Download or read book The Protectors of Indians in the Royal Audience of Lima written by Mauricio Novoa and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Protectors of Indians in the Royal Audience of Lima: History, Careers and Legal Culture, 1575-1775 Mauricio Novoa offers an account of the institution that developed in the vice-royalty of Peru for the protection of Indians before the high courts of justice. Making use of historical materials, Novoa provides a comprehensive view on the formation of the legal elite in Lima during the colonial period; reviews the litigation undertaken by indigenous plaintiffs, and explains the legal culture that allowed the development of juristic doctrine around the Indian personal status.