Foreign Legal Research Country by Country: Books

To find an item in Loyola's collection that is not listed at right, please use Loyola's online catalog.  Some suggested Library of Congress Subject Headings for titles on Chilean law are: 

Law--Chile

Rule of Law--Chile

Civil Law--Chile

Human Rights--Chile

Judicial Process--Chile

Justice, Administration of--Chile

Chile--Politics and Government

To locate books in libraries outside the Loyola University Chicago system, use the WorldCat database.  Loyola Chicago Law School patrons should use ILLiad to request materials from non-Loyola libraries. 

The Civil Code of Chile (2017 Edition) by Julio Romañach (Translated with commentary by) 

Call Number: Law Permanent Reserve KHF404.31855 .A5213 2017

**Note that the 2014 edition circulates and is shelved in the law library's main stacks at KHF404.31855 .A5213 2014.

The UK-based Global Legal Group Limited publishes an "International Comparative Legal Guide Series," with each title covering multiple jurisdictions with each chapter dedicated to one country; Chile is included in several of the titles. Local law firms generally author the chapters, which are in Q & A format.

The following book provides a good introduction to specialized Spanish legal terminology:

Teach Yourself...Legal Spanish: Bilingual Guide to the Legal Terminology and Laws of Latin America and Spain by Julio Romañach, Jr. 

Call Number: K52 .S6 R664 1999

Chapters on various legal topics include fundamental terms in Spanish and samples of legislation, along with English translations. Translation exercises—Spanish into English, and English into Spanish--are also provided. Topics covered include: “Contracts and Obligations,” “Torts and Damages,” “Criminal Law and Procedure,” and “Sales and Leases.”

Dahl's Law Dictionary : Spanish-English/English-Spanish by Henry S. Dahl 

Call Number: Law Reference K52 .S6 D33 2010

Bilingual Spanish/English legal dictionaries are located in the 3rd Floor Reference Section in the K52 range.  Note that there is also a free, online dictionary of Chilean legal terms available (in Spanish only), produced in collaboration with the Chilean Supreme Court.

The following is an annotated bibliography of Chilean legal literature (Spanish only) available through bepress:

 Juan Carlos Marín and Juan Javier del Granado, Annotated bibliography of the legal literature of Chile, The Latin American and Caribbean Journal of Legal Studies 3.1 (2008) Article 10.

PAC-Rim Legal Values: Chile (July 16, 2013)

This PowerPoint accompanied a talk on Chilean legal research given at the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting in Seattle on July 16, 2013.  The speaker was Sergio Stone, Robert Crown Law Library, Stanford University. (Posted with permission.)

Researching Chilean Legal Topics (January 2017)

This PowerPoint presentation was prepared for the LUC Law School course, "Comparative Law Seminar:  Legal Systems in the Americas."