JUSTICE BY PAPERWORK: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A COURT SCRIBE IN BOURBON MEXICO CITY.

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    • Subject Terms:
      CRIMINAL justice system; COURT personnel
    • Subject Terms:
      MEXICO City (Mexico); MEXICO
    • Abstract:
      Explores the nature of the local criminal justice system by examining the work of an escribano, a so-called official of the court in Bourbon, Mexico City, Mexico. Identification of the state's justice system as corrupt, arbitrary, abusive and unjust; Adoption of oppressive legal practices as means of controlling popular groups and upholding public order; Issues on state power and legitimacy.