Valencian Community: Institutions and Governance

The Valencian Community is a self-governing region in Spain with a rich history and unique political structure. The set of self-government institutions of the Valencian Community is known as the Generalitat Valenciana.

Historical Evolution of the Generalitat

  • 1418: The General Council, initially called the “Generalitat,” was created. Its charges were valid for three years, and their functions were executive and administrative.
  • 1510: The Courts approved the reorganization of the government, giving it
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Legal and Political Organization of Companies: State, Law, and Systems

Legal and Political Organization of Companies

The members of a social group need to understand how to act without harming others’ interests, and who has the power to manage and resolve conflicts. According to Bodin’s 16th-century concept, sovereignty implies a supreme, indivisible, native, and legally independent power. In the 18th century, Rousseau argued that sovereignty should be held by the people, with each individual having a share of popular sovereignty. This concept has become the norm in

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Legal Classification of Goods and Property

Legal Classification of Goods

Things: Tangible objects which can be valued.

Goods: Objects which can be measured in terms of money.

The Civil Code classifies goods following a double criteria:

  • In Isolation or in Themselves:

    • Real Property (Immovable Objects):

      • Real estates due to their inherent nature.
      • Real estates due to their physical accession.
      • Accessories integral to real estates, not physically attached.
      • Documents or instruments pertaining to real estates.
    • Chattels or Movables (Movable Objects):

      • Livestock
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Core Principles of the Brazilian Constitution: An In-Depth Look

Core Principles of the Brazilian Constitution (Article 1 of CF/88)

The fundamental principles are rules that contain the most important values that inform the development of the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil (CF/88). They have three relevant functions:

  • Grounding: They establish all the basic rules, guidelines, and the entire system of constitutional norms.
  • Interpretative: They allow for the understanding of the scope and true purpose of the law at the time of application.
  • Supplementary:
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Legal Aspects of Marriage, Family, and Civil Status

Marriage and Legal Capacity:

  • The object of marriage is the union of two individuals.
  • People with AIDS can marry.
  • Individuals under 15 years of age cannot marry.
  • Three witnesses are required for a valid marriage.
  • This chapter is not required to enter marriage.

Societies recognize marriages, and legal personality is acquired from conception.

Death and Legal Authority:

  • The forensic medical authority certifies death.
  • The judicial authority orders the adjournment of a death certificate in a crime.
  • The ministerial
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Appeals in Social Court: Supplication, Cassation, Unification

Supplication

Supplication: Social-court decisions against the court of first instance. Not all decisions are contested, only:

  • Judgments: Not all of them, such as the holidays, no.
  • Orders: Only three:
  1. The judge is not responsible for the person who made the decision against the appeal made to replace the order.
  2. Inhibition requirement stating that no issue in this appeal if a supplication is filed. Implementing the processes of replacement.
  3. The judgment filed decides the appeal if it is able to enforce
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