Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents xi
4. Preface xiii
5. A Note on Legal Language and Brazilian Orthography and Names xxv
6. Part I: Liberal Beginnings
7. I. The Context of lnheritance Reform: Liberalism in the Era of Independence 3
8. 2. Dismantling the Colonial Regime: Estate, Birth, and Color 37
9. Part II: Confronting the Canons of Trent
10. 3. Mancebia Bows to Legal Matrimony: Legislating Marriage ala Trent 81
11. 4. The Liberal Challenge to the Canons of Trent: Clerical Celibacy and Civil Marriage 107
12. 5. Illegitimacy and the National Elite in the Independence Era 126
13. Part III: Reforming Illegitimacy and Heirship in the Regency
14. 6. Undoing "Damnable" Birth: First Reforms 163
15. 7. The Regency and Liberal Reform of Succession Law 200
16. 8. Scandal in the Courtroom 233
17. Part IV: Redefining Bastardy in Imperial Brazil
18. 9. Placing Conscience in Conflict with Interest 265
19. Conclusion: A Brazilian Legal Tradition 305
20. Epilogue: Reconsidering Bastardy in Republican Brazil The 1916 Civil Code 315
21. Abbreviations 331
22. Notes 333
23. Legal Primary Sources Cited 365
24. Other Sources Cited 369
25. Index 381