Although somewhat dated, this series includes legal bibliographies on the Aztecs and Introduccoin, Mexico, and Colonial Spanish America. El Respeto a la Palabra: Centro de Estudios de la Cultura Maya, Homenaja a Silvio Zavala, ed. It relies heavily on Spanish chroniclers, Mayan writings from the colonial period such as the Chilam Balam, and Sylvanus Morley, an early pioneer in Maya studies. This book is one of the most thorough works on the Mayan legal system.
Published in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross. The opening chapter of this book focuses on ancient Mayan laws and codes regarding the conduct of warfare and their relevance to the modern civil strife between Mayan peasants and the Guatemalan state. Cioffi-Revilla, Claudio, and Todd Landman. Author’s Dereco – Universidad Iberoamericana. This article is one of the most thorough English-language overviews of the Aztec legal system, and has sections on the government structure, the legal system, and areas of substantive law including criminal law, family law, property, commercial law, and international law.Ĭeballos Novelo, Roque J.
Roots of Civil Society and Social Capital. This book is useful as a classified summary of Aztec law, but draws no conclusions from the similarities or contradictions of this law. The author reorganizes Aztec law within an artificial framework of European law codes, and then compares each Aztec law with analogous provisions in modern Mexican law. Academia Colombiana de Jurisprudencia, Alba Hermosillo, Carlos H. The edition of this book was translated into English – Dfl S.Īn Introduction to the History of Mexican Law. Apuntes para la Historia del Derecho Penal Mexicano.
Structure and Strategy in a Legal Context” and S. Several essays in this anthology discuss Aztec legal and political structures, as well as the participation of indigenous peoples in colonial politics and litigation. The author’s stated purpose is to describe the legal systems in Central America before the Spanish conquest, and to compare these with the legal systems of the Aztecs, Mayas, Incas, and Caribbean Indians. The bibliography contains a wide range of sources. The more extensive section on the Aztecs covers socio-political organization, the reliance on punishment, the court system, family law, land tenure, and slavery. The Maya section discusses social classes, family law, and criminal law. The following sources were consulted in the preparation of this bibliography: Industrias Graficas Unidas, Oxford University Press, This textbook on Mexican legal history has an opening chapter on indigenous prehispanic law which covers the Olmecs, Aztecs and Maya. A discussion of Guatemalan Maya jurisprudence and legal history is beyond the scope of this bibliography. For purposes of Maya law, this bibliography focuses on works that apply to the ancient Maya who lived in what is now the southern and Yucatan region of Mexico. Please note that this bibliography is not exhaustive. Bibliography – Exhibit – Aztec and Maya Law – Tarlton Law Library at Tarlton Law Library This bibliography provides coverage of representative works on Aztec and Maya law, post-Conquest indigenous law, and Aztec and Maya history. : Introducción a la Historia del Derecho Mexicano ( ) by GUILLERMO FLORIS MARGADANT S. Responsibility: Guillermo Floris Margadant S. Introducción a la historia del derecho mexicano. Get this from a library! Introducción a la historia del derecho mexicano.