Beschreibung:
Crime and the Administration of Justice in Buenos Aires, 1785-1853, analyzes the emergence of the criminal justice system in modern Argentina, focusing on the city of Buenos Aires as a case study. It concentrates on the formative period of the postcolonial penal system, from the installation of the second Audiencia (the superior justice tribunal in the viceroyalty of Río de la Plata) in 1785 to the promulgation of the Argentine national constitution in 1853, when a new phase of interregional organization and codification began.
1. Introduction: Endless Transitions; 2. The Legal Architecture of Colonial Criminal Justice in Buenos Aires; 3. The Administration of Criminal Justice in Buenos Aires, 1795-1810; 4. Changes and Continuities in Criminal Law after 1810; 5. The Emergence of Republican Penal Discourse in Buenos Aires; 6. Administering Criminal Justice in Buenos Aires, 1810-1853; 7. Conclusion: Past and Present of the Criminal Justice System in Argentina