Foreign in a domestic sense Puerto Rico, American expansion, and the Constitution edited by Christina Duffy Burnett and Burke Marshall. - Durham Duke University Press 2001. - xv, 422 p. 25 cm. - American encounters/global interactions .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Between the foreign and the domestic : the doctrine of territorial incorporation, invented and reinvented Some common ground Teutonic constitutionalism : the role of ethno-juridical discourse in the Spanish-American War A Constitution led by the flag : the Insular Cases and the metaphor of incorporation Deconstructing colonialism : the "unincorporated territory" as a category of domination Installing the Insular Cases into the canon of Constitutional law Fulfilling manifest destiny : conquest, race, and the Insular Cases U.S. territorial expansion : extended republicanism versus hyperextended expansionism Constitutionalism and individual rights in the territories Partial membership and Liberal political theory Injustice according to law : the Insular Cases and other oddities One hundred years of solitude : Puerto Rico's American century A tale of distoring mirrors : one hundred years of Puerto Rico's sovereignty imbroglio Law, language and statehood : the role of English in the great state of Puerto Rico Puerto Rican national identity and United States pluralism Puerto Rican separatism and United States federalism The bitter roots of Puerto Rican citizenship A note on the Insular Cases Christina Duffy Burnett and Burke Marshall -- José A. Cabranes -- Mark S. Weiner -- Brook Thomas -- Efrén Rivera Ramos -- Sanford Levinson -- Juan F. Perea -- E. Robert Statham, Jr. -- Gerald L. Neuman -- Mark Tushnet -- José Trías Monge -- Juan R. Torruella -- Roberto P. Aponte Toro -- José Julián Alvarez González -- Angel Ricardo Oquendo -- Richard Thornburgh -- Rogers M. Smith -- Christina Duffy Burnett. Part I. History and expansion -- Part II. Expansion and Constitution -- Part III. Constitution and membership -- Part IV. Membership and recognition --



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Law--Colonialism.--Puerto Rico
Constitutional law--Puerto Rico.
Law--Territories and possessions.--United States
Constitutional law--Territories and possessions.--United States
Law--National territory.--Puerto Rico


United States--Territories and possessions--Politics and government.
Puerto Rico--Politics and government.

KGV 2957 / .F67 2001

342.73/083