Spanish Law and Legal System provides a clear introduction to the principles and practices of the Spanish legal system drawing on comparisons with the English legal system in order to aid understanding. The work:
- Explains the system's history, sources, institutions, court structures and the main principles of procedure
- Covers substantive law including contract, property, family, noncontractual obligations, employment, criminal and administrative law
- Makes clear Spanish legal concepts and terminology
- Clarifies the differences between the civil and common law systems
- Examines the distinctive characteristics of the Spanish system, such as the co-existence of regional and national civil law, the territorial and political division of the State into Autonomous Communities and the relationship between central State legislation and autonomous legislation
- Contains a detailed glossary of terms