Lawrence A. Clayton is professor emeritus of history at the University of Alabama. He is author of BartolomÉ de las Casas: A Biography and coauthor of ANew History of Modern Latin America.  David M. Lantigua is assistant professor of moral theology and Christian ethics in the department of theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is coeditor of Comparative Religious Ethics: A Narrative Approach toGlobal Ethics.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe DocumentsI. The 'New' WorldII: The Black LegendIII: Slavery and the New LawsIV: The Theory and Practice of Peaceful EvangelizationV: Apologist and CriticVI: Political PhilosopherVII. Canon Lawyer and AdvocateAppendix A. Brief ChronologyAppendix B. Some Questions for ConsiderationNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

BartolomÉ de las Casas and the Defense of Amerindian Rights is a welcome text for undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of disciplines: history, religion, international relations, anthropology, and others." - Noble David Cook, author of Born to Die: Disease and New World Conquest, 1492-1650" - Clayton and Lantigua's volume does an excellent job of exploring the complex intellectual obsessions of Las Casas and his unwavering quest to seek political and legal justice for the indigenous population of the Americas." - Franklin W. Knight, author of BartolomÉ de las Casas: An Account, Much Abbreviated, of the Destruction of the Indies, With Related Texts

Lawrence A. Clayton is professor emeritus of history at the University of Alabama. He is author of BartolomÉ de las Casas: A Biography and coauthor of ANew History of Modern Latin America.  David M. Lantigua is assistant professor of moral theology and Christian ethics in the department of theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is coeditor of Comparative Religious Ethics: A Narrative Approach toGlobal Ethics.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe DocumentsI. The 'New' WorldII: The Black LegendIII: Slavery and the New LawsIV: The Theory and Practice of Peaceful EvangelizationV: Apologist and CriticVI: Political PhilosopherVII. Canon Lawyer and AdvocateAppendix A. Brief ChronologyAppendix B. Some Questions for ConsiderationNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

BartolomÉ de las Casas and the Defense of Amerindian Rights is a welcome text for undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of disciplines: history, religion, international relations, anthropology, and others." - Noble David Cook, author of Born to Die: Disease and New World Conquest, 1492-1650" - Clayton and Lantigua's volume does an excellent job of exploring the complex intellectual obsessions of Las Casas and his unwavering quest to seek political and legal justice for the indigenous population of the Americas." - Franklin W. Knight, author of BartolomÉ de las Casas: An Account, Much Abbreviated, of the Destruction of the Indies, With Related Texts

Lawrence A. Clayton is professor emeritus of history at the University of Alabama. He is author of BartolomÉ de las Casas: A Biography and coauthor of ANew History of Modern Latin America.  David M. Lantigua is assistant professor of moral theology and Christian ethics in the department of theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is coeditor of Comparative Religious Ethics: A Narrative Approach toGlobal Ethics.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe DocumentsI. The 'New' WorldII: The Black LegendIII: Slavery and the New LawsIV: The Theory and Practice of Peaceful EvangelizationV: Apologist and CriticVI: Political PhilosopherVII. Canon Lawyer and AdvocateAppendix A. Brief ChronologyAppendix B. Some Questions for ConsiderationNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

BartolomÉ de las Casas and the Defense of Amerindian Rights is a welcome text for undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of disciplines: history, religion, international relations, anthropology, and others." - Noble David Cook, author of Born to Die: Disease and New World Conquest, 1492-1650" - Clayton and Lantigua's volume does an excellent job of exploring the complex intellectual obsessions of Las Casas and his unwavering quest to seek political and legal justice for the indigenous population of the Americas." - Franklin W. Knight, author of BartolomÉ de las Casas: An Account, Much Abbreviated, of the Destruction of the Indies, With Related Texts