Real Audiencia of Buenos Aires

The Real Audiencia de Buenos Aires, was the highest court of the Spanish crown in the territories of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata, between 1661 and 1671, and the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, from 1783, establishing legal authority in the territories not covered by the Audiencia de Charcas, that is to say the intendancies of Buenos Aires, Córdoba del Tucumán, Salta del Tucumán and Paraguay. In 1810, after the May Revolution, it was suspended and in 1813, after the Asamblea del Año XIII, it was disbanded. It resided in Buenos Aires in the city's Cabildo.

History

Audiencia de Buenos Aires during the Government

Created by Philip IV in 1661, it covered the government of Governorate of the Río de la Plata, Paraguay and Tucumán, being dissolved in 1671.

The Recompilation of Laws of the Indies of 1680, Law XIII ("Audiencia y Chancilleria Real de la Ciudad de la Trinidad, Puerto de Buenos Ayres") Title XV ("De las Audiencias y Chancillerias Reales de las Indias") of Book II, compiles the limits and functionaries of this "Audiencia", possessor of the Real Cédula of 1661 [es icon Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = Recopilación de las Leyes de Indias | place = | publisher = | year = 1680 | volume = | edition = | url = [http://www.congreso.gob.pe/ntley/Imagenes/LeyIndia/0102015.pdf Ley India] | doi = | id = ] [es icon cite book| last = Gandia| first = Eduardo| title = La anexión de Santa Cruz a la República de Bolivia| work = Historia de Santa Cruz de la Sierra una nueva república en Sud América| date = 1935| publisher = Buenos Aires: Talleres gráficos argentinos de L. J. Rosso Doblas| id = [http://www.nacioncamba.net/tesis/EnriquedeGandia/pagina%20cinco.htm] ]

Audiencia de Buenos Aires in the Viceroyalty

Created during the reign of Charles III of Spain (1759-1788) and during the government of viceroy Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo, in 1783, as part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, from August 1 1776.

Its territory included the intendancies mentioned above and the subordinate Governments of Misiones and Montevideo.

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