Restitution as a duty of justice in Tomás de Mercado

Authors

  • Alfredo Culleton UNISINOS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/fsu.2017.183.16

Abstract

After briefly introducing the theme of penalty and punishment in the tradition of the First and Second Scholasticism, we seek to show the development that Tomás de Mercado (1525-1575) makes of the concept of restitution in his Suma de Tratos e Contratos written in 1571. In it he defends restitution as an imperative of justice that binds in consciousness and which cannot be dispensed by any power since it is a mandate of natural law.

Keywords: restitution, punishment, Tomás de Mercado, colonial Scholasticism.

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Published

2017-12-13

How to Cite

CULLETON, A. Restitution as a duty of justice in Tomás de Mercado. Filosofia Unisinos / Unisinos Journal of Philosophy, São Leopoldo, v. 18, n. 3, p. 247–252, 2017. DOI: 10.4013/fsu.2017.183.16. Disponível em: https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/filosofia/article/view/fsu.2017.183.16. Acesso em: 9 may. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 3 (2017): September/December

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