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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 July 2017
REPORT OF THE ECONOMIC SOCIETY OF THIS COURT [MADRID] TO THE ROYAL AND SUPREME COUNCIL OF CASTILE ON THE AGRARIAN LAW DOSSIER, SUBMITTED BY ITS MEMBER, MR. DON GASPAR MELCHOR DE JOVELLANOS, ON BEHALF OF THE JUNTA COMMISSIONED TO CONSIDER THE SAID DOSSIER, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS OPINIONS
“Æque pauperibus prodest, locuplentibus æque: Æque neglectum pueris, sensibus nocebit.”
Horatius epist. 1. Lib. 1.
INDEX OF THE ARTICLES CONTAINED IN THE REPORT ON THE AGRARIAN LAW
[INITIAL REMARKS]: 1– 6
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF OUR AGRICULTURE: 7– 15
THE INFLUENCE OF LEGISLATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE: 16– 18
LAWS SHOULD LIMIT THEMSELVES TO AGRICULTURE's PROTECTION: 19– 23
THIS PROTECTION SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE REMOVAL OF THE OBSTACLES THAT THWART THE [SELF-] INTEREST OF AGRICULTURE's AGENTS: 24– 29
[ON THE] CONVERGENCE OF THE OBJECT OF THE LAWS WITH THAT OF SELF- INTEREST: 29– 31
[ON THE NEED TO] INVESTIGATE THE OBSTACLES THAT OPPOSE SAID INTEREST: 32– 33
FIRST KIND
POLITICAL OBSTACLES, OR THOSE DERIVED FROM LEGISLATION: 34– 319
1st. Baldíos: 38– 54
2nd. Municipal lands [Tierras concejiles]: 55– 60
3rd. The openness of lands [La apertura de las heredades]: 61– 106
The usefulness of enclosures: 79– 106
4th. Partial protection of cultivation: 107– 124
5th. The Mesta: 125– 146
6th. Mortmain tenures [La amortización]: 147– 222
1st. Ecclesiastical: 170– 172
Regular clergy: 173– 175
Secular clergy: 176– 184
2nd. Civil: mayorazgos [primogeniture entail]: 185– 222
7th. Circulation of agricultural produce: 223– 301
On fixed prices [De las posturas]: 228– 242
On general domestic trade: 243– 268
On foreign trade: 269– 301
1st. Of agricultural products: 269– 273
2nd. Of raw materials: 274– 277
3rd. Of grain: 278– 301
8th. On taxes examined in relation to agriculture: 302– 319
SECOND KIND
MORAL OBSTACLES, OR THOSE DERIVED FROM OPINION: 320– 362
1st On the part of the government: 323– 331
2nd On the role of agriculture's agents: 332– 346
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