1st Edition
The Unheard Voice of Law in Bartolomé de Las Casas’s Brevísima Relación de la Destruición de las Indias
By David T. Orique
Copyright 2021
396 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
396 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
396 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The Unheard Voice of Law in Bartolomé de las Casas’s Brevísima relación de la destruición de las Indias reinterprets Las Casas’s controversial treatise as a legal document, whose legal character is linked to civil and ecclesial genres of the Early Modern and late Renaissance juridical tradition.
Bartolomé de las Casas proclaimed: "I have labored to inquire about, study, and discern the... Read more
1.Argumento 2.The Formation of Las Casas's Juridical Voice:Historical Matrix 3.The Formation of Las Casas's Juridical Voice: Studies in Canon Law and Theology 4.The Articulation of Las Casas's Juridical Voice Debates about Level of Humanity and Religious Capacity 5.The Articulation of Las Casas's Juridical Voice: Debates about Economic Institutions and Political Dominium 6.The Focus of Las Casas's Juridical Voice: Context and Legal Character of the Brevisima Relacion 7.The Focus of Las Casas's Juridical Voice: Content of the Brevisima Relacion 8.Peroratio
Biography
David T. Orique is an Associate Professor of Colonial and Modern Latin America, as well as the Iberian Atlantic World, and the Director of Latin American and Latinx Studies, at Providence College.
