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CENDOJ: English

El Centro de Documentación Judicial (Cendoj) es el órgano técnico del Consejo General del Poder Judicial que se encarga de la publicación oficial de la jurisprudencia, así como de las demás competencias en el ámbito de la documentación y de los servicios

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The official search engine of the General Council of the Judiciary allows users to locate judicial rulings from the National Court and other bodies; it also provides access to CENDOJ (Judicial Documentation Center), where judgments and orders issued by various Spanish courts are compiled and disseminated.

The search engine is designed to facilitate the consultation of rulings from the National Court (including the Central Courts of Instruction, Penitentiary Supervision, and Administrative Litigation), as well as from the Civil, Criminal, and Administrative Chambers of the High Courts of Justice.

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  • The CENDOJ portal offers quick access to the most frequently consulted rulings and a section of judgments organized by topic.

  • The main interface provides access to the LATEST JUDGMENTS of the SUPREME COURT, organized by chamber (Civil, Criminal, Administrative, Labor, Military, and Special).

  • CENDOJ itself offers a statistics service divided into three main sections:

    • COVID-19 Rulings: Statistics on user access to published rulings related to COVID-19.

    • COVID-19 Searches: Statistics on user searches for published rulings related to COVID-19.

    • Case Law Search Engine: Statistics on case law. Interactive charts with access to rulings. Data updated weekly.

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How to search?

  • Simple search: allows searching by free text, in addition to using the following boolean operators: Y; O; NO; PRÓXIMO.

Operator

Action

Y

 Retrieves records that contain ALL of the specified terms

O

 Retrieves records that contain ONE or BOTH of the specified terms

NO

 Retrieves records that contain the FIRST term but NOT THE SECOND

PRÓXIMO

Locate records that contain ALL the terms within 20 words of each other 

 

  • Filtered search: can be used alone or combined with simple search

 

Frequently asked questions list

When was CENDOJ created?

In June 1997, a team of twelve people—a director, two lawyers, two documentalists, three assistants, two IT specialists, a reprographics specialist, and a clerk—launched CENDOJ, created by the General Council of the Judiciary to meet the need of members of the judiciary to receive constantly updated legislative, jurisprudential, and doctrinal information.

What is its main task?

CENDOJ is responsible for the conception, design, production, security, technical and document content management, administration, development, and maintenance of the public and private website www.poderjudicial.es, through which most of the services provided by the Center are accessed.

Does CENDOJ have an alert system?

Yes, you can create an alert for each topic of interest. For each alert, the following information will be displayed: its creation date, title, the portal it belongs to, a checkmark indicating whether the alert is active, and its frequency. In addition to this data, a series of buttons are also displayed to interact with the alert.

  • The "preview" button opens a new tab with the search results configured for the alert.
  • The "edit alert" button opens a form to modify the previously configured alert. In the form, you can change the alert title, its frequency, and the search criteria.

 

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