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Author:

Mirow, Matthew C. (Matthew Campbell), 1962-

Title:

Latin American law : a history of private law and institutions in Spanish America / M.C. Mirow.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xiii, 343 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Civil law--Latin America--History.
Justice, Administration of--Latin America--History.
Droit civil--Amérique Latine--Histoire.
Justice--Histoire.--Amérique latine--Histoire.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-320) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: indigenous law -- Pt. I. Colonial period. Conquest and colonization ; Structures and courts ; Legal education and lawyers ; Sources ; Personal status ; Land and inheritance ; Commercial law ; Slavery ; Indian status and Indian land -- Pt. II. Independence and the nineteenth century. Constitutions, codes, caudillos, and commerce ; Private law and independence ; Structures and courts ; Legal education and lawyers ; Sources ; Codification ; Personal status ; Land and inheritance ; Commercial law -- Pt. III. The twentieth century. From Europe to America ; Structures and courts ; Legal education and lawyers ; Sources ; Personal status ; Land and inheritance ; Commercial law ; Land reform ; Development, investment, globalization, and an exception ; The gap -- Conclusion: the unfinished business of Latin American private law.

ISBN:

9780292702325 (cloth : alk. paper)
0292702329 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53131461

LCCN:

2003020986

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)