Understanding Unaccompanied Minors in the Juvenile Justice System

Unaccompanied Minors in the Juvenile Justice System

When children, whether Spanish or foreign, enter the juvenile justice system for having committed a crime, the judge may impose measures based not only on the type of crime committed but also on personal, family, and social factors. Recently, both the number of measures and the number of them imposed have increased. This is consistent with the expansion of material and human resources for the implementation of these measures across the country.

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Constitutional Court: Structure, Powers, and Rulings

The Constitutional Court

Constitutional Justice: General Approach

  1. Constitutional jurisdiction is defined as the system that seeks to decide fairly, in accordance with fundamental law, through established procedures and special bodies, the enforcement, supervision, and application of constitutional legal norms.
  2. The origin of the Constitutional Court is often traced to the United States.
  3. In Europe, Kelsen’s theory is based on the idea of the legislative pyramid, under which the legal system is a coordinated
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Spanish Literary Movements and Poets

Modernism in Spanish Literature

Modernism: An art movement that led to a renewal in the musical aspects of lyrical language and ornamentals. Rubén Darío (1867-1916) is considered a precursor. Notable phonetic contrasts and colorful, plastic meanings of words are used, often as symbols and pictures (e.g., the abandoned garden, fall). Synesthesia is often used. It is considered a minor art.

Antonio Machado

Machado: Does not use many literary resources but expresses feelings very well. Solitudes (1903)

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Union Representation in Spanish Companies

Enterprise Union Sections

Applicable Rules

A dual channel of representation exists. According to Article 8 of the LOLS (Organic Law on Trade Union Freedom), there is unitary representation (works council or staff representatives) and union representation (trade union branches).

Constitution

No specific prerequisites are set; constitution is usually defined by the union’s statutes. Only workers can be union members, not the union itself. Membership does not affect the number of representatives or members

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Key Concepts in Sociology: Bourdieu, Weber, Durkheim, Williams

Bourdieu’s Sociology of Science

For Bourdieu, scientific truth is located between the “epistemological binomial” formed by logicism (with its tendency toward objectivism and the propositional) on one side, and historicism (with its relativistic and skeptical tendency) on the other. The sociological critique of science thus presents itself as an overcoming of this “scholarly tradition” (what we might call the traditional propositional logic of science). This tradition tends to view science and scientific

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Basic Economics Concepts Explained

What is Economics?

The science of how people, firms, and societies make choices under scarcity of resources to satisfy the greatest number of unlimited wants.

  • Scarcity: When there is not enough of a resource available to satisfy all the potential ways in which people want to use it.
  • Feasible: Possible to do easily or conveniently.
  • Tradeoff: A compromise; giving up one thing to get another.

First Principle: Incentives

Incentives are opportunities to make oneself better off. They don’t always work as intended.

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The Renaissance Period: History and Key Aspects

Renaissance Period (1485-1600)

It literally means rebirth and it specifically refers to the rebirth of learning that began in Italy in the 14th century, spread to the North by the 16th century, and ended in the North in the mid-17th century. In Italy, it ended earlier.

During this time, there was a revival of classical models, and this period can be seen as the transition from the Middle Ages to modern times. It’s called the Age of Shakespeare or the Elizabethan era in England.

Periods of the Renaissance

The

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Joaquín Costa on Spain’s Restoration Politics

Joaquín Costa’s Critique of Restoration Spain

This text is an excerpt from the book Oligarchy and Despotism, Agrarian Collectivism and Other Writings by Joaquín Costa. Joaquín Costa, the author, was a prominent member of a school of thought from the early twentieth century called Regenerationism, which challenged the political system of the Restoration and sought “a regeneration of Spain.” Costa was also a leading politician, historian, and jurist from Aragon. One of his favorite slogans was “

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English Grammar Essentials and Text Analysis

Prepositions

English Prepositions

  1. aboard
  2. about
  3. above
  4. across
  5. after
  6. against
  7. along
  8. amid
  9. among
  10. anti
  11. around
  12. as
  13. at
  14. before
  15. behind
  16. below
  17. beneath
  18. beside
  19. besides
  20. between
  21. beyond
  22. but
  23. by
  24. concerning
  25. considering
  26. despite
  27. down
  28. during
  29. except
  30. excepting
  31. excluding
  32. following
  33. for
  34. from
  35. in
  36. inside
  37. into
  38. like
  39. minus
  40. near
  41. of
  42. off
  43. on
  44. onto
  45. opposite
  46. outside
  47. over
  48. past
  49. per
  50. plus
  51. regarding
  52. round
  53. save
  54. since
  55. than
  56. through
  57. to
  58. toward
  59. towards
  60. under
  61. underneath
  62. unlike
  63. until
  64. up
  65. upon
  66. versus
  67. via
  68. with
  69. within
  70. without

Spanish Prepositions

  1. a bordo
  2. aproximadamente
  3. arriba
  4. al otro lado de
  5. después de
  6. contra
  7. a lo largo de
  8. en medio
  9. entre
  10. anti
  11. alrededor
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American Revolution Key Dates and Facts

Key Dates of the American Revolution Era

  • 3. The years of the French and Indian War: 1754 – 1763
  • 14. The year of the Boston Massacre: 1770
  • 16. Year of the Boston Tea Party: 1773
  • 18. Year of the Intolerable Acts: 1774
  • 21. Year of the Continental Congress: 1774
  • 24. Year and date of the Lexington and Concord Incident: April 18, 1775
  • 25. Year of the Second Continental Congress: 1775
  • 30. What year Common Sense was written: 1776
  • 32. Year of the Declaration of Independence: 1776

Key Information About the Revolution

  • 1.
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