Juan López de Palacios Rubios
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López studied at the University of Salamanca, where he later served as a professor of law. He served as College of San Bartolome, President of the Mesta during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, judge of Valladolid, Minister of the Council of India and Ambassador to Rome. In 1494 he was awarded the chair of premium charges at the University of Valladolid, exercising judicial functions in the chancery of the same city. Later follow the career system and reach the offices of the Royal Council member and president of the Royal Council of the Mesta (founded in 1273 by Alfonso X the Wise).
As a member of the Council of Castile from 1504, by appointment of the Catholic Monarchs, he was one of the drafters of the Laws of Toro (enacted in 1505), one of the main proponents of the issue of the Righteous Domain Titles of Castile on Indies. Specifically, in his ''Oceanis Insulis Libellus'' of legal reasoning makes a conscientious about the legitimacy of Spanish sovereignty in the American territories.
Among his works are also found military writings, most notably the ''Treaty of the heroic war effort'' (Salamanca, 1524), the only work he wrote in Castilian with a distinctly political tone. Provided by Wikipedia