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hechos cumplidos

English translation: teoria de hechos cumplidos (maxim of precedent decisions)

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Spanish term or phrase:hechos cumplidos
English translation:teoria de hechos cumplidos (maxim of precedent decisions)
Entered by: AllegroTrans

01:22 Feb 15, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: hechos cumplidos
Hi everyone,

This is a legal concept, sometimes expressed as the "teoria de hechos cumplidos"... it often appears in juxtaposition to "derechos adqueridos," which I understand to mean vested rights. Anyway, here's a paragraph with a succinct explanation of hechos cumplidos:

LA TEORÍA DE LOS HECHOS CUMPLIDOS.

Sostiene que cada norma jurídica debe aplicarse a los hechos que ocurran durante su vigencia, es decir, bajo su aplicación inmediata. Entonces, si se genera un derecho bajo una primera ley y luego de producir cierto número de efectos esa ley es modificada por una segunda, a partir de la vigencia de esta nueva ley, los nuevos efectos del derecho se deben adecuar a esta y ya no ser regidos más por la norma anterior bajo cuya vigencia fue establecido el derecho de que se trate. Es una teoría fue privilegia la transformación del Derecho a impulso del legislador (o de los tribunales en el caso de sentencias que crean precedentes vinculantes). Protege la necesidad de innovar la normatividad social a partir de las normas de carácter general.

ESTAS TEORÍAS PRETENDEN INTERPRETAR cuál es la aplicación correcta de las normas generales en el tiempo. Puede verse que la teoría de los derechos adquiridos produce como efecto el aplicar ultractivamente las normas previas, ya modificadas o derogadas, más allá del momento en que tal modificación o derogación ocurrió. La teoría de los hechos cumplidos pretende aplicar siempre de manera inmediata las normas generales.

http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/item/64401/derechos-adquiridos-y-hec...

There's a possibility that the theory of hechos cumplidos is unique to Peru, but my guess is that it's a more wide-spread concept. I'm sure there's a proper English legal term for it, but have no idea what it might be. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Peter Krupa
Chile
Local time: 06:14
teoria de hechos cumplidos (maxim of precedent decisions)
Explanation:
You have to be careful here; Common law countries with which most of EN speakers are familiar, have highly developed systems of case law and the term "stare decisis" rightly comes to mind. However, code law jurisdictions apply rules of precedent in very different ways and it would be dangerous to lead the reader to the belief that they are the same.

My inclination here is to leave the term in Spanish and provide a very general explanation in brackets, as suggested. It would be impossible to provide an accurate translation.

www.rustemguardian.co.uk
stare decisis
stare decisis (Latin; “let the decision stand”)

In common law, the doctrine under which courts adhere to precedent on questions of law in order to ensure certainty, consistency, and stability in the administration of justice. Since no court decision can have universal application, the courts, in practice, must often decide that a previous decision does not apply to a particular case even though the facts and issues appear to be closely similar. A strict application of stare decisis may lead to rigidity and to legal hairsplitting, whereas too much flexibility may result in uncertainty.
(Source: En. Brittanica)

Application to the English legal system

The doctrine of binding precedent or stare decisis is central to the English legal system, and to the legal systems that derived from it such as those of Australia, Canada, Pakistan and New Zealand. A precedent is a statement made of the law by a Judge in deciding a case. The doctrine, states that within the hierarchy of the English courts a decision by a higher court will be binding on lower courts. This means that when judges try cases they will check to see if similar cases have come before a court previously. If there was a precedent set by an equal or higher court, then a judge should follow that precedent. If there is a precedent set in a lower court, a judge does not have to follow it, but may consider it. The House of Lords however does not have to follow its own precedents.

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Interpreting Precedents by D. Neil MacCormick, Robert S ...
This book contains a series of essays discussing the uses of precedent as a source of law and a basis for legal arguments in nine different legal systems, ...
ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&calcTitle=1&... - Cached
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AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:14
Grading comment
Thanks for your input, this is basically the decision I came to as well. Tough one.
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Summary of answers provided
4teoria de hechos cumplidos (maxim of precedent decisions)
AllegroTrans
3completed acts / completed events
Robert Carter
3General Theory of Facts (and Legal Acts)
Robert Copeland
4 -1faits accomplis
Carl Stoll
3stare decisis (US law)
Carl Stoll
Summary of reference entries provided
hechos cumplidos
Rosa Paredes

  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
completed acts / completed events


Explanation:
Though I haven't come across this before, on investigation this would appear to be the concept, as it appears in various examples of case law, though I was unable to find it named in the context of a specific theory.

