c. 1550 CE–c. 1551 CE
Valladolid debate
Law & constitutions · Colonialismo, guerra y debate jurídico
The Valladolid controversy set arguments by Bartolomé de las Casas and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda against each other on conquest, war, and the status of Indigenous peoples. It was a political-theological junta and debate, not a court issuing a final, binding judgment that by itself transformed colonial law.
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- Publication date
- 1992
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