Resumen

LOPEZ BENITEZ, Armando Josué. Legal absolutism: citizenship, criminal prosecution and territorial defense. The case of Jovito Serrano, Yautepec, Morelos (1883-1905). Rev. hist. Am. [online]. 2022, n.163, pp.53-84.  Epub 27-Feb-2024. ISSN 2663-371X.  https://doi.org/10.35424/rha.163.2022.1152.

This article addresses the way in which the peoples of Morelos adapted to a new legal system emanating from the 1857 Constitution, during the years prior to the Zapatista revolution. The resistance they manifested through legal fissures to preserve their community life is addressed. The case of Jovito Serrano de Yautepec is an example of the relationship that the residents maintained in the new model of justice that allowed them to generate various strategies to dispute the possession of their productive space against the haciendas and thereby strengthen their political consciousness becoming a direct antecedent of Zapatismo by involving various communities in the defense of their territory.

Palabras llave : Popular liberalism; citizenship; legal protection; territorial defense; Jovito Serrano.