Rogelio Perez-Perdomo
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804751261
- eISBN:
- 9780804767699
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804751261.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
This book provides a history of the intellectual training and social placement of lawyers in Latin America. The book examines the Roman legal roots of the Latin American tradition and traces the ...
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This book provides a history of the intellectual training and social placement of lawyers in Latin America. The book examines the Roman legal roots of the Latin American tradition and traces the development of legal education and practice in Latin America from the sixteenth century to the present. The main themes in the book are the relationship between lawyers and power, the place of lawyers in social stratification, the role of law and lawyers in building nations and maintaining elite power, the role of law schools, and the main intellectual trends in legal thought.Less
This book provides a history of the intellectual training and social placement of lawyers in Latin America. The book examines the Roman legal roots of the Latin American tradition and traces the development of legal education and practice in Latin America from the sixteenth century to the present. The main themes in the book are the relationship between lawyers and power, the place of lawyers in social stratification, the role of law and lawyers in building nations and maintaining elite power, the role of law schools, and the main intellectual trends in legal thought.
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804751261
- eISBN:
- 9780804767699
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804751261.003.0002
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
This chapter covers the period from 1500 to 1830, often referred to as the colonial period. The discussion focuses on Spanish America. It describes the intellectual training and social placement of ...
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This chapter covers the period from 1500 to 1830, often referred to as the colonial period. The discussion focuses on Spanish America. It describes the intellectual training and social placement of lawyers, who received a formal legal education and whose knowledge of the law was certified by the universities and the audiencias of the era. How did they contribute to the consolidation of the state in the colonies? What were their relations with the colonists, the indigenous peoples, the imported African slaves, and the majority mestizo group that resulted from the mix of all the races? The chapter starts with a description of the prevailing bureaucracies before turning to the intellectual training and social placement of lawyers.Less
This chapter covers the period from 1500 to 1830, often referred to as the colonial period. The discussion focuses on Spanish America. It describes the intellectual training and social placement of lawyers, who received a formal legal education and whose knowledge of the law was certified by the universities and the audiencias of the era. How did they contribute to the consolidation of the state in the colonies? What were their relations with the colonists, the indigenous peoples, the imported African slaves, and the majority mestizo group that resulted from the mix of all the races? The chapter starts with a description of the prevailing bureaucracies before turning to the intellectual training and social placement of lawyers.
