Reconsidering the Insular Cases: The Past and Future of the American Empire - Couverture souple

 
9780979639579: Reconsidering the Insular Cases: The Past and Future of the American Empire
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ISBN 10 : 0979639573 ISBN 13 : 9780979639579
Editeur : International Human Rights Clinic, 2015

Synopsis

Over a century has passed since the United States Supreme Court decided a series of cases, known as the Insular Cases, that limited the applicability of constitutional rights in Puerto Rico and other overseas territories and allowed the United States to hold them indefinitely as subordinated possessions without the promise of representation or statehood. Essays in this volume, which originated in a Harvard Law School conference, reconsider the Insular Cases. Leading legal authorities examine the history and legacy of the cases, which are tinged with outdated notions of race and empire, and explore possible solutions for the dilemmas they created. Reconsidering the Insular Cases" is particularly timely in light of the latest referendum in Puerto Rico expressing widespread dissatisfaction with its current form of governance, and litigation by American Samoans challenging their unequal citizenship status. This book gives voice to a neglected aspect of U.S. history and constitutional law and provides a rich context for rethinking notions of sovereignty, citizenship, race, and place, as well as the roles of law and politics in shaping them."

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À propos des auteurs

Gerald L. Neuman is J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law at Harvard Law School.

Tomiko Brown-Nagin is Daniel P. S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School and Professor of History in the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. She is also Co-Director of the Program in Law and History.

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Éditeur
International Human Rights Clinic
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0979639573
ISBN 13 
9780979639579
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
232
Éditeur
Neuman Gerald L., Brown-Nagin Tomiko
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