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Judge and Jury in Imperial Brazil, 1808-1871 : Social Control and Political Stability in the New State /
In nineteenth-century Brazil the power of the courts rivaled that of the central government, bringing to it during its first half century of independence a stability unique in Latin America. Thomas Flory analyzes the Brazilian lower-court system, where the private interests of society and the public...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2021]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Brazilian Liberalism and Justice in the Independence Period, 1808-1831
- 1. Introduction: Liberalism in a Time of Transition
- 2. Reformist Thought and Brazilian Society
- 3. The Judicial Legacy
- Part II Reform, 1827-1837
- 4. The Imperial Justice of the Peace
- 5. Judicial Personnel: The Justice of the Peace
- 6. The World of the Justice of the Peace
- 7. Legal Codes and the Jury System
- Part III. Reaction and the Counterreform, 1837-1871
- 8. Reactionary Thought and Brazilian Society
- 9. Justice, Police, and Patronage, 1834-1841
- 10. The Politics of Justice, 1841-1871
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index