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The Criminal Code is a fundamental law of the Spanish criminal law, because it is a limit to the ius puniendi (or «right to punish») of the State. The Code was enacted by the Spanish Parliament on 8 November 1995 [1] and it was published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) on 23 November. [2] The Code is in force since 25 May 1996. [2]
The judiciary can be organised into different levels of territorial organisation: the national courts; the autonomous communities of Spain; the provinces of Spain; the judicial district, which is the basic unit of the judiciary, covers one or several municipalities, and is served by at least one first instance and inquiry court
Central Organized Crime Brigade, which investigates and prosecutes criminal activities linked to organized crime. The leadership on the Response Groups against Organized Crime (GRECO) stands out. Unit attached to the State Attorney General's Office, which carries out the duties assigned by the Judiciary Police to the body to which it is attached.
The Constitutional Court (Spanish: Tribunal Constitucional) [n. 1] is the supreme interpreter of the Spanish Constitution, with the power to determine the constitutionality of acts and statutes made by any public body, central, regional, or local in Spain.
Tribunal is not conclusive of a body's function; in Great Britain, the Employment Appeal Tribunal is a superior court of record. The term is derived from the tribunes, magistrates of the Classical Roman Republic. Tribunal originally referred to the office of the tribunes, and the term is still sometimes used in this sense in historical writings ...
The Federal Electoral Tribunal is a specialized body of the Judiciary of Mexico, responsible for resolving electoral disputes, protecting the political and electoral rights of citizens, and administering justice in the electoral field.
The Supreme Court (Spanish: Tribunal Supremo, TS) is the highest court in the Kingdom of Spain. The court has original jurisdiction over cases against high-ranking officials of the Kingdom and over cases regarding the legalization of political parties. It also has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all cases.
The Diccionario de la lengua española [a] (DLE; [b] English: Dictionary of the Spanish language) is the authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. [1] It is produced, edited, and published by the Royal Spanish Academy, with the participation of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language.