[PDF.97nz] Upholding Justice: Society, State, and the Penal System in Quito (1650-1750) (History, Languages, and Cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds)

In colonies like Quito, order was typically maintained by local, private law enforcement, while weak and impoverished bureaucratic infrastructures receded into the background. Judicial administration was therefore open to the influences of social networks, rumor, and reputation. Upholding justice was a communal rather than a state-run enterprise, and the dominating rules were social and theological rather than legal.

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