Panchayati Raj em Goa

Goa commemorated in 2011 the golden jubilee of the end of colonialism (19 December 1961) and the beginning of its participation in the democratic institutions of India. The administrative decentralization known as Panchayati Raj is an ancient tradition in India, but it suffered dilution and breaks during centuries of Muslim and British domination. During the early years of Independence, the Union government was more worried about security concerns, and hence the policies of centralization. However, the second five-year plan and during the decades of 50 and 60 one could notice greater openness towards decentralization. This was done through Constitution Amendment Act nº 73 (1992) and the inclusion of article 243 in Part IX of the Constitution. The present essay seeks to clarify how the Panchayati Raj is the key to the success of the Indian democracy in the context of its demographic magnitude and ethnic, religious and linguistic diversities. Obviously, the challenges persist, but a country like India would be ungovernable without a democratic functionality at its bottom. It would be interesting to reflect and discover if Portugal has anything to benefit from the democratic experience of India and one of the fast growing emergent economies of the world.

A interdição como instrumento de protecção ao incapaz

O presente tema jurídico trata, em termos de direito substantivo e processual, da mais adequada forma de proteger situações de grande fragilidade na vida social dos cidadãos, em circunstâncias de enorme vulnerabilidade e a precisarem de ajuda devido a estarem afectados nas suas capacidades racionais e, por isso mesmo, a padecerem de anomalias que os torna incapazes de gerirem a sua pessoa e os seus bens.

Crisis económica y solidaridad familiar : los alimentos entre parientes

1. Beneficencia y Estado Social. Prestaciones sociales y cargas familiares. 2. Atención prestada por uno mismo a sus propias necesidades. 3. Alimentos resultantes de diversas instituciones. 4. Matrimonio, alimentos y pensiones compensatorias. 5. Liberalidades de uso y donaciones. 6. La obligación legal de alimentos entre parientes; alimentos y auxilios necesarios para la vida. 7. Alimentantes, orden establecido para ellos y pluralidad de los mismos. 8. Modo de prestar los alimentos. 9. Montante, modificación y extinción de la obligación alimenticia. 10. Los alimentos y el impuesto sobre la renta. 11. A modo de epílogo. Alimentos, limosnas y obras de misericordia.