Christoph Rosenmüller, Tbd

Corruption and Justice in Colonial Mexico, 1650-1755

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 362
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 587g
• ISBN-13: 9781108701938
• ISBN-10: 1108701930
• Artikelnr.: 59790010

Autorenporträt

Christoph Rosenmüller is a professor at Middle Tennessee State University. His publications include the edited volumes Corruption in the Iberian Empires: Greed, Custom, and Colonial Networks (2017), 'Dávidas, dones y dineros': aportes a una nueva historia de la corrupción en América Latina desde el imperio español a la modernidad (2016), and the book Patrons, Partisans, and Palace Intrigues: The Court Society of Colonial Mexico, 1702-1710 (2008).

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps, Tables and figures
Acknowledgments
A note on terms
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Empire of justice
2. From judicial to administrative corruption
3. 'This custom or better said corruption': legal strategies and the native trade with the Alcaldes Mayores
4. 'Vile and abominable pacts': the sale of judicial appointments and the great decline of viceregal patronage
5. Criminal process and the 'judge who is corrupted by money'
6. Guilt and punishment for fraud, theft, and the 'grave offense of bribery or corruption'
7. The politics of justice: Francisco Garzarón's Visita (1716-1727)
Conclusion: approaching historical corruption
Appendix
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.