Prawo Indias a współczesny konstytucjonalizm postkolonialny

During the first decades of colonization of the 16th century, Spanish law was implemented in the territory of Latin America. However, very quickly this law expanded to include new branches and regulations. The name Derecho Indiano (awkwardly translated as Indian law) or Leyes de Indias began to be used, where the word Indias is a Spanish reference for the entire Latin America and does not refer only to laws exclusively directed at the indigenous inhabitants of the continent, who were referred to as Indios. Derecho indiano referred to the criollos, or those inhabitants of the descendants of Spain who decided to settle and associate with the newly discovered territory. The Law of the Indias refers to the law implemented over a period of nearly 300 years in the conquered territories until the 19th century, that is, until the independence of the countries. How did the law of the Indias influence the organization and functioning of the public authorities of the systems of colonialized states? The book includes both a historical analysis of the formation of the law of Indias and an analysis of post-colonial modern constitutionalism in comparative perspectives. This study will be carried out from a comparative legal perspective using the examples of Ecuador, Bolivia, Mexico, the Philippines and East Timor. A separate consideration will be given to the analysis of China’s constitutionalism.