De regia potestate - Casas, Bartolome de las, 1474-1566.; Perena, Luciano, 1920- (Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, 1969)
Opposite pages, p. [1]-115, numbered in duplicate.
Latin text with Spanish translation by Vidal Abril Castello of Erudita et elegans explicatio quaestionis: utrum reges vel principes jure aliquo vel titulo, et salva conscientia, cives ac subditos a regia corona alienare et alterius domini particularis ditioni subjicere possint?
"Apendices" (p. [117]-292) contain writings of Las Casas and other documents in Spanish, Latin, or Italian on the system of encomiendas.
Bibliography: p. [305]-311.
Keywords: Latin America -- History -- To 1600.; Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration -- Early works to 1800.; Kings and rulers -- Duties -- Early works to 1800.; Human rights -- Latin America -- Early works to 1800.; Political rights -- Latin America -- Early works to 1800.