Studying the generation process of court records, it suggests that popular Chilean families performed a complex learning in relation to a state institution. Seventy qualitatively analyzed court records called variously as “food”, “alimony” or “food allowance”. In the complete development of a case observed different mechanisms and strategies used by different family to get justice and, at the same time teaching them how to engage with a state bureaucracy in full implementation.
Keywords:
popular families, Juridical-pedagogical learning, Judicial system, Norte Chico
Hirmas Fernández, E. (2015). Learning the law. Popular family to civil justice. Norte Chico, 1860-1920. Cuadernos De Historia, (41), Pág. 33–57. Retrieved from https://cuadernosdehistoria.uchile.cl./index.php/CDH/article/view/35735
