Philip II and Indigenous Access to Royal Justice: Considering the Process of Decision-Making in the Spanish Empire.

The article focuses on the historiography of Juzgado General de Indios's institutionalization and indigenous justice by Spain's King Philip II. Various topics discussed include petition written by Mexican lieutenant Bustamante de Andrada in April 1587 over the tripartite relationship between Americans, access of Spain's Royal Courts by indigenous people and reformation of the justice in 1581.