The series Studies in the History of Private Law edited by Remco van Rhee (Maastricht), Dirk Heirbaut (Ghent) and M.C. Mirow (FIU) has just published Mauricio Novoa, The Protectors of Indians in the Royal Audiencia of Lima (Leiden: Brill Nijhoff, 2016). It is described here:
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