History of the Federal Court in Puerto Rico, 1899-1999
By: Guillermo A. Baralt ; translated by Janis Palma.
Publisher: Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas; Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Hato Rey, P.R
Language: eng
Number of pages: 671
ISBN-13: 9781932243383
Subjects: United States. -- District Court (Puerto Rico) -- History.
Other titles: Federal Court in Puerto Rico
Work titles: Historia del Tribunal Federal en Puerto Rico, 1899-1999.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 643-664) and index.
Table of contents: title: A historical overview of Puerto Rico in the days before the Spanish-American War; title: Organization of the courts during and after the Spanish-American War; title: The Federal Court opens its doors at 54 Fortaleza Street (1900-1917); title: The first two decades of the Federal Court in Puerto Rico; title: A land besieged by revolutionary nationalism, financial crisis and alcoholism (1920-1939); title: The Commonwealth : challenges rebutted and rebuttals challenged; title: Renewal in Judge Hiram R. Cancio's Court; title: Is there a Puerto Rican influence on the U.S. District Court?; title: Disenchantment during the eighties; title: Puerto Ricans disheartened after navigating the seas of optimism.