Indian Law: Origins and Evolution in the New World
Indian Law: Origins and Evolution
Indian Law refers to all the provisions that were applied in the Indies. This new legal framework included:
- Rules created specifically for Peninsular India.
- Rules created by Castilian authorities aimed at the Indies.
- Castilian law, which applied as subsidiary law in India.
- Practice, jurisprudence of the metropolitan court and Creoles.
- Doctrine of metropolitan and Creole jurists.
The first rules passed for the Indies were the Stipulations of Santa Fe in 1492. In this agreement,
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Item 15: Interruption and Suspension of Contract Work
1. Contract Suspension of Work
It is a temporary cessation of the reciprocal obligations of work and remuneration of labor, maintaining existing employment contracts and other obligations.
Effects:
- Reserve or preferential right to re-entry.
- The suspension period will be considered as a general rule for seniority purposes.
- The maintenance of other rights and obligations of the employment relationship, particularly the duties of conduct: good faith.
- In
Wite-Out Correction Fluid: History and Evolution
The History of Wite-Out Correction Fluid
Wite-Out dates to 1966, when George Kloosterhouse, an insurance company clerk, sought to address a problem he observed in correction fluid available at the time: a tendency to smudge ink on photostatic copies when it was applied. Kloosterhouse enlisted the help of his associate Edwin Johanknecht, a basement waterproofer who experimented with chemicals, and together they developed their own correction fluid, introduced as “Wite-Out WO-1 Erasing Liquid”.
In 1971,
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Verb-Noun Pairs in Criminal Law
- Accuse – Accusation
- Prosecute – Prosecution
- Acquit – Acquittal
- Award – Award
- Charge – Charge
- Compensate – Compensation
- Convict – Conviction
- Defend – Defense/Defence
- Diagnose – Diagnosis
- Die – Death
- Dismiss – Dismissal
- Embezzle – Embezzlement
- Examine – Examination
- Expel – Expulsion
- Expose – Exposure
- Fail – Failure
- Prove – Proof
- Publish – Publication
- Punish – Punishment
- Rule – Ruling
- Sentence – Sentence
- Settle – Settlement
- Sue – Lawsuit
- Testify – Testimony
- Threaten – Threat
- Imprison – Imprisonment
- Injure
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
Read MoreRoman 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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