Water Rights Acquisition and Recognition in Chile

School of Law Course: UDP Water Rights First Half 2010

Second Summary

I: Distinction Between Given Rights and Rights Recognized

When we talked about the budgets of water use rights, we said there were three:

  • The public domain on the water (an inherent part of national property for public use).
  • The allocation, this is the act of the relevant concession State organ (DGA), which will give a title.
  • The title of the act resulting concessions.

We said that this title could take various forms and, paradoxically,

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Understanding Property Types in Brazilian Civil Law

Movable Property

  • By Movable Type: Those that can be moved without the occurrence of the destruction of its substance or its social-economic function is lost.
  • Livestock (Art. 8, Part I, CC): Goods moving under its own organic, susceptible of ownership (any animal, but here in Brazil primarily cat, dog, ox, etc.. Because they are assigned values).
  • Movable by determination of the law (Art. 83 CC): The energies of economic value (electric, wind, etc.), any right in rem in movable property (pledge),
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Limited Liability Company (LLC): Formation, Structure, and Operation

Organs of an LLC

1. Board Members

  • General Meeting: The Competition Board holds significant importance, as outlined in paragraph 2 of this article. The General Meeting has the authority to instruct the management body on operational matters.
  • Similar to a Public Limited Company (PLC), the Board must communicate with members, potentially through newspapers or the Official Gazette of the Mercantile Registry (BORME).
  • Alternatives to traditional meeting calls include using a local newspaper directory or individual
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Bentham’s Legal Philosophy: A Utilitarian Approach

Bentham’s Legal Philosophy

Similar to Hume, Bentham argues that the only source of law is an expression of will, specifically the will of a sovereign. This perspective is known as an imperativist conception of law.

The Role of Law in Shaping Legal Concepts

Law plays a crucial role in the development of legal concepts. There is a pre-law idea of law, where law precedes the establishment of offenses. Offenses are defined when a law determines that certain actions are considered crimes. Rights do not

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Evolution of Punishment: From 19th Century to Peronist Era

Culture and Society

The Role of Journalism in Shaping Perceptions of Prison

1. What is the role of journalism throughout the text “The Imagination of Punishment” regarding the relationship between society and the prison world? Explain its variants and its development between the late nineteenth century and the 1930s.

Journalism’s function in “The Imagination of Punishment” is to reveal what was happening inside prisons to a society that was interested in goings-on behind the walls. Journalism evolved

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Family Law in Spain: Marriage, Kinship, and Divorce

Family Law

Family law regulates marriage and other family relationships, such as those of unmarried partners and affiliated individuals. Kinship, a term referring to family relationships, can be of three types:

  • Adoptive Kinship: Established through adoption.
  • Consanguineous Kinship: Based on blood ties.
  • Affinal Kinship: Arising from marriage, such as in-laws.

To assess relationships, we must create a diagram between relatives. A straight-line relationship exists when individuals are direct descendants

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