Laws of the Indies

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Spanish royal decree colonial legislation legal code

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Recopilación de Leyes de los Reynos de las Indias	2
Castilian law	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 (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Audiencia of Quito → appliesLaw → Laws of the Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Castilian law

Laws of the Indies → codifiedIn → Laws of the Indies self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Recopilación de Leyes de los Reynos de las Indias

Royal Audiencia of Lima → governedBy → Laws of the Indies ⓘ

Laws of the Indies → hasPart → Laws of the Indies self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Recopilación de Leyes de los Reynos de las Indias

Spanish America → legalSystem → Laws of the Indies ⓘ

Viceroyalty of Peru → legalSystem → Laws of the Indies ⓘ