Law in Spanish

Argentina, Chile, Colombia Civil Codes in English … Mexico

Are you planning to research civil codes for Argentina, Chile, or Colombia, but you don’t speak Spanish? The library has English translations of these codes available on the shelf and dated 2008. Also available in translation from Mexico are the Federal Civil Code of Mexico (2005) and the Mexican commercial code annotated (2005).

If you are just learning Spanish or need to know legal terms in Spanish, a simple keyword search (Spanish Dictionary) in the library catalog will get you 38 results, including the Essential English/Spanish – Spanish/English Legal Dictionary, K52.S6 K37 2008 .

And don’t forget to check the Inter-Am Database from the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade, available through the Databases/Indexes list from the library’s homepage. Focusing on Latin American countries, the database provides access to quite current laws in a number of specific areas of law. Under “User’s Tools” you can find “ENGLISH-SPANISH KEYWORD LISTS OF LEGAL TERMS & PHRASES” arranged by topic. This site also provides access to European materials and has a “Treaties” database. Check it out!

Stay tuned for more on our legal resources in Spanish.