03105cam a22004338i 4500 22888234 OSt 20240606093551.0 m |o d | cr_||||||||||| 221014s2022 nyu ob 001 0 eng 2022049946 9780190461294 9780190461287 (epub) 9780190461270 9780190461263 (hardback) DLC eng DLC rda pcc nwpr--- KGV3161 .C69 2022 342.7295/02 Cox Alomar, Rafael Antonio, 1974- author. 81658 The Puerto Rico Constitution / Rafael Cox Alomar. New York : Oxford University Press, 2022. 1 online resource (305 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States Includes bibliographical references and index. Part One. The Constitutional history of Puerto Rico -- Part Two. The Puerto Rico Constitution and commentary -- Preamble -- Article I : The commonwealth -- Article II : The bill of rights -- Article III : The legislature -- Article IV : The executive -- Article V : The judiciary -- Article VI : General provisions -- Article VII : Amendments to the constitution -- Article VIII : Senatorial and representative districts -- Article IX : Transitory provisions. "Puerto Rico's legal tradition traces its origins back to medieval Spain. Discovered (figuratively) by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the Americas, on November 19, 1493, Puerto Rico soon became an overseas colony of the Spanish Crown. The stage was thus set for a colonial entanglement that lasted over four hundred years, making Puerto Rico one of Spain's oldest possessions in the Americas. Puerto Rico's legal culture belongs to the civil law system, deriving its defining features from legal institutions as ancient as Justinian's Corpus Iuris Civilis and Alfonso X's Siete As shall be discussed in further detail below, following the signing of the Treaty of Paris, on December 10, 1898, the Spanish Kingdom relinquished in favor of the United States "all claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba," while also ceding Puerto Rico (then a Spanish overseas province by virtue of the 1897 Autonomic Charter), Guam and the Philippines to the victor of the so-called Spanish-American War"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. Constitutional law Puerto Rico. Constitutions Puerto Rico. Print version: Cox Alomar, Rafael. Puerto Rico Constitution New York : Oxford University Press, 2022 9780190461263 (DLC) 2022049945 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=7147803 Oprime aquí para acceder libro en línea. lcc 7 302365 302365 0 0 lcc 0 0 12 12 24 2024-05-13 97 = YBP Library Services 394.76 0 KGV3161 .C69 2022 50000003294229 2024-05-13 00:00:00 Ebook 394.76 2024-05-13 7