Honorable lives : lawyers, family, and politics in Colombia, 1780-1850 / Victor M. Uribe-Uran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Uribe Urán, Victor, author.

Series:

Pitt Latin American series.

Pitt Latin American Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lawyers--Colombia--History.

Lawyers.

Sociological jurisprudence--History.

Sociological jurisprudence.

Colombia.

Genre:

History

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Honorable Lives presents a portrait of lawyers in late colonial and early modern Colombia. Uribe-Uran focuses on the social origins, education, and careers of those qualified to practice law before the highest colonial courts - Audiencias - and the republican courts after the 1820s. In the course of his study, Uribe-Uran answers many questions about this elite group of professionals. By exploring the lives of lawyers, Uribe-Uran is also able to present a general history of Latin America while examining the key social and political changes and continuities from 1780 to 1850 - particularly among the elites and state managers."--Jacket

Contents:

State Service and Status-Honor

The Lawyers and the Late Colonial State

Family Networks and Colonial Stability

Independence: A "Revolution from Above"

Kill All the Lawyers!

Changing Generations and Regions in the 1820s

Politics and the "Public Sphere of Civil Society," 1820s-1830s

Legal Education: The Making of Bureaucrats and Citizens

The War of the Supremos

The "Liberal Revolution": A Friendly Affair

Background and Trajectory of Some of New Granada's Colonial Lawyers

Lawyers Who Died Shortly Before or After Independence

"Transitional" Generation: Lawyers Trained during 1805-1820

Background and Trajectory of the "Aristocratic" Lawyers of the 1820s and 1830s

Background and Trajectory of the "Provincial" Lawyers of the 1820s and Beyond

Key Provincial Lawyers and Law Students Active in Opposition Politics during the Late 1830s, by Region.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-264) and index.

ISBN:

9780822977322

082297732X

OCLC:

606268912