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Puerto Rico
(Commonwealth Associated with the United States)

Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources

Constitution

  • Constitución del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (Rama Judicial de Puerto Rico)
  • Constitución del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (Pr.gov)
  • Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly Office of Legislative Services) in English
  • International Constitutional Law: Puerto Rico (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers background information and links

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Executive

  • Gobernador de Puerto Rico
  • Government
  • Oficina del Contralor de Puerto Rico
  • Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration
  • Departmento de Transportacion y Obras Publicas
  • Directorio de Municipios de Puerto Rico

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Judicial

  • Supreme Court - includes decisions from 1998 in RTF; see also LEXJURIS, MICROJURIS, and Publicaciones JTS
  • Tribunal General de Justica de Puerto Rico - includes information in Spanish about the Supreme Court, Superior Courts, and Municipal Courts; and leyes y reglamentos
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit (U.S. Courts)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit (FindLaw) November 1995-
  • U.S. District Court, Puerto Rico - includes rules, forms, bar admission, the Pro Se Litigant Guidebook and other court information

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Legislative

  • PARLIAMENT: Legislative Assembly, consisting of the Senado / Senate and House / Cámara de Representantes
  • Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly Office of Legislative Services
  • Laws of Puerto Rico (Michie)
  • Leyes de Puerto Rico (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. (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
  • Rules of the U.S. House (GPO FDsys) includes Rule III: The Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

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Legal Guides

  • Guide: U.S. States & Territories: Legal Links (Law Library of Congress)
  • American Law Sources On-line: Puerto Rico
  • Biblioteca Jurídica Puertorriqueña (Evelyn Ortiz)
  • Elections in Puerto Rico (Manuel Álvarez-Rivera, ElectionResources.org)
  • Georgetown University Law Library: Puerto Rico
  • LANIC: Latin American Network Information Center: Puerto Rico (University of Texas at Austin)
  • LEXJURIS in Spanish
  • MICROJURIS - Puerto Rico
  • McConnell Valdes: Web Resources
  • Publicaciones JTS

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General Sources

  • Puerto Rico Guide (Library of Congress)
  • Biblioteca Nacional - Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña
  • Human Rights in Puerto Rico (Amnesty International)
  • Puerto Rico Libraries (LIBCAT)
  • NEWS: El Nuevo Día Interactivo
  • State and Local Government on the Net: Puerto Rico (State Local Gov)
  • World Factbook: Puerto Rico (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Yahoo: Puerto Rico

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