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Spanish Law : Quick Start
This guide -- and the Law Library's resources -- focus on the Spanish legal system and laws at the state level, rather than on the laws of the Comunidades autónomas.
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BOE- Portal del Boletin Oficial del Estado (Spain)Official gazette for legislation, codes and decisions of the Tribunal Constitucional since 1980.
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Guías Jurídicas (Wolters Kluwer, Spain)Although this is a marketing tool, the introductory "Conceptos" pages are useful overviews. The "Para saber más…" tab leads you into the Tienda "purchase required" service: the Law Library does not have any subscription allowing access to these sources.
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Consejo General de la Abogacía EspañolaThe General Council of the Spanish Bars (CGAE) is a public law body acting as the representative, coordinator and executive of the 83 Spanish bars (representing 114,143 practicing and 37,399 non-practicing lawyers). It is the organisation responsible for managing professional lawyers’ practice and preserving the prestige of the legal profession. Has collection of guides to download
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Globalex: Foreign Law Research IndexFree resource. Click on the words Foreign Law Research to reveal library of free online guides to jurisdictions arranged alphabetically. Written by country experts drawn from law librarians & practitioners from around the world. Scroll down the list of jurisdictions. These are usually in English, sometimes in French. Both updated and the archived versions are available. List of countries growing.
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Global Legal Monitor: Browse all JurisdictionsFree resource. The US Law Library of Congress tracks legal developments around the world. Click on the names of jurisdictions for news items. You can set up RSS feed(s) to have alerts for one or more jurisdictions. A link on this page can be used to view news based on legal Topic.
The Bodleian Law Library's current collection of printed commentary on Spanish law have shelf marks starting Spain.
The Library's General and Comparative section also contains works which compare aspects of law between two or more countries, and many of these may discuss Spanish law.
You can search the library's catalogue via SOLO : if doing a subject search remember to put Spain at the end of your search terms eg Contracts Spain.
Getting started
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Spanish law and legal system by Call Number: Spain 510 M561.8a2ISBN: 0421902302(2nd ed., 2006) Has a small glossary of frequently encountered terms. -
Introduction to Spanish Private Law by Call Number: Spain 510 R695.5aISBN: 0415446139Publication Date: 2009Introduction to Spanish Private Law presents a consolidated, modern, and realistic image of today's Spanish private legal system. It combines both civil and commercial law and integrates them in the same book.
