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