The Judiciary of Spain’s website in English
Well, some of it’s in English anyway: Poder Judicial España — Justice at your service And here’s a useful article written by a Spanish...
Postscript to my post on the Spanish media’s support of Contador
At the end of a discussion on Spain’s reaction to the Nadal skit on French TV on the radio programme La Ventana (La Cadena...
Contador: guilty until proven innocent for the CAS but always innocent in the Spanish media
I can understand why cycling fans, especially Spanish cycling fans, defend the innocence of cyclist Alberto Contador, who was yesterday banned for two years...
Spanish Constitution founding father talks about the royals
Here’s an interesting interview with Gregorio Peces-Barba, one of the authors of the Spanish Constitution, who seems to have a bit of a blind...
Resources on civil proceedings in Spain vs. England & juicio oral vs. juicio verbal
Civil cases in Spain The other day I stumbled across a good resource for legal translators here. It explains civil procedure in Spain and...
Spain’s housing repossession nightmare and dación en pago — Part 2
(…continued from Spain’s housing repossession nightmare and dación en pago — Part 1.) Landmark case In November 2010, a judge in Navarre found “that...
Spain’s home repossession nightmare and dación en pago — Part 1
The financial crisis—the one that seemed like old news a long time ago but is still here, at least in Spain, has triggered a...
Hardline election promises and translating “delito” and “falta”
This week, Duran i Lleida, CiU’s candidate for the Spanish general election to be held this month, announced that one of his party’s election...
A plain Spanish campaign in Woolf’s clothing?
A Spanish government committee recently made a series of recommendations to legal bodies and practitioners—including the Spanish Bar Association, the Public Prosecutor’s Office and...
One express reform to the constitution to go please
The Spanish Parliament recently voted to reform the constitution to impose a deficit cap on public budgets and so adopt the “golden rule” that...
