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The American Courts played a fundamental role in the social and political life of the Castilian colonies. As the highest court in civil and criminal matters, the Audiencias had an enormous gravitation in colonial society. Its magistrates were a fundamental part of the life of the Viceroyalties, adding prestige and intellectual luster to the local elites. A wide range of prohibitions hung over the oidores, in order to avoid contact with the surrounding society. Despite them, the colonial judges actively participated in business, were compadres, godparents and benefactors of a wide range of Spaniards settled in Lima. No business escaped, apparently, from its gravitation and influence. This is how they managed to become the cream of the crop of the American Viceroyalties. Between 1549 and 1564 the Lima hearers took charge of the colonial government on three occasions. During that period the...

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This monographic issue of Allpanchis on colonial justice has been structured based on the work carried out by specialists in the area, who have focused mainly on the southern region of the American continent.