Since time immemorial : Native custom and law in colonial Mexico /

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"In Since Time Immemorial Yanna Yannakakis traces the invention of Native custom, a legal category that Indigenous litigants used in disputes over marriage, self-governance, land, and labor in colonial Mexico. She outlines how in the hands of Native litigants, the European category of custom-so...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Yannakakis, Yanna, 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.
Subjects:
Customary law courts > Mexico > History.
Indians of Mexico > Politics and government.
Indians of Mexico > Legal status, laws, etc. > History.
Justice, Administration of > Mexico > History.
Tribunaux coutumiers > Mexique > Histoire.
HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Customary law courts
Indians of Mexico > Legal status, laws, etc.
Indians of Mexico > Politics and government
Justice, Administration of
Mexico
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Custom, law, and empire in the Mediterranean-Atlantic world
  • Translating custom in Castile, Central Mexico, and Oaxaca
  • Framing pre-Hispanic law and custom
  • The old law, polygyny, and the customs of the ancestors
  • Custom, possession, and jurisdiction in the boundary lands
  • Custom as social contract : Native self-governance and labor
  • Prescriptive custom : written labor agreements in Native and Spanish jurisdictions.

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