Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

justicia material

English translation:

natural justice

Added to glossary by Toby Wakely
May 30, 2017 14:48
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Spanish term

justicia material

Spanish to English Law/Patents Law (general) type of justice
I´m translating a section about the role of the "defensor de la universidad" and I´m slightly stumped by this one. Could it be referring to substantive justice? I can find no clear references to material justice.

El Defensor es elegido por el Claustro Universitario, por mayoría absoluta, y ante el que presenta su Informe Anual.
La duración de su mandato será de cuatro años, pudiendo ser reelegido en dos ocasiones más.
No se encuentra sometido a directrices ni mandato imperativo alguno, aunque tampoco dispone de poderes ejecutivos: efectúa recomendaciones y sugerencias orientadas por un principio de equidad o justicia material.
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natural justice

Black’s Law Dictionary
natural justice.
Justice as defined in a moral, as opposed to a legal, sense.

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Black’s Law Dictionary
natural law.
… 2. A philosophical system of legal and moral principles purportedly deriving from a universalized conception of human nature or divine justice rather than from legislative or judicial action; moral law embodied in principles of right and wrong.

I would recommend using the natural justice for the first link, where justicia material does not include statutory laws and natural law for the second link when it can.

http://doctrinadividida.blogspot.com/2009/03/la-justicia-mat...
[...] la Justicia material [...] Se opone, [...] a la Justicia formal, es decir, la justicia que imparten los jueces y tribunales.

http://www.desdeelexilio.com/2009/02/27/justicia-formal-y-ju...
Qué entiende Geismann por material? Significa que toda idea de justicia se aplica a y desde cualquier utilidad humanamente posible y por ello las nociones de justicia serán pacticamente infinitas.
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