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Operation of the Spanish judiciary is regulated by Organic Law 6/1985 of Judicial Power, Law 1/2000 of Civil Judgement, Law of September 14 1882 on Criminal Judgement, Law 29/1998 of Administrative Jurisdiction, Royal Legislative Decree 2/1995, which rewrote the Law of Labour Procedure, and Organic Law 2/1989 that regulates Military Criminal ...
Law enforcement in Spain is carried out by numerous organizations, not all of which operate in the same areas. The Guardia Civil (Civil Guard) is the national gendarmerie force and therefore has a military status. It patrols the entire national territory (including highways and ports), except for those areas that belong to the National Police ...
The Criminal Code is a law that codifies most criminal offences in Spain. The Code is established by an organic law , the Organic Law 10/1995, of 23 November, of the Criminal Code ( Ley Orgánica 10/1995, de 23 de noviembre, del Código Penal ).
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 ...
Brigade of Investigation of the Bank of Spain, which assumes the investigation of the crimes related to the falsification of national and foreign currency. Unit attached to the Office of the Special Prosecutor against Corruption and Organized Crime , which will carry out the duties of the Judiciary Police in the attached body.
The Prosecution Ministry (Spanish: Ministerio Fiscal) or Public Prosecutor's Office is a constitutional body (Part VI § 124) which has full autonomy within the judiciary of Spain. It is entrusted with defending the rule of law, the rights of the citizens, and public interest, as well as watching over the independence of the courts of justice.
Jennifer Dalton, founder of the Virginia Justice Alliance, a nonprofit focused on criminal justice system reform, said one of her clients, Levi Springer, said he entered solitary confinement in ...
Upper court of Justice of Castile-La Mancha ().The superior courts of justice (Spanish: Tribunales Superiores de Justicia), or high courts of justice, are courts within the judicial system of Spain, whose territorial scope covers an autonomous community, as laid down in the Organic Law of Judicial Power (Ley Orgánica del Poder Judicial).