El oidor Meléndez Valdés y el discurso ilustrado de apertura de la real audiencia de Extremadura (1791)
- 1 Facultad Derecho, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus de Jerez
- Juan Diego Carmona Barrero (coord.)
- Matilde Tribiño García (coord.)
Publisher: Asociación Histórica de Almendralejo
ISBN: 978-84-09-05708-5
Year of publication: 2018
Pages: 291-302
Congress: Jornadas de Historia de Almendralejo y Tierra de Barros (9. 2017. Almendralejo)
Type: Conference paper
Abstract
The Real Audience of Extremadura was established by Carlos IV in Cáceres (1790), and its first Regent was Arias Antonio Mon and Velarde. The High Court was born in order to put an end to our complicated judicial system and bring the administration of Justice to our region, tired of solving their lawsuits in the distant chanceries of Granada and Valladolid. On April 27, 1791 was inaugurated this institution and the Hearer Meléndez Valdés was the author of the opening speech, read by his friend of Zaragoza Mon and Velarde. In this speech the writer from Ribera of Fresno (linked to Jovellanos) reflects his illustrated thought, animated with the creation of the Court. Of this organism he tried without success to form a part, supported by Mon and personalities of the Court. This text highlights the simplification of Justice, its plan of instruction of youth, or the humane treatment of offenders.