Research and Documentation Units of Supreme Court in the Kingdom of Spain
The research and documentation units of the Supreme Court in the Kingdom of Spain play a crucial role in supporting decision-making, ensuring equal protection under the law, coordinating judgments, and selecting appeals based on cassational interest. The division includes a technical cabinet, legal advisors, and various support departments to facilitate the daily workings of the court. Coordination of judgments is essential to achieve equal protection under the law, and the selection of appeals is based on grounds of cassational interest to uphold justice effectively.
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RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION UNITS OF RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION UNITS OF SUPREME COURTS: EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER SUPREME COURTS: EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW, COORDINATION OF JUDGEMENTS AND THE LAW, COORDINATION OF JUDGEMENTS AND SELECTION OF APPEALS ON GROUNDS OF SELECTION OF APPEALS ON GROUNDS OF CASSATIONAL INTEREST CASSATIONAL INTEREST Supreme Supreme Court Court of of the the Kingdom Kingdom of of Spain Spain
RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN THE ROLE OF RESEARCH DIVISION TO HELP DECISSION MAKING JURISDICTIONAL DIVISION THE STAFF THAT SUPPORT JURISDICTIONAL DIVISION SUPPORT DIVISION THE DAILY WORKING TO COORDINATE JUDGMENTS, SELECT APPEALS AND GET EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW COORDINATION OF JUDGEMENTS TO GET EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW
RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION DIVISION TECHNICAL CABINET (Jurisdictional Division) DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL CABINET VICEPRESIDENT OF THE SC PRESIDENT OF THE SC 1st CHAMBER (Civil) 4th CHAMBER (Social) 2nd CHAMBER (Criminal) 5th CHAMBER (Military) 3rd CHAMBER (Administrative) Coordinator (Judge) C C C Coord. Coord. Coord. C C Coord. Coord. Coord. Ampliar la imagen Legal Advisors (12) Legal Advisors (18) Legal Advisors (11) Legal Advisors (18) Professors, Judges, highly qualified public servants 0 PAPER
RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN (Support Division) Ampliar la imagen COMPUTER DEPARTMENT Specialized workers who distribute the writtings that come into SC according to subjects, Chambers, type of appeal, etc. GENERAL REGISTRATION Public webb access to the public (not only law proffessionals) to know the status, procedural situation, time limit, etc. of their appeals OFFICE OF ATTENTION AND INFORMATION TO THE CITIZENS 0 PAPER REPROGRAPHY DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND DOCUMENTATION TRANSLATION OFFICE ARCHIVE DEPARTMENT
RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN COORDINATION OF JUDGEMENTS TO GET EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW WHY COORDINATION IS NECESSARY? HOW DOES COORDINATION WORK AT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN? HOW TO SELECT THE APPEALS ON THE GROUNDS OF CASSATIONAL INTEREST? IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW?
RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN WHY COORDINATION IS NECESSARY? Coordination IN Chambers To judge equally equal situations Not to find different legal solutions to similar problems among Chambers Coordination AMONG Chambers To research how to apply international Law/Judgements in different jurisdictional chambers Coordination RESEARCH IN/AMONG Chamber/s Coordination IN/AMONG divisions To speed the decisi n making
RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN HOW DOES COORDINATION WORK AT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN? Register the appeals, copy/safe the files, distribute appeals, help the research of the jurisdictional divisi n of the Technical Cabinet SUPPORT DIVISION COORDINATION IN CHAMBERS Research: international judgements, national jurisprudence legislation, academic papers, etc. LEGAL ADVISORS JURISDICTIONAL DIVISION MEMORANDUM COORDINATORS Coordinate Legal Advisors and help Magistrates Debate in sections or in Grand Chamber, discuss with legal advisors, researchers THINK TANK MAGISTRATES
RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN COORDINATION IN PRACTICE Support division distributes cassations Writte memoranda about each particular cassation case LEGAL ADVISORS Prepare bench and general memoranda TECHNICAL CABINET IN PRACTICE Summarize the case Verify proof-reading, accuracy of citations, etc. Check the procedure LEGAL HISPANIC DICTIONARY Check the law Compile bench books BLUE BOOK OF CITATIONS FOR COURTS BOOKS, PAPERS SPEECHS, ETC. Extra-judicial work Summarize the jurisprudence related to the case COORDINATE EVERYTHING COORDINATORS
RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN HOW DOES COORDINATION WORK AT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN? LEGAL ADVISORS LEGAL ADVISORS LEGAL ADVISORS COORDINATORS COORDINATORS COORDINATORS COORDINATION AMONG CHAMBERS 3rd CHAMBER 1st CHAMBER 2nd CHAMBER THINK TANK 4th CHAMBER 5th CHAMBER THINK TANK MAGISTRATES Get equal protection under the law MAGISTRATES MAGISTRATES
RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN HOW DOES COORDINATION WORK AT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN? JURISDICTIONAL DIVISION COMPUTER DEPARTMENT COORDINATION RESEARCH IN/AMONG CHAMBER/S GENERAL REGISTRATION SUPPORT DIVISION DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND DOCUMENTATION HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT COORDINATION AMONG DIVISIONS STAFF STAFF
RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN HOW TO SELECT THE APPEALS ON THE GROUNDS OF CASSATIONAL INTEREST? 1st CHAMBER (Civil) 4th CHAMBER (Social) 2nd CHAMBER (Criminal) 5th CHAMBER (Military) 3rd CHAMBER (Administrative) Need to unify jurisprudence to get equal protection under the law When there are contradictory decissions Avoid different legal interpretations by Judges/Courts/Tribunals When it is neccessary to interpret a recent law Give general solutions to avoid conflicts or to speed the judicial solutions When the problem afects many people
RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW? WITH COORDINATION WITH RESEARCH IN THE CHAMBERS FROM JURISDICTIONAL DIVISION AMONG THE CHAMBERS WITH THE HELP OF SUPPORT DIVISION BETWEEN DIVISIONS YES
RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW? YES SUPPORTING JUDGES EXCHANGING INFORMATION WITH MONITORING EU LEGISLATION AND CASE LAW TRAINEESHIPS SUPPORT OF THE TECHNICAL CABINET LAW STUDENTS WITH JUDGES MONITORING INTERNATIONAL LAW AND CASE LAW JUDGES AND LEGAL ADVISORS WITH ACADEMIA JURISDICTIONAL DIVISION WITH LAW PROFFESSIONALS PROFFESSIONALS SUPPORT DIVISION
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