Law Open Resources

The Digital Library of the Spanish Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation (IURIS Digital), is the first step to disseminate the Academy's rich bibliographic collection. The collection specialises in law and related sciences, and its content reflects the history of law in Spain.

Search and consultation of jurisprudence documents of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Constitutional Jurisprudence database of the Spanish Constitutional Court.

Spanish jurisprudence and doctrine in the judicial field search engine of the Supreme Court of Spain, Audiencia Nacional (National Court), High Courts and Provincial Courts of Justice.

The Spanish General Council of the Judiciary is a constitutional body who exercise government functions within the Judicial with a view to guarantee the independence of the judges during the exercise of the judicial function before everybody.

The International Criminal Court (ICC), which is governed by the Statute of Rome, is the first one based on a treaty, a permanent international criminal court set up to help put an end to the impunity of perpetrators of the most serious crimes affecting the international community.

The International Court of Justice is the principal legal body of the United Nations Organization. It is entrusted with using International Law to decide on legal disputes between states and to issue consultative opinions with regard to legal questions that may be submitted by specialist UNO bodies and institutions.

Law news portal with jurisprudence repertoire.

WorldTradeLaw.net offers both a free resource library of current trade news and resources, as well as a subscription service (the DSC Service), which provides analysis of all WTO reports and arbitrations; a current keyword index; a database of dispute settlement tables and statistics.

BORME repository since 1 January 2001.

This portal provides language and legal resources applicable to all territories where the Catalan language is spoken (the Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Northern Catalonia, the Principality of Andorra and the Valencian Community. The search tool allows you to consult writing and style guides, posts regarding legal terminology, legal dictionaries, teaching manuals, legal and administrative model documents, articles and other such content.

Vocabulary on criminal law, criminal procedure, prison law and military law. Each item shows the names in Catalan and Spanish equivalents, subject area and explanatory notes.

Online version of the Diccionari de dret administratiu. Contains terms with the definition and explanatory notes in Catalan, Spanish equivalents and subject area.

This dictionary contains terms of civil law applicable in Catalonia: general, obligations and contracts civil law, in rem rights, family law and inheritance law. Each article contains the terms in Catalan, the equivalent in Spanish, definitions and explanatory notes.

This compilation includes terms referring to the institutions of the European Union and the public function, EU law, European construction and EU finances. It contains the terms in Catalan and with the equivalents in Spanish, French and English.

This dictionary contains the basic terms required for preparing income and equity tax returns. It includes more than a hundred names and terms with the definition in Catalan and with Spanish equivalents, and has been revised and approved by experts from the Official Association of Administrative Managers of Catalonia.

Catalan-Spanish bilingual trade law vocabulary drawn up by the Language Policy Commission of the University of Barcelona Law Faculty.

The Diccionari jurídic català is a specialized encyclopaedic dictionary which aims to gather terms that are part of the diverse disciplines of Law, as public law, civil law, criminal law, procedural law, canon law, environmental law and commercial law, among others.

It also includes terms belonging to history of Law, biographies of famous deceased Catalan jurists -and that have a certain scientific production - and Latin phrases used in law reviews.

This dictionary specializes in legal terminology and is approved by the Royal Spanish Academy and the Spanish General Council of the Judiciary.

Database of the Official Gazette of the Catalan Parliament.

Transcription of the Catalan Parliament sessions of the committees, the Plenary, the Permanent Council and the House business committee.

Compilation of documentation relating to specific bill and draft laws in process of approval in the Parliament of Catalonia with the aim of providing information to MPs and parliamentary groups of the legal framework, previous Parliamentary Procedures related, bibliography on the matter, comparative law and other information of special interest on the subject.

Journal of the Plenary, the Permanent Council, investigation committees, mixed commissions, joint sessions.

Digital BOCG in pdf format.

The CICAC Language Service offers the Catalan advocacy legal forms in areas of civil, criminal and administrative law and many more.

Models of the written documents used in procedural law (matrimonial, civil, criminal and labour) and administrative litigation.

Models of the written documents used in administrative procedures (administrative appeals for reconsideration, appeals and extraordinary reviews) and to appeal against a fine.

Tax Agency Website with information relevant to the taxpayer and online services.

Characteristics of hiring contracts, procurement guide, contract types, of the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal (SEPE).

Datos.gob.es is the Spanish e-Government portal where you can find public data of the Catalog of Public Information of the Public Sector.

This is a Government of Catalonia website which publishes public data in order to promote the use and re-use of information generated by the government. The data comes from different bodies of the Government of Catalonia and has been sorted into groups in the catalogue.

Public inventory of control of the compliance with obligations to refer economic/financial information of local bodies and other public institutions to the Departament de Governació i Relacions Institucionals (DGRI) and the Catalan Audit Office.

