Puerto Rico's future
Subtitle: a time to decide
By: Dick Thornburgh ; foreword is written by former president George H.W. Bush.
Series: Significant issues series -- vol. 29, no. 1
Publisher: CSIS Press, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 103
ISBN-13: 9780892064946
Subjects: Constitutional law -- Puerto Rico; Constitutional law -- United States -- Territories and possessions; Statehood (American politics); Self-determination, National -- Puerto Rico; Puerto Rico -- Politics and government -- 1952-; Puerto Rico -- International status; Puerto Rico -- Relations -- United States; United States -- Relations -- Puerto Rico
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Overview of the issues; title: The importance of resolving the political status of Puerto Rico; title: Organization of this book; title: History of the treatment of U.S. territories; title: The original northwest ordinance model, under which territories were "incorporated" into the union as states; title: Departures from the northwest ordinance model after 1898, as America faced the dilemmas of imperialism; title: Territories acquired from Spain in 1898; title: Cuba; title: The Philippines; title: Puerto Rico; title: Guam; title: Other territories proceeded toward statehood; title: Other island territories acquired through negotiation or purchase; title: American Samoa; title: The Virgin Islands; title: Pacific Island Trust Territories that became independent nations; title: The Northern Mariana Islands, a trust territory that became an unincorporated territory subject to U.S. control; title: Remote island territories with no form of self-government; title: Constitutional issues relating to the treatment of U.S. territories; title: Overview of relevant provisions; title: Supreme Court decisions relating to the treatment of U.S. territories; title: The Insular cases; title: Rassmussen and Mankichi; title: Gonzales and the status of territorial residents as "nationals," not "citizens"; title: Balzac v. Porto Rico: the Dred Scott case of the 1920s?; title: The impermanence of statutory rights; title: The international law context for territorial status issues; title: Relevant international law and international agreements; title: Relevant U.N. resolutions; title: The First Circuit's opinion in Igarta; title: The power of the courts to issue declaratory relief to residents of U.S. territories; title: Executive branch efforts to resolve the political status of Puerto Rico; title: Inherent problems with "enhanced commonwealth" proposals; title: Northern Mariana Islands; title: Guam; title: Puerto Rico; title: Recommended courses of action by Congress and the Courts; title: An action plan for Congress; title: The courts can play a role if Congress continues to falter; title: Correcting the Supreme Court's past mistakes; title: Using declaratory relief to affirm the political and human rights of territorial residents; title: Bibliography; title: Index; title: About author.