Empire of law and Indian justice in colonial Mexico
By: Brian P. Owensby.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9780804758635
Subjects: Indians of Mexico -- Legal status, laws, etc; Indians of Mexico -- Government relations; Indians of Mexico -- History; Justice, Administration of -- Mexico -- History; Mexico -- History -- Spanish colony, 1540-1810
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-365) and index.
Table of contents: title: Opening; title: Ordering the circumstances of encounter; title: Help us and protect us; title: Precarious possessions; title: Liberty, not servitude; title: Of guilt and punishment; title: Voices in the republic; title: Rebellious subjects; title: Summation and beyond.