The Spanish Constitutional Court: Powers, Structure, and Procedures

The Spanish Constitutional Court

The Effects of Judgments

Art. 164.2 of the Spanish Constitution (EC) establishes that judgments have the force of res judicata from the day following their publication, and no appeal against them is possible. Art. 93.1 provides that parties may seek clarification from the Organic Law of the Constitutional Court (OLCC), but appeals must be filed within two days of notification. Judgments that conclude the constitutional process cannot be appealed (final sentence).

Types

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Understanding Administrative Acts: Attributes and Elements

Understanding Administrative Acts

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Administrative acts are the means through which public administration carries out its activities. Some authors categorize administrative acts as broad or strict. This study focuses on the latter category, where acts are characterized by unilateral action (i.e., the Administration operates with the legal prerogatives typical of public law). Examples of administrative acts relevant to our study include: imposing a fine, dismissing

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Employment Contracts and Labor Law: A Comprehensive Guide

Item 1: Employment and Labor Law Principles

Employment

Employment is regulated by the Education Act. It involves personal, voluntary, employed, paid work with low dependence or subordination to the employer.

Special Labor Relations

  • Senior management personnel
  • Domestic servants
  • Convicts in penal institutions
  • Professional athletes
  • Artists in public performances
  • Trade representatives involved in business operations without taking the risk of the operation
  • The handicapped in special employment centers
  • Dock workers

Principles

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Occupational Health & Safety: A Comprehensive Guide

ITEM 9. WORKING CONDITIONS: SECURITY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

1. THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS. BASICS.

  • Prevention: A set of activities designed to prevent occupational hazards.
  • Occupational Risk: The possibility of harm arising from work.
  • Damage from Work: Working conditions suffered by employees.
  • Risk of Serious and Imminent Labor: Risk is likely to have immediate and severe effects if it occurs.
  • Processes, Equipment, Operations, or Potentially Dangerous Products: Those that, in the absence of preventive
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General Legal Science and Concepts

The Systematic or Dogmatic Legal Science

Science or Legal Sciences

As a science of law, it is primarily concerned with the normative dimension of law and the problems related to its structure. The non-exclusive concerns about the legal aspect of the legal system make legal science have as its central work area existing law. Its study, interpretation, and application, as well as a description and explanation of the system made by a particular legal system.

Origin and Importance of State

The rule of law

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Administrative Law: A Comprehensive Guide

Administrative Law

An Internal Branch of Public Law

Administrative law is concerned with state action and deals with the satisfaction of the public interest.

Definition: The set of rules of conduct imposed coercively by the state. It is the harmonious set of principles and rules of law governing public bodies, agents, and public activities designed to achieve specific, direct, and immediate state objectives.

It is the branch of law that regulates the function of the administrative state, whether or

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