Ejidal Property Rights in the Iberoamerican Paying off Context. Buenos Aires's Countryside in the 19th Century

Abstract

The present work studies the redefinition civil assets property rights, specifically the ejidos, from a comparative perspective, analyzing the concept and its use. It’s explained the Buenos Aires’ ejidal legislation and subsequently, the implementation of paying off laws in Spain, Mexico and Buenos Aires is described to observe common problems. Lastly, the legislation objectives are confronted with the way it was applied in Buenos Aires and in a particular case, the Mercedes’ ejido. The results of the liberal legislation are explained in the historical process of interaction between the local application of the laws and its interstitial spaces because that’s is where the relationship among the social subject with the state institutions in charge of the reform process takes the central stage.