Adoption and Slavery in Ancient Rome

Adoption

There were two kinds of adoption: alieni iuris (adoptio) and sui iuris. Adoption in ancient Rome required the presence of a pontifex. Someone being adopted had to be sui iuris. A meeting of 30 curies had to occur for the adrogatio. Lictors represented the emperor through a rescriptum. There was a minimum age difference of 18 years between the adopter and adoptee. No one under 25 could be adopted. Adoptio had the objective of making someone alieni iuris, representing a change in family,

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The Civil Registry in Spain: Functions and Procedures

The Civil Registry in Spain

The Civil Registry officially records the existence, status, and condition of persons within the Spanish legal system. It serves two primary functions: evidentiary and public notice.

Object of the Civil Registry

Article 1 of the Civil Registry Law (LRC) states that the Registry will enroll facts concerning the civil status of persons as determined by law:

  1. Birth
  2. Affiliation
  3. Name
  4. Emancipation and empowerment of age
  5. Judicial modification of the ability of people or declarations
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Forms of Transmission of Obligations & Unjust Enrichment

UNIT XV: FORMS OF TRANSMISSION OF OBLIGATIONS

Concept and Classification

Concept: The transfer of duties refers to the ability of an obligation to change its active or passive subjects without altering its essence. The obligation remains fundamentally the same.

Classification: The modes of transmission of obligations are generally classified from three perspectives:

1. By the Nature of the Cause of Transmission

a) Mortis Causa Transmissions (Hereditary Transmission): These include situations where an

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Political Rights in Spain: A Historical and Constitutional Analysis

II POLITICAL RIGHTS

1, PART ONE: SPANISH STATE RANKINGS

Lesson 1

The Formation of the Spanish State

  • Historical reality of Spain. Tension between unitary and plural organization.

The delimitation of Spain tends to be in terms of the peninsula, that is, it seems to have a uniform distribution of the Autonomous Communities. Spain, as Salvador de Madariaga describes, physically looks like a castle, and the mountains make communication between parts of the castle difficult. This creates problems of consistency

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Political Rights in Spain: A Historical Overview

II POLITICAL RIGHTS

1. PART ONE: SPANISH STATE RANKINGS

Lesson 1

The Formation of the Spanish State

Historical Reality of Spain. Tension Between Unitary and Plural Organization

The delimitation of Spain tends to be in terms of the peninsula, that is, it seems to have a uniform distribution of the Autonomous Communities. Spain, as Salvador de Madariaga describes, physically looks like a castle, and the mountains make communication between parts of the castle difficult. This leads to problems of consistency

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Review of Administrative Acts and Remedies in Administrative Law

Review of Administrative Acts

Automatic Review. Administrative Remedies.

The review of administrative acts starts from an existing administrative act and raises the possibility of its modification or replacement. This can take place either on the administration’s own initiative or at the request of the interested party. We are located at all times within the administrative phase.

Against decisions and procedural measures, if the latter directly or indirectly decide the merits of the case, determines

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