Judge and Jury in Imperial Brazil, 1808–1871 : : Social Control and Political Stability in the New State / / Thomas Flory.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1981 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | LLILAS Latin American Monograph Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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