Del Río Prada Case: European Court of Human Rights Ruling on Retroactive Sentence Extension
CASE DEL RÍO PRADA
a) CONTEXT
Inés Del Río Prada is a Spanish terrorist, a member of ETA’s terrorist organization, who was arrested and imprisoned in 1987 for various terrorist attacks.
The Audiencia Nacional fixed the maximum term to be served by the applicant in respect of all her prison sentences combined at thirty years (Limit provided in the 1973 Criminal Code).
On 24 April 2008, taking into account the 3,282 days’ remission to which she was entitled for the work she had done since 1987,
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CONSTITUTIONAL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE SPRING 2017
THRESHOLD OF FOURTH AMENDMENT SEARCH
Fourth Amendment prohibits “unreasonable searches”
When is a search a “search” (constitutional)?
Some forms of police investigation do not qualify as a search and therefore fall outside the scope of constitutional regulation
Police conduct that is not a “search” cannot be “unreasonable search” and therefore cannot violate the constitution
Reasonable Expectation of Privacy (“REP”)
Katz v. United States:
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Contracts of Sale
Other Contracts of Sale
Supply: A power company agrees to provide permanently or periodically to a client any product or service, paying a price for this amount or timing of the good or service.
Buying and selling in installments: The seller delivers to the buyer a thing, and the buyer undertakes to pay for it in installments over a period exceeding 3 months. The property is not complete for the buyer until they have paid in full.
Leasing: This is leasing with a purchase option whose
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A broad organization of U.S politics comprising of the two main parties: Republican and Democrats.
America has had 6 different party systems
Beginnings:
First Party System (1789-1828)- Two factions: Alexander Hamilton and the Federalists, Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republican Party.
Rise:
Second Party System (1828-1860)- Democrats (Democrats evolved from the Democratic Republican party-during the Jacksonian era) and Whig Party/ Henry Clay’s American System (Henry Clay’s American
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1. Intentional Torts (including IIMD)
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Construction Industry Roles and Responsibilities in Urban Development
Construction Industry Roles and Responsibilities
Promoter
- Decides, promotes, and finances construction projects
- Holds title to the building lot
- Facilitates documentation and information for project drafting
- Obtains building permits and insurance
- Delivers documentation of completed work
Designer
- Drafts the project design
- Holds an appropriate academic title (e.g., architect, engineer)
- Complies with established legislation
- Collaborates with the developer on partial aspects
Builder
- Executes the construction work