Fractional freedoms: Slavery, legal activism, and ecclesiastical courts in Colonial Lima, 1593-1689

Law and History Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 749-790

  McKinley, Michelle ^a  

^a University of Oregon School of Law   (United States)

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EID: 78049444518     PISSN: 07382480     EISSN: 19399022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0738248010000623     Document Type: Review

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