Labor Rights and Social Security: Key Concepts

What is a Union?

A union is a democratic organization composed of workers in defense and promotion of their social, economic, and professional interests related to their work activity, relative to the center of production (factory, shop, company) or employer with whom they are contractually related.

What is a Collective Agreement?

A collective agreement is an agreement between the representatives of workers and employers to determine working conditions and productivity in a given workplace. To be meaningful,

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Roman Property Law: Rights, Limits, and Defense

Item No. 3: The Property

Property is the power that belongs to a person, named the owner, to directly obtain from a certain thing all the legal use this thing is likely to provide.

Characters

  1. It was an absolute right, not because it may have limitations, but because the powers of the owner are not prohibited or limited exhaustively and are therefore indeterminate. The advantages of ownership are reduced to three:
    • Jus utendi: the right to use the thing.
    • Jus fruendi: the right to obtain fruits and revenues.
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Understanding Legal Decrees in Chile: Enactment and Publication

Punishment, Enactment, and Publication

Once all previous steps have been completed, the President of the Republic approves and enacts the law. It is then an order to be fulfilled as the law of the Republic and is published in the official gazette. The promulgation is made through a Presidential Decree, which mandates compliance as the law of the Republic and its publication.

Between the sanction and promulgation, the Comptroller reviews the constitutionality and legality. If it is approved, it is

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Urban Planning and Construction: Systems, Contracts, and Regulations

Actuation Systems in Urban Planning

  • Compensation System

    Run by the owners themselves, who also create cost estimates for planning. The Junta de Compensación (JC) has legal personality.

  • Cooperation System

    The council aims to acquire market territories.

  • Expropriation System

    Owners are deprived of ownership in exchange for compensation.

  • Forced Execution System

    Applied to owners who fail to comply with the Compensation System.

  • Developer Concession System

    Benefits and burdens are shared.

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Understanding Power of Attorney and Legal Representation

Power of Attorney and Legal Representation

Concept

Direct representation exists when a person (representative) performs a legal act in another person’s (principal) name and behalf so that the effects of such act directly and immediately affect the person represented.

When representation exists, the act executed by the representative shall fall within and be the responsibility of the principal. In order for the acts of the representative to affect the principal, it is necessary that a power of attorney

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Section 18 vs Section 19: Limitation Act, 1963

Distinction Between Section 18 and Section 19 of the Limitation Act, 1963

The Limitation Act, 1963 prescribes time limits for instituting legal proceedings to ensure timely adjudication and avoid stale claims. Sections 18 and 19 deal with scenarios where the prescribed limitation period may be extended due to acknowledgment of liability or part payment. Below is a detailed distinction between these two sections:

1. Nature of Provision

  • Section 18: Deals with the acknowledgment of liability in writing.
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