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Overall, rates of crime in Spain are relatively low in comparison to other European countries, with the notable exception of robberies. [1] In 2022 it was listed as number two out of 35 states in Europe with regard to the number of police-recorded robberies relative to population size, [ 1 ] although in 2020 it had a lower homicide rate than ...
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
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 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.
The peso is the monetary unit of several Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, as well as the Philippines. Originating in the Spanish Empire , the word peso translates to "weight". In most countries of the Americas, the symbol commonly known as dollar sign , "$", was originally used as an abbreviation of "pesos" and later adopted by the ...
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.
Argentina will devalue the peso by more than 50% as part of emergency measures to help the nation’s struggling economy, the country’s Economy Minister Luis Caputo announced Tuesday.
After the adoption of the current statute in 2015, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) challenged it at the Constitutional Court. In October 2021, by seven votes to three, life imprisonment was deemed constitutional. [4] Murders are punished with life imprisonment in the following cases: [4] When the victim is under the age of 16;