Justice of peace and organization of the territory in the southern campaign of Buenos Aires during the first half of the 19th century. A dialogue with Juan Carlos Garavaglia

Abstract

The article describes and analyzes the organization and operation of the justice of peace in the space south of the Salado River of the province of Buenos Aires during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas from the contributions of Juan Carlos Garavaglia, among other specialists. One of the central purposes of the text is to compare this process with the one occurring in the space north of the mentioned river. For this, the organization of the justice of peace was considered from the initiative of Bernardino Rivadavia, the reorganization of the jurisdictions made by Rosas as a consequence of the insurgence of the Free of the South in 1839. Likewise, it was investigated in the profile of the personnel of the courts of peace to contrast them with the studies carried out by recognized historians as well as in the daily functioning of this institution from a varied set of documentation.