Laws of the Indies

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The Laws of the Indies were a comprehensive body of legislation issued by the Spanish Crown to regulate the governance, social order, and colonial administration of its territories in the Americas and the Philippines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish royal decree ⓘ
colonial legislation ⓘ
legal code ⓘ
aimsTo control economic activity ⓘ
promote Christianization ⓘ
protect indigenous populations ⓘ
regulate colonial governance ⓘ
appliesTo Roman Catholic missions in the Americas ⓘ
Spanish colonial courts ⓘ
Spanish colonial municipalities ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Philippines ⓘ
Spanish America ⓘ
Spanish West Indies ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
codifiedIn Recopilación de Leyes de los Reynos de las Indias ⓘ
linked to: Laws of the Indies
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
dateOfPublication 1680 ⓘ
hasPart New Laws of 1542 ⓘ
Recopilación de Leyes de los Reynos de las Indias ⓘ
linked to: Laws of the Indies
historicalPeriod Spanish Empire ⓘ
inception 16th century ⓘ
influenced Spanish colonial city planning ⓘ
urban design in Latin America ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus binding in Spanish colonies ⓘ
legislatedBy Council of the Indies ⓘ
Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
mainSubject colonial administration ⓘ
indigenous rights ⓘ
labor regulation ⓘ
land distribution ⓘ
local government ⓘ
missionary activity ⓘ
religious policy ⓘ
social hierarchy ⓘ
trade regulation ⓘ
urban planning ⓘ
regulates Spanish colonial governors ⓘ
audiencias ⓘ
linked to: Audiencia of Mexico

cabildos ⓘ
encomienda system ⓘ
founding of towns ⓘ
layout of cities ⓘ
location of churches ⓘ
location of government buildings ⓘ
location of markets ⓘ
location of plazas ⓘ
repartimiento system ⓘ
treatment of indigenous peoples ⓘ
viceroys ⓘ

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Spanish America → legalSystem → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Laws of the Indies → hasPart → Recopilación de Leyes de los Reynos de las Indias ⓘ
linked to: Laws of the Indies
Laws of the Indies → codifiedIn → Recopilación de Leyes de los Reynos de las Indias ⓘ
linked to: Laws of the Indies
Royal Audiencia of Lima → governedBy → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Audiencia of Quito → appliesLaw → Castilian law ⓘ
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Captain General of Chile → legalSystem → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Captaincy General of Cuba → usedLegalSystem → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Corregidor of Santiago → legalBasis → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Real y Supremo Consejo de Indias → product → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Captain General of Cuba → hasLegalBasis → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Audiencia of Mexico → appliesLegalSystem → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Audiencia of Charcas → legalSystem → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Gonzalo Pizarro → opposed → New Laws of the Indies ⓘ
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Governor of Popayán → usedLegalSystem → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Cuarta Partida → influenced → Ibero-American colonial law ⓘ
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Oidore of the Real Audiencia of Manila → legalSystem → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Real Audiencia of Manila → legalSystem → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Spanish colonial administration → legalBasis → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Corregidora of Querétaro → usedLegalSystem → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Cabildo of Santiago → operatedUnderLegalSystem → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Real Audiencia of Santiago → followed → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Captain General of Cuzco → legalSystem → Spanish colonial law ⓘ
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Audiencia of Guatemala → followed → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Real Audiencia de Guadalajara → appliesLaw → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
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Kingdom of Chile → legalSystem → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Buenos Aires street network → influencedBy → Law of the Indies urban planning principles ⓘ
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Captain General of Puerto Rico → legalBasis → Laws of the Indies (as applied to Puerto Rico) ⓘ
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Royal Governor of Chile → legalSystem → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
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Governor of Buenos Aires → legalSystem → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
First Partida → influenced → Ibero-American colonial law ⓘ
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Spanish Horizon World → legalSystem → Laws of the Indies ⓘ
Spanish Uncharted World → legalFramework → Laws of the Indies ⓘ