The Enlightenment On Trial: Ordinary Litigants And Colonialism In The Spanish Empire

The principal protagonists of this history of the Enlightenment are non-literate, poor, and enslaved colonial litigants who began to sue their superiors in the royal courts of the Spanish empire. With comparative data on civil litigation and close readings of the lawsuits, The Enlightenment on Trial explores how ordinary Spanish Americans actively produced modern concepts of law.

• | Author: Bianca Premo
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 16, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 385 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 0190638737
• | ISBN-13: 9780190638733