Latin American law: a history of private law and institutions in Spanish America
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue: Indigenous Law -- Part I. Colonial Period -- 1. Conquest and Colonization -- 2. Structures and Courts -- 3. Legal Education and Lawyers -- 4. Sources -- 5. Personal Status -- 6. Land and Inheritance -- 7. Commercial Law -- 8. Slavery -- 9. Indian Status and Indian Land -- Part II. Independence and the Nineteenth Century -- 10. Constitutions, Codes, Caudillos, and Commerce -- 11. Private Law and Independence -- 12. Structures and Courts -- 13. Legal Education and Lawyers -- 14. Sources -- 15. Codification -- 16. Personal Status -- 17. Land and Inheritance -- 18. Commercial Law -- Part III. The Twentieth Century -- 19. From Europe to America -- 20. Structures and Courts -- 21. Legal Education and Lawyers -- 22. Sources -- 23. Personal Status -- 24. Land and Inheritance -- 25. Commercial Law -- 26. Land Reform -- 27. Development, Investment, Globalization, and an Exception -- 28. The Gap -- Conclusion: The Unfinished Business of Latin American Private Law -- Notes -- Introduction -- Prologue -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Chapter 16 -- Chapter 17 -- Chapter 18 -- Chapter 19 -- Chapter 20 -- Chapter 21 -- Chapter 22 -- Chapter 23 -- Chapter 24 -- Chapter 25 -- Chapter 26 -- Chapter 27 -- Chapter 28 -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.