What is doctrine?

What Does doctrine Mean

Doctrine , a term that comes from the Latin doctrīna , is the set of teachings that is based on a belief system . These are the existing principles on a given subject, usually with the claim of universal validity. For example: "Christian doctrine postulates the existence of a God who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit" , "Private property is contrary to socialist doctrine and must be abolished from our society . "

The notion of doctrine is also linked to the body of a dogma (made up of certain and undeniable propositions) and to legislative principles . The teaching of doctrines and dogmas is known as indoctrination , a term that is usually used in a negative sense to refer to the re-education of people in a context where there is no room for plurality of opinions or the free search for knowledge . Totalitarian regimes and sects are in charge of indoctrinating their subjects.

This shows a difference between indoctrination (which seeks to impose doctrines) and education (which wants to instruct the person so that they are in a position to analyze the knowledge and determine the validity of the information on their own).
In the field of law , a legal doctrine is a concept that jurists support and that influences the development of the legal system, although when they do not directly originate law.
Within this legislative and legal field, it is necessary to highlight the existence of what is known as the Parot doctrine. In 2006 it was established by the Supreme Court of Spain with the clear objective that the terrorists who had been convicted of attacks committed between 1977 and 1995 could not leave prison before serving the maximum established penalty, which is 30 years.
In this way, through this maxim, the terrorist Henri Parot, a member of the terrorist group ETA who was charged with the murder of a total of 82 people, was prevented from being released precisely in 2006.
This legal regulation, which in 2008 was ratified by the Constitutional Court of Spain, has been classified by the Strasbourg Human Rights Court as a violation of said rights on two specific points. Hence, it has urged the Spanish government to modify those points and to release the terrorist Inés del Río Prada who, based on them, should have been released from jail after having had redemption of sentences for years of work or study during his years in prison. And that is how the Penal Code of 1973 established it.
However, the Spanish government has made it perfectly clear not only that it is not going to release this criminal and murderer due to the risk of flight, but that it is also going to appeal to the Grand Chamber of the aforementioned European Court of Human Rights.

A military doctrine , finally, is the set of techniques, strategies, tactics and practices that constitutes a military confrontation. Military doctrine proposes the steps to follow to win a war .

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