Jaramillo, Roberto Luis; Roca, Adolfo Meisel - In: Revista de Economía Institucional 11 (2009) January-June, pp. 45-81
This article studies the disentailment of mortmain in Colombia. Most of this land was held by the Catholic Church, which derived considerable economic and political power from its ownership. The Radical faction of the Liberal Party, which governed the country between 1863 and 1876, promoted...