Honorable lives
Subtitle: lawyers, family, and politics in Colombia, 1780-1850
By: Victor M. Uribe-Uran.
Series: Pitt Latin American series
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Lawyers -- Colombia -- History.; Sociological jurisprudence -- History.
Description: "Honorable Lives presents a portrait of lawyers in late colonial and early modern Colombia. Uribe-Uran focuses on the social origins, education, and careers of those qualified to practice law before the highest colonial courts - Audiencias - and the republican courts after the 1820s. In the course of his study, Uribe-Uran answers many questions about this elite group of professionals.

By exploring the lives of lawyers, Uribe-Uran is also able to present a general history of Latin America while examining the key social and political changes and continuities from 1780 to 1850 - particularly among the elites and state managers."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-264) and index.