Gamboa's world : justice, silver mining, and imperial reform in New Spain /

Gamboa's world : justice, silver mining, and imperial reform in New Spain /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Albi, Christopher, 1962- author.
Imprint:	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2021. ©2021
Description:	xiii, 242 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Dialogos series Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Subject:	Gamboa, Francisco Javier de, -- 1717-1794. Gamboa, Francisco Javier de, -- 1717-1794. Law -- Mexico -- History -- 18th century. Politics and government. Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1540-1810. Mexico. History.
Format:	Map Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12629790

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	0826362958 9780826362957 9780826362940 082636294X
Notes:	Includes bibliographic references (pages 215-231) and index.
Summary:	"Gamboa's World: Justice. Silver Mining, and Imperial Reform in New Spain examines the changing legal landscape of eighteenth-century Mexico through the lens of the jurist Francisco Xavier de Gamboa (1717-1794). Gamboa was both a representative of legal professionals in the Spanish world and a central protagonist in major legal controversies in Mexico. Of Basque descent, Gamboa rose from an impoverished childhood in Guadalajara to the top of the judicial hierarchy in New Spain. He practiced law in Mexico City in the 1740s, represented Mexican merchants in Madrid in the late 1750s, published an authoritative commentary on mining law in 1761, and served for three decades as an Audiencia magistrate. in 1788 he became the first locally born regent, or chief justice, of the High Court of New Spain. Recognized by his contemporaries as an eminent figure, Gamboa has since slipped into near obscurity. Christopher Albi brings Gamboa and his world back to light, showing how his career path illuminates the evolution of colonial legal culture and how his arguments about law and justice remain relevant today as Mexico debates how to strengthen the rule of law." -- Publisher's description

Table of Contents:

The education of a Novohispano lawyer
Courtroom combat
The Basque Atlantic
The mining laws of New Spain
Bourbon crime and punishment
The underground enlightenment
The resilience of the old order.