Love Interest
Subtitle: Figures and Fictions of Venture Capital and the Law in Conquista
Contributors: Rabasa, José; Gaylord, Mary M.; Girón-Negrón, Luis M.; Cárcamo-Huechante, Luis
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Description: Inspired by the visual allegory ("Conquista, embarcáronse a las Indias" fol. 73 of the Nueva corónica), Legnani contends that the development of the laws of peoples (jus gentium) by 16th century Spanish jurists should be analyzed within the corpus of commercial law (lex mercatoria) employed by sea merchants, bankers and mercenaries throughout the 15th and 16th centuries. This dissertation explores the movement from figure to fiction in discourses of capital and violence.
Notes: Keywords: laws of peoples (jus gentium), metalepsis, habitus, political theology, Spanish conquest, conquista, usury, venture capital, commenda, triple contract.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2014