The Unheard Voice of Law in Bartolomé de Las Casas's Brevísima Relación de la Destruición de Las Indias
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1 Argumento -- Argument and Rationale -- Historical Significance -- Methodology -- Literature Review -- Sources -- Organization -- 2 The Formation of Las Casas's Juridical Voice: Historical Matrix -- Ascendancy of the Renaissance -- Continuity and Change in Fifteenth-Century Spain -- Demographic and Economic Developments in Spain -- Political Power of Isabel and Ferdinand -- Religious Purview of the Catholic Monarchs -- Possession and Destruction of the Indies -- 3 The Formation of Las Casas's Juridical Voice: Disciplines of and Studies in Canon Law and Theology -- Discipline of Canon Law -- Las Casas's Canon Law Studies -- Discipline of Theology and Dominican Reforms -- Las Casas's Dominican Formation -- Convergence of Canon Law and Theology -- Distinctiveness of Las Casas's Juridical Voice -- 4 The Articulation of Las Casas's Juridical Voice: Debates about Level of Humanity and Religious Capacity -- Anthropo-status Debate -- Assessment of Initial Appraisals -- Initiation of Public Debate -- Response of Las Casas, the Young Cleric -- Polarized Discourse in Church, Academia, and Court -- Response of Las Casas, the Friar and Bishop -- Religious Debate -- Primary Goal of Evangelization -- Missiological Challenges of Ignorance -- Missiological Challenge of Goals -- Missiological Challenge of Methods -- Las Casas's Peaceful and Persuasive Missiology -- Ultimate Goal of Salvation and Las Casas's Soteriology -- 5 The Articulation of Las Casas's Juridical Voice: Debates about Economic Institutions and Political Dominium -- Economic Debate -- Initial Economic Development -- Emergence and Development of Encomienda -- Emergence and Development of Slavery -- Las Casas's Juridical Assessment and Condemnation.