Legal culture in viceregal Peru

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36901/allpanchis.v40i71.437

Keywords:

Perú virreinal, cultura jurídica, administración de justicia en el Antiguo Régimen, literatura jurídica, arbitrio judicial

Abstract

This article highlights the peculiarities of the legal culture in Viceroyalty Peru. This was developed in a context in which the fundamental subjects of rights were not individuals but corporations, and in which the social order had a transcendent character, in the sense that both its structure and its organization derived from a universe of divine creation, and therefore the will of men could not intervene in them. In this sense, the attributes that a judge should have are explained, who above all should be a good man, whose personal discretion was decisive to resolve the causes according to the circumstances of each case, and without being subject to the mandate of general laws.

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Author Biography

  • José De la Puente Brunke, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Lima, Perú)

    Doctor en Historia por la Universidad de Sevilla y bachiller en Derecho por la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). Es director de Instituto Riva Agüero y profesor principal de la PUCP. Ha dedicado la mayor parte de sus investigaciones al estudio de la historia política y social coloniales, así como a la historia del derecho. Es autor, entre otras obras, de Encomienda y encomenderos en el Perú. Estudio social y político de una institución colonial (1992), y junto a José A. de la Puente y Candamo coeditó El Perú desde la intimidad. Epistolario de Manuel Candamo (1873-1904) (2008).

References

AGUIRRE, Carlos y Ricardo D. SALVATORE (2001) «Introduction. Writing the History of Law, Crime, and Punishment in Latin America». En: Ricardo D. Salvatore, Carlos Aguirre y Gilbert M. Joseph (eds.). Crime and Punishment in Latin America. Law and Society since Late Colonial Times. Durham–Londres: Duke University Press.

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Published

2008-06-14

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