Catalonia's Advocates: Lawyers, Society, and Politics in Barcelona, 1759-1900 (Studies in Legal History)

353 Pages·2009·3.25 MB·English

by  Stephen Jacobson

Catalonia’s Advocates
Studies in Legal History
Published by the University of North Carolina Press in
association with the American Society for Legal History
S Daniel Ernst and Thomas A. Green, editors
Catalonia’s Advocates
Lawyers, Society, and
Politics in Barcelona,
1759–1900
Stephen Jacobson
The University of North Carolina Press
Chapel Hill
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jacobson, Stephen, PhD
Catalonia’s advocates : lawyers, society, and politics
in Barcelona, 1759–1900 / Stephen Jacobson.
p. cm.—(Studies in legal history)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8078-3297-4 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Law—Spain—Catalonia—History. 2. Law—
Spain—Barcelona—History. 3. Lawyers—Spain—
Catalonia—History. 4. Practice of law—Spain—
Catalonia—History. I. Title.
KKT6071.A197.J33 2009
349.46ʹ7—dc22 2009009384
13 12 11 10 09 5 4 3 2 1
To Marina and Gabriel
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Significant Dates in Spanish History xiii
Note on Style xv
1
Introduction
Lawyers and the City 1
2
The Modern Profession
Old Regime and Enlightenment 28

3
The Liberal Profession
War, Revolution, and Repression 68
4
The Conservative Profession
Institutions, Leaders, and the Law 107
5
The Corporate Profession
Backgrounds, Training, and Practice 151
6
The Nationalist Profession
Law and Catalanism 198
7
Conclusion and Epilogue
The Silver Age of the Profession 239
Notes 257
Bibliography 299
Index 327
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Tables, Figures, and Illustrations
Tables
1. Lawyers per 10,000 Inhabitants in Barcelona 31
2. Social Origins of Bar Applicants to the Barcelona
Audiencia, 1823–1833 38
3. Social Origins of the Barcelona Bar, 1857 and 1897 159
Figures
1. Civil Decisions Issued by the Barcelona Audiencia 118
2. Litigation at Catalan Audiencias and District Courts 193
Illustrations
“Barcelona Seen from Above the Mataró-North
Train Station” 12
“Barcelona Seen from the Fortress of Don Carlos” 19
Entrance to the Audiencia Palace 20
“The Heroism of Barcelona Authorities on the
9th of April of 1809” 80
Portrait of Manuel Duran i Bas 131
Maurici Serrahima at thirty-five 160
Women in a lawyer’s office 189