EU Residence Rights and Worker Posting Directive

EU Citizen’s Right of Residence

In no case may an expulsion measure be adopted against Union citizens or members of their family if:

  • a) The Union citizens are workers or self-employed persons.
  • b) The Union citizens entered the territory of the host Member State to seek work. In this case, the citizens of the Union or members of their families may not be expelled while the citizens of the Union can demonstrate that they are seeking employment and have real possibilities of being hired.

The right of residence

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Roman Law: Sources, History, and Classical Periods

Sources of Roman Law

Direct Sources

Jurisprudential books, books, and collections of laws (enseñansa). Importance of a compilation of excerpts of imperial jurisprudence and legislation, preceded by a treaty or elemental education (‘institutions’).

Indirect Sources

Illustration of the judge, but whose use is useful to the historian of law.

History of Roman Law

From the first written law testimony until the time of Emperor Justinian, when sending compose the Corpus Juris, covers a similar time evolution

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Right to Life and Food: Key International Declarations

Right to Life and Food: International Declarations

1. UDHR 1948 Article 2 states, “Everyone has the right to life.”

2. ICCPR 1966 Article 6: “Every human being has an inherent right to life. The right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.”

3. Capital punishment can only be given for serious crimes and in final judgment. No death sentence can be given to pregnant women.

4. “States Parties recognize that every child has the inherent right to life” is

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Family Benefits: Eligibility and Types in Social Security

Family Benefits in Social Security

Family benefits are designed to meet the financial needs that arise from family responsibilities, particularly the birth or adoption of children. These benefits are generally non-contributory, with the exception of the “uneconomic” provision, which only protects the contributory level.

Types of Family Benefits:

  1. Economic benefit for a child or foster child
  2. Provision for the birth or adoption of a third or subsequent child
  3. Economic benefit for multiple births or adoptions
  4. Non-
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Water Use Rights Registration in Chile

1. Registry of Interdiction and Prohibition to Transfer

a) Any restriction or prohibition regarding a right to use (or the rights of a member of the organization) that encumbers or restricts the free exercise of the power to dispose of it (Article 115 bis, second part). This is one of the entries that must be practiced. These impediments or prohibitions may be:

  • Conventional in nature (e.g., a transfer ban attached to a mortgage, which must be agreed upon by a public deed).
  • Legal.
  • Judicial (one of which
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Organized Crime: Definition, Types, and Human Trafficking

Definition of Organized Crime

Organized crime is characterized by three defining features:

  1. The guidance to the commission of serious crimes. This refers not to a simple band of pickpockets, but to groups that employ serious criminal means, such as violence, intimidation, or corruption in a broad sense.
  2. Adoption of a complex structure. These groups have intricate organizational structures.
  3. Pursuit of financial gain or power. While some definitions in legal doctrine limit organized crime to profit-seeking,
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