Promulgation of the Nuevas Leyes (New Laws) of Charles V (1542)

Nuevas Leyes, Titelseite, unbekannter Künstler, 1542; Bildquelle: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leyes_Nuevas1.jpg, gemeinfrei.

The New Laws of Charles V for the New World were promulgated in order to guarantee the Indians "good treatment and preservation"; they constituted part of American law.

Nuevas Leyes, title page, unknown artist, 1542; source: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leyes_Nuevas1.jpg, public domain.