Topic summary
Spanish judiciary
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Judiciary of Spain.
Law
The Spanish legal system is a civil law system based on comprehensive legal codes and laws rooted in Roman law, as opposed to common law, which is based on precedent court rulings. Operation of the Spanish judiciary is regulated by Organic Law 6/1985 of Judicial Power, Law 1/2000 of Civil Judgement, Law of September 14 1882 on Criminal Judgement, Law 29/1998 of Administrative Jurisdiction, Law 36/2011 of Labour Procedure, and Organic Law 2/1989 that regulates Military Criminal Procedure.