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Puerto Rico's Constitutional Paradox: Colonial Subordination, Democratic Tension, and Promise of Progressive Transformation

Puerto Rico's Constitutional Paradox: Colonial Subordination, Democratic Tension, and Promise of Progressive Transformation

Farinacci-Fernós, Jorge M.

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Series: Constitutionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean

General Law

ISBN10: 1509953507
ISBN13: 9781509953509
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Aug 22 2024
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book explains how the People of Puerto Rico managed to adopt a constitution whose content and process were both original and colonialist, participatory and undemocratic, as well as progressive and anticlimactic.

It looks in detail at the rich contradictions of the Puerto Rican constitutional experience, focusing on the history and content of the 1952 Constitution. This constitution is the only constitutional document written by the Puerto Rican People themselves after more than 500 years of Spanish and US colonialism.

By exploring Puerto Rico's unique history and constitutional experience the book shines a spotlight on key emerging themes of comparative constitutional studies in this area: state constitutionalism, the persistence of colonial relationships in the Caribbean, and the continued development of constitutionalism in Latin America.

The book delves deep into the particular experience of Puerto Rican constitutionalism which combines elements of colonialism, democratic tensions, and progressive policies. It explains how these features converge in a constitutional project that has endured for 70 years and continues its contradictory development. It considers issues such as the island's colonial history, including its conflicting relationship with democratic values and the constant presence of social movements and their struggles.

It also explores the content of the 1952 Constitution, focusing on its progressive substantive policy, particularly its rights provisions, its amendment procedures, and the governmental structure it set up.

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