Law and Christianity in Latin America

This volume examines the lives of more than thirty-five key personalities in Latin American law with a focus on how their Christian faith was a factor in molding the evolution of law in their countries and the region.

Autorentext

M. C. Mirow, Professor of Law, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.

Rafael Domingo, Spruill Family Professor of Law and Religion, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Álvaro d'Ors Professor of Law, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.

Inhalt

Foreword

Introduction

Nineteenth-Century Jurists

1 Juan Germán Roscio (Venezuela, 1763 1821)

2 Andrés Bello (Venezuela and Chile, 17811865)

3 Félix Varela y Morales (Cuba, 17881853)

4 Mariano Egaña (Chile, 17931846)

5 Justo Donoso Vivanco (Chile, 18001868)

6 Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield (Argentina, 18001875)

7 José Bernardo Couto y Pérez (Mexico, 18031862)

8 Teodosio Lares (Mexico, 18061870)

9 Bartolomé Herrera Vélez (Peru, 18081864)

10 Juan Nepomuceno Rodríguez de San Miguel (Mexico, 18081877)

11 Juan Bautista Alberdi (Argentina, 18101884)

12 Clemente de Jesús Munguía Núñez (Mexico, 18101868)

13 Eduardo Acevedo Maturana (Uruguay, 18151863)

14 Augusto Teixeira de Freitas (Brazil, 18161883)

15 Justo Arosemena Quesada (Panama and Colombia, 18171896)

16 Tristán Narvaja (Argentina and Uruguay, 18191877)

17 Gabriel García Moreno (Ecuador, 18211875)

18 Julián Viso (Venezuela, 18221900)

19 Rafael Fernández Concha (Chile, 18331883)

20 Tobias Barreto de Meneses (Brazil, 18391889)

21 José Manuel Estrada (Argentina, 18421894)

22 Miguel Antonio Caro Tobar (Colombia, 18451909)

23 Fernando Vélez Barrientos (Colombia, 18471935)

Twentieth-Century Jurists

24 Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirvén (Cuba, 18551961)

25 Víctor Andrés Belaúnde Diez Canseco (Peru, 18831966)

26 José de la Riva-Agüero y Osma (Peru, 18851944)

27 Manuel Herrera y Lasso (Mexico, 18901967)

28 Heráclito Fontoura Sobral Pinto (Brazil, 18931991)

29 Julio Tobar Donoso (Ecuador, 18941981)

30 Tomás Darío Casares (Argentina, 18951977)

31 Pedro Lira Urquieta (Chile, 19001981)

32. Arturo Enrique Sampay (Argentina, 19111977)

33 Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez (Venezuela, 19162009)

34 Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (El Salvador, 19171980)

35 Germán Bidart Campos (Argentina, 19272004)

36 Juan Larrea Holguín (Ecuador, 19272006)

37 Carlos Alberto Menezes Direito (Brazil, 19422009)