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The pen, the sword, and the law : dueling and democracy in Uruguay / David S. Parker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parker, D. S. (David Stuart), 1960- author.
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's Iberian and Latin American Cultures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--Uruguay--History.
- Democracy.
- Dueling--Uruguay--History.
- Dueling.
- Honor--Uruguay--History.
- Honor.
- Uruguay.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (262 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- When duelling became widespread in early twentieth-century Uruguay, legislators facing this dilemma chose the unique and radical path of legalization. This book vividly explores how the only country in the world to decriminalize duelling managed the tension between these informal but widely accepted "gentlemanly laws" and its own criminal code.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Laws of Honor
- 2 Dueling as Politics and the Politics of Dueling
- 3 Impunity to Legality: Dueling and the Law, 1860s-1930s
- 4 Resurgence and Recriminalization, 1950s-1992
- Appendix: Methodology
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780228012351
- 022801235X
- 9780228012344
- 0228012341
- OCLC:
- 1285131520
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