01794    a2200229   4500003000600000005001700006008004100023020001800064040002500082050002300107100002400130245011300154260007000267300005800337336002000395337001600415338001900431505064400450520038701094650003701481650004601518PUCPR20191024094639.0170814s        pr ||||| 2017 00| 0 spa d  a9780986448751  aPUCPRbspaerdacost04aKGV2919b.G45 2017  aGelpí, Gustavo A.  aThe Constitutional Evolution of Puerto Rico and other U.S. Territories (1898-present) /cGustavo A. Gelpí.  aSan Juan, P.R. :bInter American University of Puerto Rico,c2017  a273 pages ;billiustrations, photos, tables :c23 cm.  2rdacontentbtxt  2rdamediabn  2rdacarrierbnc  aIntroduction: The Constitution does not follow the flagtIntroduction: The Constitution does not follow the flagtChapter I. A primer on the constitutional status of the U.S. territories and its citizens.tChapter II. An anomaly in a sea of federal uniformity.tChapter III. The American Empire.tChapter IV. The United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.tChapter V. A U.S. territory within a Nation. tChapter VI. Native American tribes: A comparison with the U.S. territories.tChapter VII. Consent of the governed.tChapter VIII. The present and beyond: Sánchez-Valle and Promesa.tChapter IX. Concluding thoughts.  a"Through legal research, essays, presentation and analysis of jurisprudence, Judge Gelpí invites the reader to the heart of a controversy that has confused and divided the Pueto Rican people since the American invasion on July 25, 1898. Judge Gelpí frames his work in the lack of justice that faces American citizens residing in unincorporated territories of the United States". 0aConstitutional lawzPuerto Rico. 0aConstitutional lawxHistoryzPuerto Rico.