Oxford LibGuides: Legal history: western Europe &amp; Scandinavia: Spain : MA

Spanish legal history

Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History
Remote access requires Oxford SSO. The entry "Spain" has the following sections: Medieval Evolution, Spanish Monarchy; Nineteenth-Century Constitutionalism; The Twentieth Century. There is a separate entry Maghrib and al-Andalus if your interest is in Muslim Spain. A search for subject may also be worthwhile as some have a section relating to that topic/subject in Medieval And Post-Medieval Roman Law.
Alternative name: OIELH

The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History is the online version of the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (edited by S.N. Katz et al) published by OUP in 2009.

Spain. Sources and Development of Law
2018 Open Access book by Rafael Altamira, part of the series Historia del derecho (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Plurality of Laws, Legal Traditions and Codification in Spain
Open access version of article by Masferrer, Aniceto published (2011) 4 Journal Civil Law Studies 419.

Finding commentary in the Bodleian

The journal below is held in the Law Bod
Anuario de historia del derecho español 1924 - 2008/9

Subject searching in SOLO

Law -- Spain -- History
Law, Visigothic
Feudal law -- Spain

Note Check the location of results in your SOLO searches as the history of civil law jurisdictions is not the preserve of the LawBod's collection development: you may well find yourself visiting one or more the Bodleian's history Reading Rooms.

Leges Visigothorum antiquores [ed. Zeumer]
Open Access. Available thanks to Internet Archive

La creación del derecho : una historia de la formación de un derecho estatal español by Iglesia Ferreirós, Aquilino.
Call Number: Spain 510 I24a
ISBN: 8486128994
Publication Date: 1992
2 volume work
Ley, jurisprudencia y derecho en Hispania romana y visigoda by Morales Arrizabalaga, Jesús.
Call Number: Spain 510 M827.6a
ISBN: 8477334544
Publication Date: 1995
Las Formulae Wisigothicae : aproximación a la prática jurídica visigoda by Córcoles Olaitz, Edorta
Call Number: Bodleian Lower Gladstone Link M13.G00305
ISBN: 8896801184
Publication Date: 2010

Masud, Muhammad Khalid. "A History of Islamic Law in Spain: An Overview." (1991) 30 Islamic Studies 7-35.

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Ordenamiento de Alcalá (1348)
Free resource. Pdf of 1847 edition of Ordenamiento de leyes... Primary source for Castile.
Gredos:Buscar por Materia Derecho
Free resource. Repositorio Documental de la Universidad de Salamanca
Las siete partidas del Sabio Rey don Alonso el nono (c1265) TOMO II
Free digital scan
Les costums marítimes de Barcelona universalment conegudes per Llibre del Consolat de mar
Free resource. Part of Biblioteca Virtual Joan Lluís Vives

The Customs of Catalonia Between Lords and Vassals by Pere Albert; Donald J. Kagay (Commentaries by, Translator)
Call Number: Request from Closed Stacks via title link
ISBN: 086698285X
Publication Date: 2002
Shifting Landmarks property, proof, and dispute in Catalonia around the year 1000 by Jeffrey A. Bowman
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 0801439906
Publication Date: 2004
Print copy is at Bodleian Upper Gladstone Link: KJ147 BOW 2004
El Fuero viejo de Castilla. by Barrios García, Ángel ; González Alonso, Benjamín
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ISBN: 8478462724
Publication Date: 1996
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Open access commentary

e-Spania. Revue interdisciplinaire d’études hispaniques médiévales et modernes
Historia del derecho (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
OA series - texts looking at the Spanish/Portuguese speaking world, predominately in Spanish.

Early print works digitised

Biblioteca Digital Dioscórides
Free resource. Manuscripts and printed books from the Biblioteca Histórica Marqués de Valdecilla at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
Fondos Digitalizados: Derecho
Free resource. Early editions (c(17th to (19th)) of at least 52 works in library of Seville University. Including Posadilla's Comentarios a las Leyes de Toro. View on line or download pdfs - these can be very large so be prepared to wait!
Biblioteca Digital Floridablanca the Fondo Histórico de la Universidad de Murcia
Free resource. Search screen - you can also drill down by subject for Derecho
Biblioteca Valenciana Digital (BIVALDI)
Free resource. Manuscripts and early printed books from the Biblioteca Valenciana, Valencia, Spain.
Hispana: Biblioteca Virtual de Prensa Histórica (BVPH)
Free resource. Union catalogue of digital facsimiles "Este portal es el resultado de un proceso de digitalización cooperativa del Ministerio de Cultura, las Comunidades Autónomas y otras instituciones de la memoria para preservar y hacer accesibles la Prensa Histórica publicada en España.

Esta nueva versión de la BVPH incorpora diversas novedades, entre ellas una importante y nueva funcionalidad que permite buscar por cualquier palabra de cualquier página de cualquier periódico digitalizado."
PixeLegis
Free resource. Project by the Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Sevilla concentrating on digitising law texts from earliest times to 19th century.

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