# Books [### Uma breve história do Direito: a matriz europeia nos últimos dois milênios e meio ](https://www.editoracontracorrente.com.br/product/uma-breve-historia-do-direito)**São Paulo: Contracorrente, 2024** (Brazilian translation of a Short History of European Law) ![Book cover image: Uma Breve Historia Do Direito](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-01/UmaBreveHistoriaDoDireito_0.jpg?itok=9zEn6Liq) [### Breve storia del diritto in Europa. Dal diritto romano al diritto europeo ](https://www.mulino.it/isbn/9788815388216#)**Bologna: Il Mulino, 2024** (Italian translation of a Short History of European Law) ![Cover image of, Breve storia del diritto in Europa](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/a_short_history_-_italy.jpg?itok=CyFa7fnW) [### A Short History of European Law ](https://www.minsokwon.com/booklist/book_specific.asp?bookno=10349&bookcate=)**Seoul: Minsokwon, 2023** (A Korean translation of A Short History of European Law) ![Cover of book titled: A Short History of European Law Seoul: Minsokwon, 2023 (a Korean translation)](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/a_short_history_of_european_law_page_1.jpg?itok=XIdXr1zf) [### Une brève histoire du droit en Europe. Les 2500 dernières années. ](http://www.editions-anacharsis.com/Une-breve-histoire-du-droit-en-Europe)**Toulouse: Anacharsis, 2023** (French tralsation of a Short History of European Law). ![Picture of the front cover of Une Brève Histoire Du Droit En Europe. Les 2500 Dernières Années.](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/front_cover_of_une_breve_histoire_du_droit_en_europe._les_2500_dernieres_annees.jpg?itok=aRRzQOI3) [### A Short History of European Law. The Last Two and a Half Millenia. ](http://www.cuplpress.com/index.php?m=book&a=detail&id=11977)**Beijing: China University of Political Sciences and Law Press, 2019** (Chinese translation of a Short History of European Law). ![Book cover - A Short History (Chinese translation)](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/a_short_history_-_chinese.jpg?itok=NQt1ai71) [### Una breve historia del derecho europeo: los últimos 2,500 años. ](https://www.alianzaeditorial.es/libro/alianza-ensayo/una-breve-historia-del-derecho-europeo-tamar-herzog-9788491814696/)**Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 2019** (Spanish translation of *A Short History of European Law*) ![Una_Breve_Historia_Del_Derecho_Europeo](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/una_breve_historia_del_derecho_portada.jpg?itok=mZpbo49j) [### Fronteiras da posse. Espanha e Portugal na Europa e nas Américas ](https://arraeseditores.com.br/fronteiras-da-posse.html)**Belo Horizonte, Arraes Editores, 2019** (Brazilian translation of *Frontiers of Possession*) ![fronteiras_da_posse](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/fronteiras_da_posse_-_capa.jpg?itok=pHL9YAw2) [### A Short History of European Law. The Last Two and a Half Millenia. ](http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674237865)**Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2018**. ![Picture of book cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/a_short_history_of_european_law.jpg?itok=r8tdix0i) [### Fronteras de Posesión. España y Portugal en Europa y las Américas. ](http://www.fcede.es/site/es/libros/detalles.aspx?id_libro=19830)**Madrid: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2018** (Spanish translation of *Frontiers of Possession*) ![FRONTERAS DE POSESIÓN España y Portugal en Europa y las Américas](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/frontiers_of_possession-another_book.jpg?itok=qBoHaeig) [### Fronteiras da Posse. Portugal e Espanha na Europa e na América ](https://www.ics.ulisboa.pt/livros/fronteiras-da-posse)**Lisbon: Imprensa ISC, 2018** (Portuguese translation of *Frontiers of Possession*) ![Book cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/front-page-fronteiras-da-posse-small.jpg?itok=wxwDzQHO) [### Nations, Citoyens, Immigrés: dans l'Espagne et l'Amérique espagnole du XVIIIe siècle ](https://www.lepoissonvolant.net/post/2017/05/22/parution-nations-citoyens-immigr%C3%A9s-dans-lespagne-et-lam%C3%A9rique-espagnole-du-xviiie-si%C3%A8cle)**Le Poisson Volant, 2017 (**French translation of *Defining Nations*) ![Nations Citoyens Immigres Book cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/51xundtpsdl.jpg?itok=gAJAQ1sL) [### Rites de contrôl et pratiques de négociation dans l'Empire espagnol. Dialogues distant entre Quito et Madrid (1650-1750). ](http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=43731)**Paris: L'Harmattan, 2014** (French translation of *Ritos de Control*). ![Book cover image: Rites de Control](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/rites-de-control.jpg?itok=kr4La9tY) [### Frontiers of Possession: Spain and Portugal in Europe and the Americas ](http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674735385)**Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2015.