Restitutio in integrum (DCH)

27 Pages Posted: 9 Oct 2024

Date Written: August 28, 2024

Abstract

Spanish Abstract: El presente artículo ofrece información básica sobre la restitutio in integrum en cuanto institución característica del derecho canónico y sobre su campo de aplicación en las Indias. Tras una breve introducción, la exposición recorre los puntos siguientes: antecedentes, naturaleza y función de la restitutio in integrum, concepto y elementos de la figura legal, sujetos, objeto y procedimiento y su aplicación en Hispanoamérica. La conveniencia de estudiar la utilización de la restitutio en los casos concretos, yendo así más allá de lo que dicen sobre ella las normas y los tratadistas, no es óbice para afirmar que en Indias se aplicó, sin apenas adaptación, la institución homónima del ius commune o utrumque ius europeo. Sus principales beneficiarios fueron los indios, que acudían a ella amparados en el estatuto de miserabilidad que se les aplicaba globalmente. El trabajo se cierra con un pequeño balance historiográfico y con la obligada relación de fuentes y bibliografía.

English Abstract: This article offers basic information on the restitutio in integrum (restoration to original condition) as a characteristic institution of canon law and on its field of application in the Indies. After a brief introduction, the analysis covers the following points: background, nature and function of the restitutio in integrum, concept and elements of the legal figure, subjects, object and procedure and its application in early modern Spanish America. The convenience of studying the use of restitutio in specific cases, thus going beyond what the norms and treaties say about it, is not an obstacle to affirming that in the Indies the homonymous institution of the European ius commune or utrumque ius was applied with hardly any adaptation. Its main beneficiaries were the Indians, who resorted to it protected by the statute of miserability that was applied to them globally. The work concludes with a brief historiographical balance and with the obligatory list of sources and bibliography.

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Keywords: Restitutio in integrum, canon law, indigenous people, miserabiles personae, Latin American history

Suggested Citation

Cuena Boy, Francisco, Restitutio in integrum (DCH) (August 28, 2024). Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory Research Paper Series No. 2024-10, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4981253 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4981253

Francisco Cuena Boy (Contact Author)

University of Cantabria ( email )

Avda. Los Castros, s/n
Santander 39005
Spain

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