02395nam 2200481 450 991015900760332120210111155638.00-19-063875-30-19-063876-10-19-063874-5(CKB)3710000001018531(StDuBDS)EDZ0001615637(MiAaPQ)EBC4777278(PPN)229851495(EXLCZ)99371000000101853120170106d2017 fy| 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Enlightenment on trial ordinary litigants and colonialism in the Spanish empire /Bianca Premo[electronic resource]New York, NY :Oxford University Press,2017.1 online resource illustrations (black and white)Previously issued in print: 2017.0-19-063873-7 0-19-063872-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Justice, Administration ofLatin AmericaHistoryLawSpainColoniesHistoryJustice, Administration ofHistory.LawSpainColoniesHistory.349.11246Premo Bianca1222814StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910159007603321The Enlightenment on trial2836695UNINA