BOOK: Mauricio NOVOA, The Protectors of Indians in the Royal Audience of Lima: History, Careers and Legal Culture, 1575-1775 [Legal History Library; Studies in the History of Private Law, eds. C.H. VAN RHEE, Matthew MIROW and Dirk HEIRBAUT; 19,10] (Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff/Brill, 2016), X + 325 p. ISBN 9789004305168

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Book abstract:

In The Protectors of Indians in the Royal Audience of Lima: History, Careers and Legal Culture, 1575-1775 Mauricio Novoa offers an account of the institution that developed in the vice-royalty of Peru for the protection of Indians before the high courts of justice. Making use of historical materials, Novoa provides a comprehensive view on the formation of the legal elite in Lima during the colonial period; reviews the litigation undertaken by indigenous plaintiffs, and explains the legal culture that allowed the development of juristic doctrine around the Indian personal status.

Table of contents:

Table of contents
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations, Charts and Tables
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Bishop Protectors
Protectors of Indians in the Audience of Lima
Social Characteristics
Advancement and Careers
Economic Position
Legal Culture
Litigation at the Royal Audience of Lima
Conclusion
Appendices
Appendix 1: Biographical Notes
Appendix 2: The Library of Cipriano de Medina (1635)
Appendix 3: The Library of García José Lasso de Vega (1775)
Appendix 4: Procurators of Indians in the Real Audiencia of Lima, 1552–1789
Bibliography  
Index 

On the author:

Mauricio Novoa was educated in Lima and Cambridge, and has published on various aspects of Latin American legal and intellectual history.