Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (Portugal) - Tribunal Constitucional

Date: 08/28/2012

Subject: The Tribunal Constitucional stated the constitutional illegitimacy of some norms of the Law of the Autonomous Region of Madeira of 31 June 2012, which “adopts norms for the protection of the citizens and measures for the reduction of the offer of “legal drugs””, recalling the jurisprudence of the Court of Strasbourg

Parties: Representante da República para a Região Autónoma da Madeira

Original language: Portuguese

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care - Justice - Art. 49 Principles of legality (nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege; lighter penalty)

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