This course explains the law of Spain, not US law. Rules that look the same elsewhere may be different.
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Spanish Law
The law of Spain for the people who deal with it: the civil-law tradition and EU law, the Constitution of 1978, the State of Autonomies and regional civil law, the courts and the Constitutional Court, rights and administrative law, the Civil Code, business, tax and employment, and immigration, criminal law and cross-border disputes.
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Spain is a civil-law country with a long and layered legal history and one of Europe’s most distinctive territorial arrangements. Its Constitution of 1978 created a parliamentary monarchy and a State of Autonomies in which seventeen Autonomous Communities have their own parliaments and governments, several of them with their own civil law, and the Basque Country and Navarre with their own tax systems. This course gives a complete first map for the people who deal with Spanish law, from the point of view of the foreigner. It starts with the history, the sources and the hierarchy of norms; then the Constitution and the national institutions; then the territorial organisation and regional civil law, which deserves much more than a passing mention; then the courts, the Constitutional Court and the legal professions; then rights and administrative law; then the Civil Code, contracts, property, family and inheritance; then business, tax and employment; and finally immigration, everyday legal life, criminal procedure and cross-border disputes. It uses invented people and businesses, and three working tools.
The Curriculum
Foundations of Spanish law: Roman and medieval roots, codification, the Constitution of 1978, the sources and hierarchy of norms, jurisprudence and European law→
Roman and medieval roots, codification, the Constitution, sources, hierarchy, jurisprudence and EU law. Practice: Which Source, Which Norm Prevails and Spot the Mistake.
The Constitution and national institutions: the parliamentary monarchy, the Crown, the Cortes Generales, the Government, the administration and elections→
The Constitution, the Crown, the Cortes, the Government, the administration and elections. Practice: Which Institution, Which Step and Spot the Mistake.
The State of Autonomies and regional law: Autonomous Communities, the division of powers, foral and regional civil law, local government and languages→
The State of Autonomies, statutes of autonomy, the division of powers, regional civil law, local government and languages. Practice: Which Level, Which Law and Spot the Mistake.
Courts, the Constitutional Court and the legal professions: the judiciary, the court system, the Supreme Court, constitutional review, prosecution, lawyers, procuradores, notaries and registrars→
The judiciary, the court system, the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court, prosecution and the legal professions. Practice: Which Court, Which Professional and Spot the Mistake.
Rights, administrative law and EU law: fundamental rights, foreign nationals, administrative procedure, administrative courts and the relationship with European law→
Fundamental rights, foreign nationals, administrative procedure and courts, and EU law. Practice: Which Right, Which Remedy and Spot the Mistake.
The Civil Code: contracts, remedies, civil liability, property, family and inheritance, with the differences of regional civil law→
The Civil Code, contracts, remedies, tort, property, family and inheritance, with regional differences. Practice: Which Rule, Which Step and Spot the Mistake.
Business, tax and employment: company forms, foreign investment, national and regional taxation, employment contracts, dismissal and social security→
Company forms, foreign investment, taxation including foral regimes, employment, dismissal and social security. Practice: Which Form, Which Step and Spot the Mistake.
Living in Spain, criminal law and cross-border disputes: immigration, everyday legal life, offences and trials, mediation and arbitration, and private international law→
Immigration, everyday legal life, criminal law and procedure, dispute resolution and private international law. Practice: Which Route, Which Step and Spot the Mistake.
Capstone: Capstone: Grace Okafor and the Barcelona design studio→
A studio in Barcelona, a residence route, a company form, a flat with arras, a dismissal, and a marriage regime and will under Catalan law. Choose the route, the form, the forum and the remedy.
What It Covers
“You will be able to say, for any problem you may have in Spain, which rule applies (including which region’s civil law), which court or authority decides it, which time limit runs and which professional you need.”
- Written for the foreigner and honest about Spain’s regional variety: it explains foral and regional civil law, civil neighbourhood and foral taxation instead of treating Spain as uniform, and follows the questions a visitor, resident, employee, family or business actually has.
- Teaches the structure behind the rules, so that a student who knows how the Constitution, EU law, the codes, the regions and the courts fit together can read any new rule, and compare Spanish law with other civil-law systems.
- Three tools with invented facts: a Residence Status Finder, an Entity Chooser and a Court and Forum Finder, each showing how the answer changes when a fact does.
- Honest about limits: it teaches durable provisions, flags where rules change quickly (the immigration regulation, the 2025 dispute resolution reform, tax regimes) and does not state changing figures. It is general education, not advice.
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Common questions
- Is Spain a federal country?
- Not formally, but its State of Autonomies gives the Autonomous Communities substantial legislative and administrative powers, and the course explains the system carefully instead of calling Spain simply centralised.
- Does the law differ between regions?
- Yes, in several important areas. Some regions have their own civil law (for example on matrimonial property and inheritance), taxes differ by region, and the Basque Country and Navarre have their own tax systems. Module 3 and the later modules explain where it matters.
- Is it for people who want to practise Spanish law?
- No. It is a first course for the people who deal with Spanish law. Only a Spanish abogado can advise on Spanish law and act in court, and the course says when you need one.
- Are the tools real data?
- No. The tools apply well-known rules in simplified form to invented facts. They show the structure of the answer and cannot decide a case.
- Does it give the current rule on every point?
- It teaches the provisions that have lasted. Reforms, quotas, tax regimes and time limits change, so check the current text for any real matter.
- How do I get the Certificate of Completion?
- Sign in, pass each module quiz and keep a course average of at least 75. The certificate is then issued and emailed to you automatically.
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