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The author presents a defense of the Spanish Constitution of 1978, the supreme norm of the legal system and the basis of coexistence among citizens. Born of the pact and reconciliation, it can be considered a success and the longest-lasting supreme norm in Spanish constitutional history. The Constitution of 1978 can be considered an unparalleled success in a country that in its contemporary stage has known ominous absolutism, pronouncements, civil wars and dictatorships and few periods of constitutional life. In addition, it has stood the test of time reasonably well and many more than most still identify with its principles and institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The failure to enforce the laws and enactments regarding book censorship between the 16th and the 18th centuries is a common topic of discussion among historians of the early modern period. This brief essay claims that the dichotomy between "enforcement" and "failure to enforce" falls short to analyze the social practices and the legislation regarding book censorship. The legal culture of the time was known by its indeterminacy, its openness and its flexibility -- utterly distinct from today's legal formalism. Therefore, these aspects should not only be taken into account but should orient any investigation on social practices and official rules on the censorship of books in the early modern centuries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Estudios Socio-Jurídicos is the property of Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

This brief essay is just a pedagogical exercise in order to show the importance of the conceptual critic for the historical comprehension of law. The meaning of the word "legislación" and its reception in the spanish juridical vocabulary is taken as an exemplificative case. Proceeding by the analyze of the three possible meanings of that word ("legislación" as joint of rules, as science, and as activity of producing rules) we try to show that the word and its meanings get relevance only in the context of deep political transformations of the European juridical culture which took place at the finals year of the XVIII century and the beginning of the XIX. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The object of the work consists of analyzing, from the legal-history perspective, using judicial records as the main source, trials raised among family members in the 1776-1810 period, in order to find out about the reception of the models imposed from the Castilian law and doctrine by family members and officers in charge of administering justice, at that time and place. We begin our work with a reference to some books and articles written about this issue, and then we continue with the importance of judicial records as a source to study of the history of the family, the legal and doctrinal frame in which the Castilian-Indian family developed and the analysis of the different types of family lawsuits, concluding with final considerations about the family through litigation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The approach to any study about matrimonial institution in its economical aspects requires a historic analysis to establish the foundations of the present suitable law. In this article, a general scope of historical evolution of marriage and its economy will be carried out. The aims is to highlight the legal background the marriage institution has had and the ways goods have been linked towards contracting third persons with those considered husband and wife. This study goes back to the times of Roman law, where some institutions appeared, which even though did not constitute a communitarian regime, they did have influence on the patrimonial responsibility of spouses. The analysis is centred in the common property regime. In this issue, we will get to the evolution form the origins of the institution in Rome to the Newest Compilation in Spain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]