La conformidad: Negociar, pactar, rebajar y... ¿Renunciar a derechos para agilizar el proceso?

This work aims to analyze the conformity in the Spanish procedural system. But not exclusively. It pretends that the reader gets an idea that even though the conformity (as well as other forms of negotiated justice) is an advantageous and agile solution, also has a more uncertain side since it implies wavering guarantees and fundamental rights. Without disregarding the negotiations that take place (mainly, in the USA) that can be constraining to extremes that are hardy ethical or not at all. Not everything is acceptable for facilitating the process. This study will allow us to verify the problems of the justice system (slowness and congestion), as well as to analyze an instrument of procedural facilitation such as the conformity, to review its functioning, and for understanding what happens in the USA and in Chile, countries that have been chosen because the former is a conformity-based system, and the latter has an important Criminal Procedure Code and aims at distancing from the plea bargaining.

Diskriminierung am Arbeitsplatz und Gleichbehandlung

Vor einigen Jahren ist das allgemeine Gleichbehandlungsgesetz in Kraft getreten und bildete zugleich den vorläufigen Höhepunkt in der Diskussion um die Rechte von Minderheiten und benachteiligten Bevölkerungsgruppen. Dabei nehmen die arbeitsrechtlichen Vorschriften einen großen Teil ein, um Diskriminierung aufgrund der Rasse, der ethnischen Herkunft, des Geschlechts, des Alters, der Religion oder Weltanschauung, Behinderung oder der sexuellen Identität zu bekämpfen. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist es jedem Arbeitgeber dringend zu empfehlen, sich für dieses Thema zu sensibilisieren und einen Überblick über die Anforderungen und den Umgang der Gerichte mit diesem Gesetz in den vergangenen Jahren zu verschaffen. A few years ago, at the height of a discussion about the rights of minorities and disadvantaged groups, a law against discrimination came into force. The regulations of this labor law are very important in order to prevent discrimination on grounds of racial or ethnic origin, disability, gender, age, religion or belief, or sexual identity. The employer has a lot of obligations to prevent discrimination in the workplace. Legal claims for damages, compensation for pain and suffering, as well as procedural facilitation (reversal of the burden of proof) make this law a very efficient instrument. Indeed, a lot of employers have felt the full force of it. For this reason, it is strongly recommended that all employers familiarize themselves with the requirements of this law, and be aware of how the court has been dealing with its implications over the last few years. Keywords: sensibilisierung, religion, herkunft, gleichbehandlung, geschlecht, diskriminierung

The Virtual Court Action: procedural facilitation in law

When they learn procedural law, students need to understand and memorize the forms of legal court action which can be carried out by parties to a case. A large proportion of this body of law is descriptive and factual, but complex too; and the constraints of academic curricula do not allow students to learn procedural law in the real environment of the court. As a result, even with the inclusion of case law, and with examples to contextualize the procedural principles, the subject can be perceived as an exercise in knowledge acquisition alone (Vaughn, 1995).DOI:10.1080/0968776980060113