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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Christoph Rosenmüller (Middle Tennessee State University)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.750kg ISBN: 9781108701938ISBN 10: 1108701930 Pages: 361 Publication Date: 25 June 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of maps, Tables and figures; Acknowledgments; A note on terms; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Empire of justice; 2. From judicial to administrative corruption; 3. 'This custom or better said corruption': legal strategies and the native trade with the Alcaldes Mayores; 4. 'Vile and abominable pacts': the sale of judicial appointments and the great decline of viceregal patronage; 5. Criminal process and the 'judge who is corrupted by money'; 6. Guilt and punishment for fraud, theft, and the 'grave offense of bribery or corruption'; 7. The politics of justice: Francisco Garzarón's Visita (1716–1727); Conclusion: approaching historical corruption; Appendix; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.Reviews'Infusing a field with deep new insight represents a major accomplishment. Christoph Rosenmüller injects three fields with significant new research outcomes … Rosenmüller's book is a significant contribution to world history and, for years to come, a key text covering Spain and Colonial Spanish America.' Friedrich Schuler, Pacific Historical Review Author InformationChristoph Rosenmüller is a professor at Middle Tennessee State University. His publications include the edited volumes Corruption in the Iberian Empires: Greed, Custom, and Colonial Networks (2017), 'Dávidas, dones y dineros': aportes a una nueva historia de la corrupción en América Latina desde el imperio español a la modernidad (2016), and the book Patrons, Partisans, and Palace Intrigues: The Court Society of Colonial Mexico, 1702–1710 (2008). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |