In the last blog, we discussed how improvised legal deals made far from notarial offices helped the inhabitants of Lima get back on their feet again after a massive earthquake and tidal wave in 1687. But even in ordinary times, informal tratos were recognized as legally—and socially-- binding. (cont'd)
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Monday, January 20, 2020
Friday, January 17, 2020
More Than a Contract Part I, Premo with J. Mansilla
As I’m joined by my colleague and fellow historian of Peru, Judith Mansilla, for the next two blog posts, we bring in another voice to harmonize with us: the contemporary Spanish musician Alejandro Sanz. In his ballad Hicimos un trato (We made a deal), he croons:
Hicimos un trato, no sé si te acuerdas … We made a deal, I don’t know if you remember…
…que un trato es un trato that a deal is a deal
Mucho más que un contrato Much more than a contract (cont'd)
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