Survival and revival of Catalan civil law: from the Nueva Planta Decree to the Civil Code of Catalonia

Lamarca i Marquès, Albert

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.2436/20.1000.01.222

Survival and revival of Catalan civil law: from the Nueva Planta Decree to the Civil Code of Catalonia

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Lamarca i Marquès A. Survival and revival of Catalan civil law: from the Nueva Planta Decree to the Civil Code of Catalonia. Catalan Historical Review. 2025;(18):57-72. DOI: 10.2436/20.1000.01.222

Abstract

This article outlines the evolution of Catalan law over the three centuries spanning from the Nueva Planta Decree (1716) to the ap-proval of the last book of the Civil Code of Catalonia (2017). During this time, Catalan law survived despite the Spanish State's vari-ous attempts to suppress it and to legally assimilate Catalonia into the law of Castile. The tenacity and perseverance of both Catalan jurists and Catalan society as a whole made it possible to conserve and revive this law, which is one of the features shaping Catalan identity.