Spanish Law and its Expansion
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This chapter provides an overview of the legal aspects of Spain's enterprise in the Americas. It addresses the uses of law in discovery, exploration and conquest; Castilian law before its expansion to new territories; the use of law to justify conquest; slavery and indigenous labour; institutions; sources of law; legal actors; and Spanish law after independence. It also presents some of the present debates surrounding the nature and construction of derecho indiano.
ISBN
9780198785521
Publication Date
2018
Publisher
Oxford University Press
City
Oxford
Keywords
Spain, colonial law, derecho indiano, Americas
Disciplines
European Law | Law | Legal History
Recommended Citation
M. C. Mirow, Spanish Law and its Expansion, in OXFORD HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN LEGAL HISTORY, (Pihlajamäki, Dubber & Godfrey, eds., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018).
