Abstract

ANANOS MEZA, María Cecilia. The Title of "Natural Society and Communication"by Francisco de Vitoria: In the Footsteps of its Concept in the Light of Domain Theory. Anu. Mex. Der. Inter [online]. 2012, vol.12, pp.525-596. ISSN 1870-4654.

The subject of this survey is the concept of "naturalis et societatis communicationis" propounded by Francisco de Vitoria in his Relectio de Indis, which acts as the first legitimate title of spanish ownership of America. There has been a great deal of writings about it, but they have not come to a satisfactory comprehension of it; its content remains invariably ambiguous since Vitoria did not leave any definition nor did divulge its direct sources; feature that serves as the initial point of an interpretation of this concept based on the system that lies in the context of the Relectio de Indis, which carry us to reconstruct its sources in order to approach to its appropriate comprehension.

Keywords : Francisco de Vitoria; Relectio of Indis; first title; jus communicationis; society and natural communication; societatis naturalis et comunicationis; natural right; dominion; dominium; international law; ius gentium; America; New World; discovery and conquest; the doctrine of just war; ius peregrinandi et degendi; ius negotiandi; right of communication and participation; Roman law.

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