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 Midi 2019-06-01
Series:Caravelle
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/caravelle/5339
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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.
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spellingShingle María del Rocío Ortiz Herrera
Abogados y apoderados en pleitos de tierras, Chiapas, 1833-1872
Caravelle
Justice
Lawyers
Delegated Authorities
Land
Farmers
title 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_short Abogados y apoderados en pleitos de tierras, Chiapas, 1833-1872
title_sort abogados y apoderados en pleitos de tierras chiapas 1833 1872
topic Justice
Lawyers
Delegated Authorities
Land
Farmers
url https://journals.openedition.org/caravelle/5339
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