TY - GEN AB - 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. AU - Premo, Bianca, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - KG495 ID - 798681 KW - Justice, Administration of KW - Law LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190638726.001.0001 N2 - 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. SN - 9780190638764 T1 - The Enlightenment on trial :ordinary litigants and colonialism in the Spanish empire / TI - The Enlightenment on trial :ordinary litigants and colonialism in the Spanish empire / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190638726.001.0001 ER -