** [Download the flyer](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/therzog/files/frontiers_of_possession-flyer.pdf) ![Book cover image: Frontiers of Possession](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/frontiers_of_possession.jpg?itok=ly_Gm_m4) [### Upholding Justice: State, Law and the Penal System in Quito. ](https://www.press.umich.edu/17644/upholding_justice)**Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004** (updated and revised translation of *La administración como un fenónemo social*). ![Book cover image: Upholding Justice](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/upholding_justice.jpg?itok=ryN2idpY) [### Vecinos y extranjeros. Hacerse español en la edad moderna. ](https://www.amazon.com/Vecinos-extranjeros-Neighbors-foreign-Hacerse/dp/8420647942)**Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 2006** (Spanish translation of *Defining Nations*). ![Book cover image: Vecinos Y Extranjeros](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/vecinos_y_extranjeros.jpg?itok=qaTjivKu) [### Rendre la justice à Quito (1650-1750). ](http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=2849)**Paris: L’Harmattan, 2001** (French translation of *La administración como un fenómeno social*). ![Book cover image: Rendre La Justice A Quito](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/rendre_la_justice_a_quito.jpg?itok=OLkpuweT) [### Defining Nations: Immigrants and Citizens in Early Modern Spain and Spanish America. ](http://yalebooks.com/book/9780300178319/defining-nations)**New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003.** [Online edition](http://yale.universitypressscholarship.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/view/10.12987/yale/9780300092530.001.0001/upso-9780300092530) ![Book cover image: Defining Nations](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/defining-nations.jpg?itok=gMJ0JXvk) [### Mediación, archivos y ejercicio: los escribanos de Quito (siglo XVII-XVIII). ](https://www.lhlt.mpg.de/1993504/volume082)**Frankfurt: Vittorio Klostermann, 1996.** ![Book cover image: Mediación](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/mediacion.jpg?itok=GEEgrFCi) [### Ritos de control, prácticas de negociación: Pesquisas, visitas y residencias y las relaciones entre Quito y Madrid (1650-1750). ](http://www.larramendi.es/en/consulta/registro.cmd?id=1122)**Madrid: Fundación Hernando de Larramendi, 2000.** ![Book Cover Image: Ritos De Control](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/ritos-de-control.jpg?itok=gEkrMBSf) [### La administración como un fenónemo social: la justicia penal penal de la ciudad de Quito (1650-1750). ](https://tienda.boe.es/detail.php?id=9788425909849)**Madrid: Centro de Estudios Constitucionales, 1995.** ![Book Cover Image: La Administración Como Un Fenómeno Social](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/la-administracion.jpg?itok=ss1I6318) [### Los ministros de la Audiencia de Quito 1650-1750. ](https://www.libreriarocinante.com/producto/los-ministros-de-la-audiencia-de-quito/)**Quito: Libri-Mundi, 1995.** ![Book Cover Image: Los Ministros De La Audiencia De Quito 1650-1750](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/los-ministros.jpg?itok=U34xywzD) ## Co-Edited Volumes [### Historia del derecho en América latina en perspectiva global ](https://editorial.tirant.com/es/libro/9788410959361)**Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch, 2026** (with Thomas Duve). ![Book cover image: Historia del derecho en América latina en perspectiva global](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-01/022422_Portada_resized.jpg?itok=NwUb7TQy) [### História do Direito Latino-americano em Perspetiva Global ](https://editorial.tirant.com/br/libro/historia-do-direito-latino-americano-em-perspectiva-global-thomas-duve-9788594776266)**São Paulo: Tirant Brasil, 2025** (with Thomas Duve). ![Cover image: História do Direito Latino-americano em Perspetiva Global](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-06/Hist%C3%B3riaDoDireitoLatino-americanoEmPerspetivaGlobal.jpg?itok=FvXURSXD) [### The Cambridge History of Latin American Law in Global Perspective ](https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-history-of-latin-american-law-in-global-perspective/84400843A1FD996E81772FF29AD806A7)**Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023** (with Thomas Duve) ![Cover image of the book "The Cambridge History of Latin American Law in Global Perspective"](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/cambridgehistlalawsmfrontsm125.jpg?itok=ctS9AOpQ) [### Polycentric Monarchies. How did Early Modern Spain and Portugal Achieve and Maintain a Global Hegemony? ](https://www.ipgbook.com/polycentric-monarchies-products-9781845195441.php)**Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2012** (with Pedro Cardim, José Javier Ruiz Ibáñez and Gaetano Sabatini). ![Book cover image: Polycentric Monarchies](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/polycentric_monarchies.jpg?itok=6Jp72VDD) [### The Collective and the Public in Latin America. Cultural Identities and Political Order. ](https://www.ipgbook.com/the-collective---the-public-in-latin-america-products-9781845196257.php)**Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2000** (with Luis Roniger). ![index.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/index.jpg?itok=4PT-uqSA) [### Observation and Communication: The Construction of Realities in the Hispanic World. ](https://www.lhlt.mpg.de/1993703/volume101)**Frankfurt: Vittorio Klostermann, 1997** (with J.M. Scholz). ![Book cover image: Observation Communication](/sites/g/files/omnuum9331/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/therzog/files/observation_communication.jpg?itok=olbNrd6_)