Penas (DCH) (Punishment (DCH))

Abstract

Spanish Abstract: El articulo desarrolla la nocion y caracteristicas de la sancion penal canonica en el ambito de la America hispana durante la Edad Moderna. Se estudian los principios generales a la luz de los Terceros Concilios de Lima y Mexico, la diversa tipologia y se analizan, en particular, las principales penas aplicadas en ese marco espacio-temporal. English Abstract: The article develops the notion and characteristics of the canonical penal sanction in the field of Hispanic America during the Modern Age. The general principles as well as the different typology are studied in light of the Third Councils of Lima and Mexico, and, in particular, the main punishments applied in that space-time framework are analyzed.