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ACTO ILICITO [2 records]

Record 1 2017-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Offences and crimes
OBS

illegality: concrete meaning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

illicite : Contraire à la loi [...]

OBS

On donne parfois à «illicite» un autre sens, soit contraire à la morale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
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Record 2 2004-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Science
CONT

Property rights, in turn, rest on social arrangements, which include reasonable restraints on lawlessness (protection from theft, violence, and other acts of predation); protection from arbitrary government actions that disrupt business activity; and fair and predictable mechanisms for resolving disputes.

PHR

restraints on lawlessness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences politiques
CONT

Ces droits découlent de dispositions sociales visant, par exemple, à prévoir une protection légitime contre les manquements aux règles (vol, violence ou autres abus), à protéger contre les mesures arbitraires de l'État qui perturbent l'activité économique et à instituer des mécanismes d'arbitrage équitables et fiables.

PHR

protection contre les manquements aux règles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias políticas
CONT

Además, estos derechos dependen de mecanismos sociales que impongan restricciones razonables a los actos ilícitos, sumadas a la protección contra medidas gubernamentales arbitrarias que perturban las actividades comerciales, y a procedimientos justos y previsibles para la solución de controversias.

OBS

Según las Naciones Unidas, esta categoría técnicamente engloba tanto los actos criminales como las infracciones.

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