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Ley 33/2006, de 30 de octubre, sobre igualdad del hombre y la mujer en el orden de sucesión de los títulos nobiliarios.		Ley 33/2006 of 30 October, on the equality of men and women in the succession order of nobility titles.
Juan Carlos I, Rey de España		Juan Carlos I King of Spain
A todos los que la presente vieren y entendieren. Sabed: Que las Cortes Generales han aprobado y Yo vengo en sancionar la siguiente Ley.		To all who would see and understand this. Know: That the Parliament has approved and I come to assent to the following law.

I'm just translating this because I find it picturesque...

EXPOSICIÓN DE MOTIVOS		Exposition of motives
Actualmente la posesión de un título nobiliario no otorga ningún estatuto de privilegio, al tratarse de una distinción meramente honorífica cuyo contenido se agota en el derecho a usarlo y a protegerlo frente a terceros.		At present the possession of a nobility title does not give any privileged status, being a merely honorary distinction whose content extends only to the right to use it and protect it from third persons.

A nobility title is not unlike a trademark, then. Now, why is this regulated?

En la concesión de dignidades nobiliarias de carácter perpetuo, a su naturaleza honorífica hay que añadir la finalidad de mantener vivo el recuerdo histórico al que se debe su otorgamiento, razón por la cual la sucesión en el título queda vinculada a las personas que pertenezcan al linaje del beneficiario de la merced. Este valor puramente simbólico es el que justifica que los títulos nobiliarios perpetuos subsistan en la actual sociedad democrática, regida por el principio de igualdad de todos los ciudadanos ante la Ley.

In the concession of nobility honours in perpetuity, apart from the honorary nature one must add the goal of keeping alive the historical memory which caused the award, the reason for which the succession to the title is tied to the people belonging to the lineage of the recipient of the honour. This purely symbolic value is what justifies that nobility titles in perpetuity subsist in the current democratic society, ruled by the principle of equality of all citizens before the law.

Okay? We keep nobility titles because there is no reason to go through the trouble of abolishing them. But they are purely honorary and equality before the law is supreme.

Sin embargo, las normas que regulan la sucesión en los títulos nobiliarios proceden de la época histórica en que la nobleza titulada se consolidó como un estamento social privilegiado, y contienen reglas como el principio de masculinidad o preferencia del varón sin duda ajustadas a los valores del antiguo régimen, pero incompatibles con la sociedad actual en la cual las mujeres participan plenamente en la vida política, económica, cultural y social.		However, the norms regulating succession in nobility titles come from a historical time when titled nobility was consilidated as a socially privileged social stratum, and they contain rules such as the principle of masculinity or preference of the male no doubt adjusted to the values of the old regime, but incompatible with the current society in which women take full part in political, economic, cultural and social life.
...		...
DISPOSICIÓN TRANSITORIA ÚNICA.		Single transitional provision
En la aplicación de la presente Ley a los títulos nobiliarios concedidos antes de su vigencia se observarán las siguientes normas:		In application of the current law to nobility titles awarded before this law came into force, the following norms shall be observed:
Las transmisiones del título ya acaecidas no se reputarán inválidas por el hecho de haberse realizado al amparo de la legislación anterior.		Transmissions which took place already will not be considered invalid because they were made under the previous law.

Not retroactive, then.

Conclusion: The Guardian has its head up its arse.

The peak-to-trough part of the business cycle is an outlier. Carnot would have died laughing.

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jul 15th, 2009 at 05:01:10 AM EST
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