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> Spanish/Portuguese legal antecedents > Confluence: customary, Roman, Canon law

Latin American Law. > Spanish/Portuguese legal antecedents > Confluence: customary, Roman, Canon law. Last updated 27 Sep 10. Spanish legal pedigree …. Customary? Gothic? Roman? Moorish? Canon?. Spanish pedigree 250BC – 710AD. Visigoth law. Customary law. Fuero juzgo. Roman

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  1. Latin American Law > Spanish/Portuguese legal antecedents> Confluence: customary, Roman, Canon law Last updated 27 Sep 10

  2. Spanish legal pedigree … Customary? Gothic? Roman? Moorish? Canon?

  3. Spanish pedigree250BC – 710AD Visigoth law Customary law Fuerojuzgo Roman law Moorish law

  4. Fuero juzgo(Lex Visigothurum) Book I: Legal Agencies Book II: Conduct of Causes Book III: Marriage Book IV: Natural Lineage Book V: Business Transactions Book VI: Crimes and Tortures Book VII: Theft and Fraud Book VIII: Acts of Violence and Injuries Book IX: Fugitives and Refugees Book X: Partition, Limitation, and Boundaries Book XI: Sick and the Dead and Merchants who Come from Beyond Book XII: Prevention of Official Oppression, and the Thorough Extinction of Heretical Sects Use of ex acqueo bono precedent in Castilian courts? Julia D Vito

  5. Alhambra

  6. Spanish pedigree710AD – 1492AD Corpus Juris Civilis Customary law Fueros Fuero Real Canon law SietePartidas Encomienda Moorish law Amalgam of laws? Francisco Morales

  7. Siete partidas 1. A seruicio de Dios... (For the service of God...) 2. La ffe cathólica... (The Catholic faith...) 3. Fizo Nuestro Sennor Dios... (Our Lord God did...) 4. Onras sennaladas... (Special rites...) 5. Nascen entre los ommmes... (Among men there arise...) 6. Sesudamente dixeron... (The ancient wise men sagely said...) 7. Oluidança et atreuimiento... (Forgetfulness and boldness...) How do Siete Partidas show up in US law? Francisco Morales Alfonos the Wise – why? Francisco Morales How do Siete Partidas treat Jews and Judaism? Siete Partidas – alive and well in Panama? Joel De Leon

  8. Government spending (except pensions / health care) Spain: 17 autonomous regions / 2 autonomous cities • Municipal: 19% of government spending • Autonomous: 55% • Federal: 26% United States: 50 states • Local: 24% of government spending • State: 20% • Federal: 56%

  9. Universidad de Salamanca

  10. Leon Cathedral

  11. Ordenamiento de Alcala Royal fuero Siete partidas • Accursius glosses • Bortolus commentaries • Canon law • Custom • Opinion of doctors • Reason (natural law) • Roman law • Royal fuero • Siete partidas Custom if reason if sin Roman law Canon law Accursius Bortolus What if no Ordenamiento? Taylor Noland Opinions

  12. Spanish Inquisition – Auto de Fe Francisco Rizzi (1683) Use of inquisition to enforce fueros?

  13. Portuguese legal pedigree …

  14. Portuguese legal pedigree …

  15. Portuguese pedigree1143AD – 1603AD Corpus Juris Civilis Fuero Juzgo Fueros SietePartidas Ordenacoes Alfonsinas (Manuelinas, Filipinas) Canon law

  16. “Living Roman law” vs “idealized Roman law” …

  17. __ Juzgo Fuero __ Fueros __ Fuero real __ Customary law __ Encomienda __ Siete Partidas __ Ordenamiento de Alcala __ Moorish law Compromise rank ordering of local rules and Roman law (1348) Compilation of laws of chivalry, Roman law, local laws (1255) Code blending Roman-Gothic law, unificiation (654) Royal code drawn from Fuero Juzgo, compilation of laws (1255) Islamic law applied for 800 years (water/agrarian rights) Law from ancient Celto-Iberian tradition, based on equity Codification of local customs, rules of self-government Grant of sovereign power to individuals, towns, monasteries Sources of Spanish law?

  18. _C Juzgo Fuero _G Fueros _D Fuero real _F Customary law _H Encomienda _B Siete Partidas _A Ordenamiento de Alcala _E Moorish law Compromise rank ordering of local rules and Roman law (1348) Compilation of laws of chivalry, Roman law, local laws (1255) Code blending Roman-Gothic law, unification (654) Royal code drawn from Fuero Juzgo, compilation of laws (1255) Islamic law applied for 800 years (water/agrarian rights) Law from ancient Celto-Iberian tradition, based on equity Codification of local customs, rules of self-government Grant of sovereign power to individuals, towns, monasteries Sources of Spanish law?

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  20. King Kamehameha

  21. Norwegian “Landslov”

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