The author refers to the erudition expressed by Juan del Corral Calvo de la Torre, oidor of the Audiencia of Chile, in excerpts included in his Comentarios a las Leyes de Indias (=Comments to the Laws of the Indies). Allthough his book was written in the eigthteenth century, corresponds to the legal techniques of the previous century. Leiva makes a thorough recount of the works and authors cited by Corral.
Leiva, A. D. (2008). La ciencia de un jurista criollo antes de la enciclopedia: los comentarios a las leyes de indias de Juan Corral Calvo de la Torre. Revista Chilena De Historia Del Derecho, (20). https://doi.org/10.5354/rchd.v0i20.4396
