Spanish law

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civil law system legal system

Spanish law is the historical legal system of the Kingdom of Spain, rooted in Roman and canon law traditions, that governed Spain and its overseas territories, including colonial entities like the Viceroyalty of New Spain.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Castilian law 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil law system ⓘ
legal system ⓘ
appliesIn Balearic Islands ⓘ
Canary Islands ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Spanish America ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
Río Muni ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Guinea

Spanish Sahara ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
codifiedIn Ley de Enjuiciamiento Civil ⓘ
Ley de Enjuiciamiento Criminal ⓘ
Spanish Civil Code ⓘ
Spanish Commercial Code ⓘ
Spanish Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978

Spanish Penal Code ⓘ
country Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
governs administrative procedures ⓘ
commercial transactions ⓘ
contracts ⓘ
criminal liability ⓘ
family relations ⓘ
labor relations ⓘ
private law relations ⓘ
property rights ⓘ
public law relations ⓘ
succession ⓘ
hasComponent administrative law ⓘ
civil law ⓘ
commercial law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
labor law ⓘ
procedural law ⓘ
hasFeature codification of private law ⓘ
judicial review of legislation ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
written constitution supremacy ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Constitutional Court of Spain ⓘ
Supreme Court of Spain ⓘ
Spanish courts ⓘ
surface form: ordinary courts of Spain
hasSource case law ⓘ
custom ⓘ
general principles of law ⓘ
regulations ⓘ
statutes ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages ⓘ
Modern era ⓘ
influencedBy Castilian law ⓘ
Napoleonic Code ⓘ
Siete Partidas ⓘ
Lex Visigothorum ⓘ
surface form: Visigothic law
language Spanish ⓘ
legalTradition Roman law ⓘ
canon law ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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subject surface form: Castilleja de la Cuesta
Spanish America → legalSystem → Spanish law ⓘ
this entity surface form: Castilian law