Justice and law in the new Kingdom of Granada, Bourbon period

Abstract

The history of New Granada previous to the independence revolution is usually described as a stage where despotism and injustice reigned. This article shows, on the contrary, how the Spanish Crown managed to put in place an effective set of rules, institutions and consensus aimed at guaranteeing coexistence. But the text does not concentrate on the administration of justice but on understanding the way in which the law was conceived, and especially justice, in the monarchical society of New Granada. It inquires about the central features of justice, what were its foundations and from what source they originated, highlighting the role of the monarch, not only as supreme judge but also as an archetype of the just