Gelpí, Gustavo A. creator pr San Juan, P.R Inter American University of Puerto Rico 2017 spa 273 pages ; illiustrations, photos, tables : 23 cm. "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". Introduction: The Constitution does not follow the flag Introduction: The Constitution does not follow the flag Chapter I. A primer on the constitutional status of the U.S. territories and its citizens. Chapter II. An anomaly in a sea of federal uniformity. Chapter III. The American Empire. Chapter IV. The United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Chapter V. A U.S. territory within a Nation. Chapter VI. Native American tribes: A comparison with the U.S. territories. Chapter VII. Consent of the governed. Chapter VIII. The present and beyond: Sánchez-Valle and Promesa. Chapter IX. Concluding thoughts. Gustavo A. Gelpí. Constitutional law Puerto Rico Constitutional law History Puerto Rico KGV2919 .G45 2017 9780986448751 PUCPR 170814 20191024094639.0 spa