The Secretariat of State of Public Administrations compiles the websites of provincial councils, town and inter-island councils, federations of municipalities and city councils.

The ACM is an organization of municipalities that brings together over 95% of the local bodies in Catalonia with the aim of defending the interests of municipalities and of representing them.

Names and posts, in the relevant local bodies, of all of the elected posts in Catalonia.

General data of local bodies, geographical location, composition of the plenaries, state authorised personnel, data on budgets and settlements, objectives and jurisdiction of the dependent agencies, etc.

Norma is the website of the Barcelona City Council. This website guarantees the consultation and reuse of the regulations and other provisions of municipal legal relevance and facilitates knowledge of jurisprudence in which the City Council is a party.

The Síndic de Greuges (Ombudsman) has the mission of guaranteeing everyone's right to a good administration. He handles the complaints and queries of any person or group and makes recommendations to administrations. In the Sindic's website you will find all the information about functions, reports and resolutions, news, activities... and the possibility of filing complaints or queries online.

The Ombudsman is responsible for defending the fundamental rights and civil liberties of citizens can monitor the activity of the government. In the website you will find all the information, publications (reports and recommendations) and online services for filing complaints.

The Board of Bar Associations of Catalonia (CICAC) is a public law corporation which brings together the 14 Bar Associations of Catalonia, with the main purpose of representation of the legal profession.

Internet space for professional bodies, lawyers and citizens, with information about the world of law and justice, with specific services for lawyers. The website provides information on current issues, news, press kits, access to the full text of reports and journal of the Consejo General de la Abogacía (General Council of the Bar Association)...

The Spanish General Council of the Judiciary is a constitutional body who exercise government functions within the Judicial with a view to guarantee the independence of the judges during the exercise of the judicial function before everybody.

The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IEF) is a specialist research and training centre to serve the Spanish Tax Authority. The website contains news, legislation, statistics, publications... plus information on IEF.

Information, news, legislation and regulations, publications on the European asylum system.

Norma is the website of the Barcelona City Council. This website guarantees the consultation and reuse of the regulations and other provisions of municipal legal relevance and facilitates knowledge of jurisprudence in which the City Council is a party.

Collection of the international treaties of which Spain is a depository, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation website.

Portal to the Spanish public administration to facilitate administrative information on the activity, organization and functioning of the Public Administration and to provide guidance on electronic services to citizens and businesses.

Automatic translator, dictionaries and vocabularies, language queries and register of sworn translators.

Sports law portal.

The Ministry of Finance and Public Administration website collects regulations, publications, statistics, news... on the Department and function. It also contains information and services related to open data and Historical Memory.

IDP. Revista d'Internet, Dret i Política (IDP. Internet, Law and Politics E-Journal) is a platform for reflection and discussion on the content and scope of the changes that information and communication technologies -and in particular, the phenomenon of Internet- have brought about in the fields of law, politics and public administration. IDP is a publication sponsored by the Law and Political Science Department at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC).

Published every six months, the Catalan public law journal publishes contributions related to any of the disciplines of public law. It is published by the School of Public Administration of Catalonia.

A quarterly e-journal published by Pompeu Fabra University. Aimed at researchers, members of the legal profession and advanced students, it focuses on analysis of law.

The Revista Electrónica de Ciencia Penal y Criminología (Criminal Science and Criminology e-journal) publishes scientific studies and articles on criminal and criminological matters.

Portal where all treaties and international agreements by members of the United Nations published.

United Nations (UN) Official Documents and Bibliographic Databases.

The European Migration Network aims to meet the information needs of the institutions of the European Union (EU) and the authorities and institutions of the member states, providing up-to-date, objective, reliable and comparable information in the area of migration and asylum.

Collection of the international treaties of which Spain is a depository, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation website.

Information from newspapers, official government bulletins and websites affecting Catalan territory, in a classified way and with a link to full text.

Database of the Ministry of Employment and Social Security that allows searches for collective agreements, employment by-laws, etc. and their amendments by sector, company name or code number.

El Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales (Center for Political and Constitutional Studies) provides the full text of the Spanish Constitution of 1978, of earlier historical constitutions and statutes of autonomy.

Collection of all the Statutes of Autonomy of the Autonomous Communities of Spain: Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Catalonia, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Ceuta, Valencia, Extremadura, Galicia, the Balearic Islands, Madrid, Melilla, Murcia, Basque Country and La Rioja.

Special section of the Asociación Española de Letrados de Parlamentos (AELPA) website devoted to compiling legal texts, reports, documentation, news and links to official websites that cover the reform of the Spanish Statutes of autonomy and the reform of the Spanish Constitution.

Resolution 217A (III), of 10 December 1948, adopted and proclaimed by the Assembly General of the United Nations. All the translations, available at the United Nations website.