Spanish law

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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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Spanish law canonical 3
Castilian law 1
Spanish colonial law 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (57)

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

Spanish Sahara
Viceroyalty of New Spain
codifiedIn Ley de Enjuiciamiento Civil
Ley de Enjuiciamiento Criminal
Spanish Civil Code
Spanish Commercial Code
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
ordinary courts of Spain
linked to: Spanish courts
hasSource case law
custom
general principles of law
regulations
statutes
historicalPeriod Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

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

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish America legalSystem Castilian law
linked to: Spanish law
Castilleja de la Cuesta legalSystem Spanish law
encomenderos in the Americas legalBasis Spanish colonial law
linked to: Spanish law