Table of contents

1. Introduction. Modern and equitable reformism of Monsignor Antonio Albergati in the administration of justice in the tribunal of the collectorate of Lisbon - 2. The "Apuntamentos" for the King's governors, about the tribunal of the collectorate, that is sixteen golden rules of accommodation for peaceful coexistence between the "Due Fori". The "twenty-three heads of aggravation" on ecclesiastical immunities in the Istruttione to Monsignor Giovan Battista Pallotta - 3. The reformist projects expressed by Albergati to Cardinal Ludovisi concerning the canonical process celebrated in the tribunal of the collectorate - 4. Further specific innovations introduced by said collector in the aforementioned "Istruttione" and concerning the tribunals of the Military Orders; the conduct of religious in the convents; ecclesiastical customs immunities; the relief measures in matrimonial cases in favour of the disadvantaged and the so-called "inter mere pauperes" - 5. The state of jurisdiction in the evaluations manifested by Pallotta to Cardinal Barberini on the trial case of Custodio de Figueredo, judge of the Tribunal de los Fertos del Rey - 6. Resistance and reservations of the Court of Rome on the fiscal and jurisdictional reforms introduced by Albergati, with special reference to the "Scrittura aggiornata" added to the above-mentioned "Istruttione" - 7. The reasons for the immobility of the state of jurisdiction and the canonical process in the special ecclesiastical courts - Appendices