La justicia mercantil en la Casa de la Contratación de Sevilla en el siglo XVI
Trading consulates coordinated merchants’ activity and settled their disputes. Their jurisdictional work in mercantile issues was crucial to the development of trade at all times and in all geographical spheres. Spanish-American trade, centralized in the city of Seville, also benefited. This article...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2009 |
| Country: | México |
| Institution: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repository: | Estudios de Historia Novohispana |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/3617 |
| Online Access: | https://novohispana.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ehn/article/view/3617 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Spanish American law mercantile justice Casa de la Contratación Seville consulates Derecho Indiano justicia mercantil Sevilla consulados |
| Summary: | Trading consulates coordinated merchants’ activity and settled their disputes. Their jurisdictional work in mercantile issues was crucial to the development of trade at all times and in all geographical spheres. Spanish-American trade, centralized in the city of Seville, also benefited. This article analyzes the application of mercantile justice in the Casa de la Contratación in Seville, from the time it was founded, as well as the legislation established by the Spanish Crown to solve problems related to Spanish-American trade. |
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