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Constitution
- Constitución del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (external link) (Rama Judicial de Puerto Rico)
- Constitución del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (Pr.gov)
- Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (external link) (PDF) (Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly Office of Legislative Services) in English
- International Constitutional Law: Puerto Rico (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers background information and links
Executive
- Gobernador de Puerto Rico (external link)
- Government (external link)
- Oficina del Contralor de Puerto Rico (external link)
- Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration
- Departmento de Transportacion y Obras Publicas (external link)
- Directorio de Municipios de Puerto Rico
Judicial
- Supreme Court (external link) - includes decisions (external link) from 1998 in RTF; see also LEXJURIS (external link), MICROJURIS (external link), and Publicaciones JTS (external link)
- Rama Judicial: Leyes y Reglamentos (external link)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit (U.S. Courts)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit (external link) (FindLaw) November 1995-
- U.S. District Court, Puerto Rico - includes rules, forms, bar admission, the Pro Se Litigant Guidebook and other court information
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Legislative Assembly, consisting of the Senado / Senate (external link) and House / Cámara de Representantes (external link)
- Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly Office of Legislative Services (external link)
- Laws of Puerto Rico (external link) (Michie)
- Leyes de Puerto Rico (external link) (Michie)
- U.S. House of Representatives: Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi
- United States Code:
- 48 U.S.C.§731 et seq. (U.S. House of Representative)
- 48 U.S.C.§731 et seq. (GPO FDsys)
- 48 U.S.C.§731 et seq. (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
- Rules of the U.S. House (GPO FDsys) includes Rule III: The Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
Legal Guides
- Guide: U.S. States & Territories: Legal Links (Law Library of Congress)
- American Law Sources On-line: Puerto Rico (external link)
- Biblioteca Jurídica Puertorriqueña (external link) (Evelyn Ortiz)
- Elections in Puerto Rico (external link) (Manuel Álvarez-Rivera, ElectionResources.org)
- Georgetown University Law Library: Puerto Rico (external link)
- LANIC: Latin American Network Information Center: Puerto Rico (external link) (University of Texas at Austin)
- LEXJURIS (external link) in Spanish
- MICROJURIS - Puerto Rico (external link)
- Publicaciones JTS (external link)
General Sources
- Library of Congress > Search: Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico Guide (Library of Congress)
- Puerto Rico - official site
- Library of Congress > Search: Puerto Rico
- Biblioteca Nacional - Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (external link)
- Human Rights in Puerto Rico (external link) (Amnesty International)
- NEWS: El Nuevo Día Interactivo (external link)
- State and Local Government on the Net: Puerto Rico (external link) (State Local Gov)
- World Factbook: Puerto Rico (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
For more information on Puerto Rico, see:
Last Updated: 07/15/2015
