Spanish same-sex marriage law [Spain CD] News
Spanish same-sex marriage law [Spain CD]

Proyecto de ley por la que se modifica el código civil en material de derecho a contraer matrimonio, passed by the Spanish Congress of Deputies on June 30, 2005 [law legalizing same-sex marriage and allowing same—sex couples to adopt and inherit each other's property]. Read the full text of the law here [PDF, in Spanish]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Jurist James Kent born

On July 31, 1763, James Kent, first professor of law at Columbia College, Chancellor of New York, and author of a four-volume set of Commentaries on American Law, was born near Brewster, NY. Learn more about James Kent.

Weimer Republic Constitution signed

On July 31, 1919, the Constitution of the German Reich was signed in Weimar, Germany as the country's post-empire foundational law. The document set up a full democracy in Germany with a President, Parliament, and independent judiciary. It also made Germany the first nation to give women the right to vote. The so-called Weimar Republic lasted until the rise of Adolf Hitler in 1933. Learn more about the Weimar Republic.