the past and future of the American empire Neuman, Gerald L. 1952- Brown-Nagin, Tomiko 1970- text bibliography conference publication mau 2015 monographic eng

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xvi, 216 pages 23 centimeters Over a century has passed since the US Supreme Court decided a series of cases, known as the Insular Cases, that limited the applicability of constitutional rights in Puerto Rico and other overseas territories and allowed the United States to hold these lands indefinitely as subordinated possessions without the promise of representation or statehood. Chapters in this volume, which originated in a Harvard Law School conference, reconsider the Insular Cases. Leading legal authorities examine the history and legacy of the cases, which are linked with outdated notions of race and empire, and explore possible solutions for the dilemmas they created. Reconsidering the Insular Cases is particularly timely in light of the latest referendum in Puerto Rico expressing widespread dissatisfaction with its current form of governance and litigation by American Samoans challenging their unequal citizenship status. This book gives voice to a neglected aspect of US history and constitutional law and provides a rich context for rethinking notions of sovereignty, citizenship, race, and place, as well as the roles of law and politics in shaping them. Preface / Martha Minow -- Introduction / Gerald L. Neuman -- When statehood was autonomy / Christina Duffy Ponsa -- The Insular cases : what is there to reconsider? / Efrén Rivera Ramos -- The centennial of Ocampo v. United States : lessons from the Insular cases / Bartholomew H. Sparrow -- The Insular cases : a declaration of their bankruptcy and my Harvard pronouncement / Juan R. Torruella -- From conquest to consent : Puerto Rico and the prospect of genuine free association / Chimène I. Keitner -- The insular cases, differentiated citizenship, and territorial statuses in the twenty-first century / Rogers M. Smith -- The ideological decolonization of Puerto Rico's autonomist movement / Rafael Cox Alomar -- Our journey is not complete / Andrés W. López -- Puerto Rico and the United States at the crossroads / Carlos Iván Gorrín Peralta. edited by Gerald L. Neuman and Tomiko Brown-Nagin. "This volume grew out of a conference held at Harvard Law School on February 19, 2014, as a Francis Biddle Memorial Panel." Includes bibliographical references. Bibliographic reference according to APA style manual (6th ed.): Neumann, G. L. & Brown-Nagin, T. (2015). Reconsidering the Insular Cases: The past and future of the American empire. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Law School. Law United States Territories and possessions Congresses United States Insular possessions Congresses United States Territories and possessions Congresses P.R. KF 4635 .A75 R43 2015 342.73/0413 9780979639579 0979639573 2015000413 PUCPR 150106 20200229021009.0 333172