Laws of the Indies
E66689
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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Laws of the Indies canonical | 16 |
| Recopilación de Leyes de los Reynos de las Indias | 2 |
| Castilian law | 1 |
| Ibero-American colonial law | 1 |
| New Laws of the Indies | 1 |
Statements (53)
| 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 |
Laws of the Indies
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Recopilación de Leyes de los Reynos de las Indias
|
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| dateOfPublication | 1680 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
New Laws of 1542
ⓘ
Laws of the Indies self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Recopilación de Leyes de los Reynos de las Indias
|
| 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
ⓘ
Crown of Spain ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Crown
|
| mainSubject |
colonial administration
ⓘ
indigenous rights ⓘ labor regulation ⓘ land distribution ⓘ local government ⓘ missionary activity ⓘ religious policy ⓘ social hierarchy ⓘ trade regulation ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| regulates |
Spanish colonial administration
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish colonial governors
Audiencia of Mexico ⓘ
surface form:
audiencias
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Recopilación de Leyes de los Reynos de las Indias
this entity surface form:
Recopilación de Leyes de los Reynos de las Indias
this entity surface form:
Castilian law
this entity surface form:
New Laws of the Indies
this entity surface form:
Ibero-American colonial law
subject surface form:
Oidore of the Real Audiencia of Manila