José Castán Tobeñas

José Castán Tobeñas (1889–1969) was a Spanish jurist and judge.

After studies in Zaragoza and a much-lauded doctoral thesis submitted in Madrid, he taught civil law at Zaragoza, Madrid, Murcia, Barcelona and Valencia. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1933, and dismissed in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War.

In 1939, the Franco government appointed Tobeñas to a chair in Zaragoza and, in 1940, again to the Supreme Court, which he reorganised and presided over from 1945 to 1967. In addition, he led several legal reform projects and edited Spain's principal legal journal, ''Revista general de legislación y jurispridencia''. His principal works, ''Derecho civil español común y foral'' (1922) and ''Derecho civil'' (1941/42) became standard textbooks.

Castán' judicial philosophy was guided by humanist and natural law ideas. He frowned on legal positivism and sought to soften the harshness of the law with individually tailored, socially responsible judgments of an independent judiciary. His work and personality caused Tobeñas to be considered Spain's leading jurist in the years after the Civil War. Even today, his name remains synonymous with Spanish civil law. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Las diversas escuelas jurídicas y el concepto del derecho / by Castan Tobeñas, José

    Published 1947
    Book
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    Derecho civil español, común y foral : parte general / by Castán Tobeñas, José

    Published 1943
    Book
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    Derecho civil español, común y foral : derechos reales - derecho de obligaciones / by Castán Tobeñas, José

    Published 1943
    Book
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    Derecho civil español, común y foral : derecho de familia - derecho de sucesiones / by Castán Tobeñas, José

    Published 1944
    Book
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    Teoría de la aplicación e investigación del derecho / by Castan Tobeñas, José

    Published 1947
    Book
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    Función notarial y elaboración notarial del derecho / by Castan Tobeñas, José

    Published 1946
    Book
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    Las diversas escuelas jurídicas y el concepto del derecho / by Castan Tobeñas, José

    Published 1947
    Book
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    Código Civil : I - del contrato de sociedad.II - del contrato de mandato. Estudios comparativos - introducción doctrinal art.1665 a 1678 / by Scaevola, Quintus Mucius

    Published 1933
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    Usufructo : uso y habitación / by Venezian, Giacomo

    Published 1928
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    Usufructo : uso y habilitación / by Venezian, Giacomo, 1861-1915

    Published 1928
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    El contrato de arrendamiento de cosas : parte general / by Fubini, Riccardo

    Published 1930
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