Abstract
This paper analyses the construction of a judicial apparatus at a pluri-continental scale. Focusing on the network of crown-appointed jurisdictions of royal law, the analysis questions its fundamental characteristics, stressing its European matrix and its adaptation to local circumstances, in a background of political and legal pluralism that explains the different range and intensity of its implementation. The text sets out a timeline and maps the expansion and growth of this apparatus at the same time as it analyses the creation of new jurisdictions and questions its apparent monolithic character.
| Translated title of the contribution | Overseas jurisdictions: The construction of the early modern Portuguese overseas judicial apparatus |
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| Original language | Portuguese |
| Pages (from-to) | 136-160 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Análise Social |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 226 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Circulation networks
- Colonial administration
- Judges
- Justice administration