) The higher standard’
Spanish Public Administration Contracts and Assets: A Legal Overview
Onerous Contracts in Spanish Law
The law applies to onerous contracts, those with mutual benefits between parties. They are classified as:
– Typical Contracts: Works contracts, public works concessions, service contracts (excluding banking, insurance, arts, culture, recreation, and sports), and public-private collaborations (Law 30/2007). These are always administrative, governed by Law 30/2007, administrative law, and subsidiarily by private law. Administrative courts have jurisdiction. Some contracts,
Read MoreEthical Principles for the Judiciary in Guanajuato
CODE OF ETHICS OF THE JUDICIARY OF THE STATE OF GUANAJUATO
TITLE
PROVISIONS PRELIMINARES
CHAPTER I: Overview
Article 1. The provisions of this Code are a catalog of ethical principles that guide the conduct of all servers in the Judiciary.
CHAPTER II: Objectives of the Code
Article 2. Purposes:
- I. Establish criteria and values that should guide the ethical conduct of public servants in the judiciary, aimed at achieving excellence in the service delivery of justice.
- II. Promote a culture of transparency,
Spanish Labor Rights: Courts, Procedures, and Worker Representation
LIB Courts and Social Pyramid (Jutjats)
| Supreme Court (TS) |
| National Court (AN) |
| High Court of Justice (TSJ) |
| Social Courts |
FOGASA (Wage Guarantee Fund): Responsible for paying workers unpaid wages due to employer insolvency. It covers a maximum of triple the daily minimum wage (SMI), including extra payments, for up to 150 outstanding days. For severance pay, it covers a maximum of one year of daily SMI, including extra payments.
Procedure for Disagreement with Employer Decisions
1. First Ballot Reconciliation:
Read MoreAnalyzing the 1812 Spanish Constitution: A Liberal-Absolutist Compromise
Review of the 1812 Constitution
The text approved by Parliament in March 1812 resulted from a compromise between liberals and absolutists, prompted by the political situation of the time. This compromise is evident when comparing the liberal state organization established by the Constitution with the full recognition of the rights of the Catholic religion, a key demand of the absolutists.
The Constitution’s header (Fernando VII, King of Spain, <<… by the grace of God and the Constitution>
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