CONTENTS

Pages

[Preface] v–vii

[Introduction] 1–7

CHAPTER I

[The Audiencias of the Spanish Colonies] 8–31

CHAPTER II

[The Establishment of the Audiencia of Manila (1583–1598)] 32–82

CHAPTER III

[The Judicial Functions of the Audiencia] 83–120

CHAPTER IV

[The Judicial Functions of the Audiencia: The Residencia] 121–159

CHAPTER V

[The Semi-Judicial and Administrative Functions of the Audiencia] 160–192

CHAPTER VI

[The Audiencia and the Governor: General Relations] 193–225

CHAPTER VII

[The Audiencia and the Governor: The Military Jurisdiction] 226–258

CHAPTER VIII

[The Audiencia and the Governor: Conflicts of Jurisdiction] 259–303

CHAPTER IX

[The Audiencia and the Governor: The Ad Interim Rule] 304–361

CHAPTER X

[The Audiencia and the Church: The Royal Patronage] 362–409

CHAPTER XI

[The Audiencia and the Church: The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction] 410–444

[Bibliography] 445–462

[Index] 463–479