Giuseppe Marcocci et José Pedro Paiva História da Inquisição Portuguesa, 1536-1821 Lisbonne, A Esfera dos Livros, 2013, 607 p. et 16 p. de pl.

How to Approach Colonial Law?

“…The Inquisition was an independent institution with its own jurisdiction and a remarkable degree of power over both Church and Crown officials. 156 In both Iberian empires, supervision of the courts of the Inquisition rested with the king; unlike in practically all other matters in Hispano-America, appeals against the decisions by the Inquisition could not be lodged with the Council of the Indies but with the Supremo Consejo de la Inquisión in Madrid. Only for members of indigenous peoples did local bishops have jurisdiction to prosecute what were considered crimes against the faith.…”