Criminal Law: Understanding Crime, Action, and Guilt

Defining Crime and Its Elements

Criminality involves violating a criminal law standard. This violation must be:

  • Anti-legal: The rule violation is not specifically authorized by law.
  • Involving Guilt: The criminal rule violation has been committed by a person responsible or capable of being reproached for their conduct.

Requirements for Establishing Guilt

To establish guilt, the following must be considered:

  • A) Did the person have the capacity to understand what was happening?
  • B) If so, were they aware of
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Understanding State Organization and Administrative Functions in Chile

The Purpose of Law

Law exists in various forms, such as laws, politics, the constitution, and decrees. The mission of law is to regulate how we live together in society, giving some rights (to active agents) and imposing obligations (on taxable subjects).

State Organization

From an organizational standpoint, the modern concept of the state functions by speaking to those who have added some others.

Legal Rights

Rights and obligations stem from positive law. For example, I have the right to go to Valparaiso.

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Spanish Judiciary and Government: Structure and Powers

Spanish Judiciary: Structure and Hierarchy

What is the principle of jurisdictional unity? It signifies a single justice system throughout the state, with judges and magistrates belonging to a single body, forming a judicial pyramid.

Judicial Hierarchy

  1. Supreme Tribunal: Handles most judicial matters. The Constitutional Court addresses constitutional issues.
  2. National Audience
  3. Superior Tribunals of Justice: The highest courts within the autonomous communities.
  4. Provincial Audiences
  5. Courts of First Instance
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Tax Liability and Representation in General Tax Law

**Representation**

Representation is addressed in Articles 45 and 46 of the General Tax Law (LGT).

Article 45: Legal Representation

  • For persons lacking the capacity to act, their legal representatives will act on their behalf.
  • For legal persons, individuals who hold positions relevant to tax proceedings will act according to their representation, either by law or by a validly agreed agreement.
  • For entities described in Article 35.4, the person who holds representation will act on their behalf. If representation
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Commercial Law in Spain: Regulations and Practices

Commercial Law in Spain

Trade law regulates economic activity. The subject of commercial law is the typical activity of enterprises: the enterprise, the entrepreneur, the legal form of business, accounting, advertising, and the protection of the business. The Commercial Code is the main legislative framework for commercial operations in Spain. Primarily, the Commercial Code and special laws and rules apply, followed by general rules of common law or the civil code if trade does not cover all commercial

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Understanding Competencies in Spanish Law

Principle of Supplementary State Law

Principle in art. 149 of the EC: State law will, in any case, be supplementary to the right of the regions. This is because it is a more comprehensive law that contains rules that give systematic unity and coherence to the legal system.

Concept of a Database

The content of the bases is nothing other than the management that requires legislative general interest in relation to a subject. This requirement, in fact, is not contained in the EC and also has no fixed

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