Example sentence(s):
  • Completed Acts, Pending Cases, and Conflicting Presumptions: The Retroactive Application of Legislation after Bradley; Kahn, Hilde E.
  • It is important, therefore, to identify the “completed event” in each case.   The court of appeals concluded... that the completed event was the commission of Zuther's crime in 1992, which indeed did occur before the effective date of the 1993 statu

    Reference: http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&ha...
    Reference: http://caselaw.findlaw.com/az-supreme-court/1490207.html
Robert Carter
Mexico
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
General Theory of Facts (and Legal Acts)


Explanation:
suerte

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Note added at 43 mins (2011-02-15 02:05:40 GMT)
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Teoría general de hechos y actos jurídicos
-General Theory of Facts (and Legal Acts)




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Note added at 54 mins (2011-02-15 02:17:05 GMT)
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Esta teoría significa que la nueva ley alcanza a los hechos futuros, pues los ya verificados (cumplidos) se rigen con la ley antigua entonces lo que hay que investigar, no es si un derecho se adquirió bajo el régimen de ley antigua, sino, si un hecho jurídico se cumplió totalmente estando vigente la norma derogada.

Según MARIO ALZAMORA VALDEZ expresa lo siguiente: la teoría del hecho cumplido, afirma que los hechos cumplidos durante la vigencia de la antigua ley se rige por esta; los cumplidos después de su promulgación por la nueva.

Sostiene que cada norma jurídica debe aplicarse a los hechos que ocurran durante su vigencia, es decir, bajo su aplicación inmediata. Entonces, si se genera un derecho bajo una primera ley y luego de producir cierto número de efectos esa ley es modificada por una segunda, a partir de la vigencia de esta nueva ley, los nuevos efectos del derecho se deben adecuar a esta y ya no ser regidos más por la norma anterior bajo cuya vigencia fue establecido el derecho de que se trate. Es una teoría fue privilegia la transformación del Derecho a impulso del legislador (o de los tribunales en el caso de sentencias que crean precedentes vinculantes). Protege la necesidad de innovar la normatividad social a partir de las normas de carácter general.


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Note added at 1 hr (2011-02-15 02:23:45 GMT)
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Robert Copeland
United States
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
faits accomplis


Explanation:
Just guessing, but looks awfully close.

Carl Stoll
Argentina
Local time: 09:14
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 116

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  AllegroTrans: not aware of this as a legal doctrine; any refs?
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
stare decisis (US law)


Explanation:
vaguely connected to the issue.

Carl Stoll
Argentina
Local time: 09:14
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PRO pts in category: 116

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dr. Mara Huber: not so vaguely, it seems to me, but quite specific. I think this term would look very good in the translation.
3 hrs
disagree  AllegroTrans: the problem is, this is NOT US law, so a translation has to syntactically convey the legal doctrine of the country of origin; as I understand it, the maxim of stare decisis is particular to common lwa countries and not to countries with a civil code
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teoria de hechos cumplidos (maxim of precedent decisions)


Explanation:
You have to be careful here; Common law countries with which most of EN speakers are familiar, have highly developed systems of case law and the term "stare decisis" rightly comes to mind. However, code law jurisdictions apply rules of precedent in very different ways and it would be dangerous to lead the reader to the belief that they are the same.

My inclination here is to leave the term in Spanish and provide a very general explanation in brackets, as suggested. It would be impossible to provide an accurate translation.

www.rustemguardian.co.uk
stare decisis
stare decisis (Latin; “let the decision stand”)

In common law, the doctrine under which courts adhere to precedent on questions of law in order to ensure certainty, consistency, and stability in the administration of justice. Since no court decision can have universal application, the courts, in practice, must often decide that a previous decision does not apply to a particular case even though the facts and issues appear to be closely similar. A strict application of stare decisis may lead to rigidity and to legal hairsplitting, whereas too much flexibility may result in uncertainty.
(Source: En. Brittanica)

Application to the English legal system

The doctrine of binding precedent or stare decisis is central to the English legal system, and to the legal systems that derived from it such as those of Australia, Canada, Pakistan and New Zealand. A precedent is a statement made of the law by a Judge in deciding a case. The doctrine, states that within the hierarchy of the English courts a decision by a higher court will be binding on lower courts. This means that when judges try cases they will check to see if similar cases have come before a court previously. If there was a precedent set by an equal or higher court, then a judge should follow that precedent. If there is a precedent set in a lower court, a judge does not have to follow it, but may consider it. The House of Lords however does not have to follow its own precedents.

#
#
Interpreting Precedents by D. Neil MacCormick, Robert S ...
This book contains a series of essays discussing the uses of precedent as a source of law and a basis for legal arguments in nine different legal systems, ...
ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&calcTitle=1&... - Cached

AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
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Thanks for your input, this is basically the decision I came to as well. Tough one.
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Reference comments


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Reference: hechos cumplidos

Reference information:
Maybe these links can shed a bit of light .... http://www.monografias.com/trabajos37/temporalidad-ley/tempo...
http://www.leetu.com/2008/08/17/teoria-de-los-derechos-adqui...

Rosa Paredes
Canada
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  Adriana de Groote: Peter wants the term in English. Sorry! You are posting some references... At first I saw it as an answer. My mistake!
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