Classical School of Criminology: Origins and Principles

ADOLFO LAMBERT QUETELET (1746-1874)

Born in Belgium, Quetelet is considered the founder of the School of Mapping. Within his statistical tests, he conducted cartographic and geographic studies and found the statistical distribution of some phenomena within the geography of Europe. One of the things that most caught his attention was the problem of crime. In his book “On Man and the Development of His Faculties, Physical or Social Test” (two volumes), better known as “Social Physics,” published in

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Administrative Law: A Comprehensive Overview

Capacity to Act and Participation in Administrative Functions

Factors influencing the capacity to act include nationality, age, disease, conviction, and disqualification for public office. There are three ways to participate in administrative functions:

  1. Organizational Participation: Involves the incorporation of citizens into administrative bodies.
  2. Functional Participation: Entails acting in administrative functions without formal membership.
  3. Cooperative Participation: Supporting the administration
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Evidence in Civil Procedure: A Comprehensive Guide

ITEM 24: Evidence in Civil Procedure

Concept of Evidence

Evidence has two meanings in civil procedure:

  • As a means test: Evidence refers to the resources used to obtain proof of the truth of a fact.
  • Intended to test: Evidence aims to demonstrate the truth of a fact.

Testing is the activity aimed at convincing the judge of the truth or falsity of a statement.

To ensure the right to effective judicial protection, citizens must have the right to use relevant evidence in their defense.

One of the main pillars

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Roman Law of Property: Ownership, Co-ownership, and Usufruct

Classes of Things:

Corporeal or Incorporeal:

  • Corporeal: Tangible things like an estate or a slave.
  • Incorporeal: Non-tangible things, such as rights.

Divisible and Indivisible Things:

  • Divisible: Things that can be divided so that the resulting parts have the same function as the whole thing.
  • Indivisible: Things that are not susceptible to division without suffering damage.

Simple or Compound Things:

  • Simple: A thing that constitutes a single unit.
  • Compound: A thing that consists of other things together.

Expendable

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The Twelve Tables: A Foundation of Roman Law

The Twelve Tables

8th and 9th Tables: Criminal Law

Tables 8 and 9 dealt with criminal law and represented an attempt to soften private vengeance, replacing it with a system of legal redress. They established the principle of Lex Talionis (the law of retaliation), where the penalty should be proportionate to the harm caused. These tables focused on intentional crimes, not accidental ones. Crimes were categorized as either public or private.

Public Offenses:


THE perduellio, the crime of high treason

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Working Papers and Auditor’s Opinion: A Comprehensive Guide

1. Concept of Working Papers

Working papers are the set of ballots and reliable documentation containing data and information obtained by the auditor in their review, and the description of tests and the results thereof upon which supports the view that issues to conclude its report.

2. Purpose of Working Papers

The overall objective of the working papers is to help the auditor to adequately ensure that an audit was done according to generally accepted auditing standards. Working papers, as they correspond

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