Justice in a new world : negotiating legal intelligibility in British, Iberian, and indigenous America / Brian P. Owensby and Richard J. Ross. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - NYU scholarship online . - NYU scholarship online. .

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The wide-ranging chapters of this ambitious volume advance our understanding of how Natives and settlers in both the British and Iberian New World empires strained to use the other's law as a political, strategic, and moral resource.

Specialized.

9781479838394 No price


Indians--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.
Colonies--Law and legislation.--America
Law.
Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.


America--History--To 1810.

KDZ481 / .J869 2019

342.70872