Crowning a decade of innovative efforts in the historical study of
law and legal phenomena in the region, "Crime and Punishment in
Latin America" offers a collection of essays that deal with the
multiple aspects of the relationship between ordinary people and
the law. Building on a variety of methodological and theoretical
trends--cultural history, subaltern studies, new political history,
and others--the contributors share the conviction that law and
legal phenomena are crucial elements in the formation and
functioning of modern Latin American societies and, as such, need
to be brought to the forefront of scholarly debates about the
region's past and present.
While disassociating law from a strictly legalist approach, the
volume showcases a number of highly original studies on topics such
as the role of law in processes of state formation and social and
political conflict, the resonance between legal and cultural
phenomena, and the contested nature of law-enforcing discourses and
practices. Treating law as an ambiguous and malleable arena of
struggle, the contributors to this volume--scholars from North and
Latin America who represent the new wave in legal history that has
emerged in recent years-- demonstrate that law not only produces
and reformulates culture, but also shapes and is shaped by larger
processes of political, social, economic, and cultural change. In
addition, they offer valuable insights about the ways in which
legal systems and cultures in Latin America compare to those in
England, Western Europe, and the United States.
This volume will appeal to scholars in Latin American studies and
to those interested in the social, cultural, and comparative
history of law and legal phenomena.
"Contributors. "Carlos Aguirre, Dain Borges, Lila Caimari,
Arlene J. Diaz, Luis A. Gonzalez, Donna J. Guy, Douglas Hay,
Gilbert M. Joseph, Juan Manuel Palacio, Diana Paton, Pablo Piccato,
Cristina Rivera Garza, Kristin Ruggiero, Ricardo D. Salvatore,
Charles F. Walker "
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