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FLORES FLORES, Graciela. A precoding period for the Mexican Republic:The law of January 5th, 1857 and the ordinary criminal justice. Tzintzun. Rev. estud. históricos [online]. 2018, n.67, pp.165-194.  Epub 17-Mar-2020. ISSN 2007-963X.

This study deals with a first encoder trial in Mexico. The Law of 5 January 1857 common elements gave judges to impose sentences and penalties as con­tained elements such as criminal and civil liability; a catalog of aggravating circumstances, mitigating or exculpatory, and includes the prison in the cata­log of existing penalties. Elements that facilitated the delivery of justice in the forums, contributing to degrade the basis on which the right of Old Regime was based as judicial discretion.

Palavras-chave : encoding; justice ancien regime; administration of justice; XIX century.