The Valencia water tribunal was enshrined in the Spanish Constitution of 1978.
Notes on verification
Confirmed via multiple independent Spanish legal/governmental sources; Article 125 does not name the Tribunal explicitly but recognizes 'customary and traditional tribunals,' a category legislative history and legal scholarship confirm was intended to include the Valencia Water Tribunal. The 'enshrined' framing is a reasonable simplification of a more nuanced legal reality.
Sources
- Drink in History at the World's Oldest Court (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.amusingplanet.com/2025/04/valencias-water-tribunal-is-worlds.html (amusingplanet.com)
- https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2021-20629 (boe.es)
- http://derechocivilvalenciano.com/estudios/derechos-de-aguas/item/193-el-tribunal-de-las-aguas-de-la-vega-de-valencia (derechocivilvalenciano.com)
- https://tribunaldelasaguas.org/en/history/ (tribunaldelasaguas.org)
- https://vlex.es/vid/tribunales-consuetudinarios-tradicionales-instancia-686308461 (vlex.es)