Handbook on Spanish Civil Law: Obligations and Contracts Volume I. General Theory of Obligations and Contracts

We are pleased to present this English translation of the book “Teoría general de obligaciones y contratos. Contratos en particular”, by Professors Klaus Jochen Albiez Dohrmann and José Antonio Castillo Parrilla. We have chosen this handbook on obligations and contracts from among the different current handbooks available, as it is a comprehensive and accurate work that is completely up to date. Professors Albiez and Castillo offer a detailed analysis of Spanish law with constant reference to the Civil Code, case law, legal doctrine and, where relevant, European law.
We considered it appropriate to divide this work into two volumes. The title of the first volume is “General Theory of Obligations and Contracts”. It has its own special identityand c ontains the General Theory of Obligations and Contracts. The title of the second volume is “Contracts, Quasi-contracts and Non-contractual liability”. It is devoted to the study of contracts in particular, quasi-contracts and non-contractual liability. In addition, we have adapted this Spanish Civil Law handbook to Philippine Civil Law.
We therefore present this two-volume edition, which we hope will be of use to jurists and Law students. We would like to give one last piece of advice to readers that may be of help in understanding this work: the possibility of accessing the English version of the Spanish Civil Code edited by the Spanish Ministry of Justice, which can be eas ily found on the Internet at: https://www.mjusticia.gob.es/es/AreaTematica/DocumentacionPublicaciones/Documents/Spanish_Civil_Code_(Codigo_Civil_Espanol).PDF
We trust that this edition and translation by the team coordinated by Professors José Manuel de Torres Perea and Isabel Martens Jiménez and comprised of Jeffrey Callow, Mario de Echevarria, Victoria Westhead, José Antonio Castillo Parrilla, Jesús Martín Fuster and Marilia Higa, is only a first step to provide a useful legal resource to make Spanish law visible in the global academic community.