The Enlightenment on trial : ordinary litigants and colonialism in the Spanish empire


Bianca Premo
Bok Engelsk 2017
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Oxford University Press
Omfang
xiii, 361 sider : illustrasjoner
Opplysninger
Introduction : why is it enlightenment? -- Agents and powers : litigants and writers in the courts -- Derecho and law : legal enlightenment in philosophy and policy -- Numbers and values : counting cases in the Spanish empire -- Pleitos and lawsuits : conjugal conflicts in civil courts -- Then and now : native status and custom -- Being and becoming : freedom and slave lawsuits -- Conclusion : why not enlightenment? -- Appendix I. Archival methods -- Appendix II. Analysis of civil litigation over time.
Emner
Justice, Administration of - History. - Latin America
Law - Colonies - History. - Spain
Kolonialisme : (NO-TrBIB)HUME09575
Kolonier : (NO-TrBIB)HUME09026
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Geografisk emneord
Spanske imperium : (NO-TrBIB)HUME03771
Dewey
ISBN
0-19-063872-9. - 0-19-063873-7

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