viz: 1. The laws of the Ordenamiento; 2. The Fuero Real and
the municipal Fueros; and 3. The Laws of the Partidas.
The Nueva Recopilaci6n was published in 1567 during the reign of
Philip II. It was begun by Don Pedro Lopez de Alcocer and continued
by Doctors Guevara, Escudero and Arrieta, the last named concluding
it, and was revised by Licentiate Atienza.
The Novisima Recopilacion, the plan of which was due to Don Juan
de la Reguera Valdelomar, was concluded in 1804 and printed in 1805,
during the reign of Carlos IV. It consists of twelve books.
The Recopilacion de Indias, while earlier than the Novisima Recopilaci6n
is mentioned after the latter, because it was specially destined
to America.
The first to order a recopilation of the laws and royal provisions which
had been issued for the good government of the Indies, was Philip II,
in 1570; but it was not carried out until 1680, under the reign of Carlos