Common Law vs. Civil Law Systems & EU Law

Common Law vs. Civil Law

Common Law                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         &

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Colonial America: Government and Administration

Government and Administration in the Colonial Empire

From an institutional point of view, America was integrated into the Crown of Castile, which caused the institutions to be similar to the Castilian ones, but with some peculiarities. Therefore, the trend was centralized and authoritarian, but limited by distance and slow communications. This led to the famous formula, “It is obeyed, but not fulfilled.”

The institutions were distributed among those in the peninsula, the House of Trade and the Council

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Social Insurance Origins and Evolution: A Historical Analysis

The Emergence of Social Insurance

In the context of exacerbated liberalism in the last third of the nineteenth century, a significant social conflict emerged, known as the social issue. Moreover, the Industrial Revolution was accompanied by a major economic crisis after 1880. The changes required by the circumstances were not adopted, which considerably increased poverty, not offset by efficient public services, especially in health and welfare.

This compensation constitutes a desideratum (desired

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Commodatum: Understanding Loan Agreements in CCQR

Commodatum

Bailment.

What is Commodatum According to CCQR?

Section 2662.- Loan, also called loan for use, is the contract by which the lender grants temporary and free use of certain non-expendable property to the borrower, who is obliged to restore it individually.

  • Provides a doctrinaire definition of Commodatum.

It is when a person, named the lender, agrees to grant free use of a non-expendable thing to another person, named the borrower, who agrees to return it in its own individuality.

Features of

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Workplace Regulations and Employee Rights

Workplace Health and Safety

1. Concept of Health and Safety at Work:

These are the measures taken during the performance of work to prevent risks and diseases that may occur to the operator.

Characteristics of Legal Branches

2. Characteristics of Legal Branches:

  • Generality and Abstraction: Rules of conduct are established that apply to everyone.
  • Bilateral: Governs relations and rights.
  • State Origin: The obligation to comply with the rule, providing sanctions for noncompliance, originates from the State.
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EU Regulations: Employer Sanctions & Workplace Safety

Sanctions Against Employers of Third-Country Nationals in Irregular Situation

This section addresses the importance of access to the world of work as a powerful mechanism of attraction for foreign people. It aims to establish legal mechanisms to limit work performed in an irregular situation, which poses a significant risk to social cohesion. The rule combats illegal immigration by prohibiting businesses from employing third-country nationals who are undocumented. The specific situation of irregularity

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