Abogados y apoderados en pleitos de tierras, Chiapas, 1833-1872

The article examines the role of lawyers and legal representatives in land disputes in various indigenous towns of Chiapas throughout the nineteenth century. It analyses the strategies that these legal representatives employed in the land trials, as well as the legal arguments they brought in play,...

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Main Author: María del Rocío Ortiz Herrera
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Presses Universitaires du Mirail 2019-06-01
Series:Caravelle
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/caravelle/5339
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spelling doaj-70a8920ea8fc4ba994a37b496af55de62020-11-25T01:38:24ZspaPresses Universitaires du MirailCaravelle1147-67532019-06-01112415610.4000/caravelle.5339Abogados y apoderados en pleitos de tierras, Chiapas, 1833-1872María del Rocío Ortiz HerreraThe article examines the role of lawyers and legal representatives in land disputes in various indigenous towns of Chiapas throughout the nineteenth century. It analyses the strategies that these legal representatives employed in the land trials, as well as the legal arguments they brought in play, in order to show some of the difficulties faced by indigenous peasants and poor ladinos while defending their lands before the courts.http://journals.openedition.org/caravelle/5339JusticeLawyersDelegated AuthoritiesLandFarmers
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author María del Rocío Ortiz Herrera
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Abogados y apoderados en pleitos de tierras, Chiapas, 1833-1872
Caravelle
Justice
Lawyers
Delegated Authorities
Land
Farmers
author_facet María del Rocío Ortiz Herrera
author_sort María del Rocío Ortiz Herrera
title Abogados y apoderados en pleitos de tierras, Chiapas, 1833-1872
title_short Abogados y apoderados en pleitos de tierras, Chiapas, 1833-1872
title_full Abogados y apoderados en pleitos de tierras, Chiapas, 1833-1872
title_fullStr Abogados y apoderados en pleitos de tierras, Chiapas, 1833-1872
title_full_unstemmed Abogados y apoderados en pleitos de tierras, Chiapas, 1833-1872
title_sort abogados y apoderados en pleitos de tierras, chiapas, 1833-1872
publisher Presses Universitaires du Mirail
series Caravelle
issn 1147-6753
publishDate 2019-06-01
description The article examines the role of lawyers and legal representatives in land disputes in various indigenous towns of Chiapas throughout the nineteenth century. It analyses the strategies that these legal representatives employed in the land trials, as well as the legal arguments they brought in play, in order to show some of the difficulties faced by indigenous peasants and poor ladinos while defending their lands before the courts.
topic Justice
Lawyers
Delegated Authorities
Land
Farmers
url http://journals.openedition.org/caravelle/5339
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