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Puerto Rico Resources

This Territory Guide lists the major sources of law in Puerto Rico. Members of the Georgetown University community can seek additional assistance at the reference desk or online.

RESEARCH GUIDES & GENERAL RESOURCES

• The Challenge of Puerto Rico Legal Research a short guide by Maria Otero, Univ. PR Law Library
• La Investigación Jurídica en el Derecho Puertorriqueño (Legal Research on Puerto Rican Law) , by Luis Muñiz Argüelles and Migdalia Fraticelli Torres, 1995. KGV150 .M86 1995
• Puerto Rico Environmental Law Handbook. Eduardo M. Negron-Navas, et al (eds.) 1996 KGV3421.P84 1996

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Constitution

• Constitución del Estado Libre de Puerto Rico (Constitution of the Free State of Puerto Rico)

Statutes/Code

• Print: Código Civíl de Puerto Rico Comentado (Commentary on the Puerto Rican Civil Code) KGV404.3193.A52 P84 and Código Penal y Ley de Vehículos y Tránsito (Penal Code and Vehicle and Transit Law) KGV5414.31974 .A52
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: PR-ST-ANN (English) PRS-ST-ANN (Spanish)
  • Lexis: PR;PRCODE (English) PR;LPRA (Spanish)
  • Internet:
    • Código Penal (Penal Code)
    • Código Civil (Civil Code)

Legislature

• Legislature
  • Senado (Senate)
  • Camara de Representantes (House of Representatives)

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print: Registro de Reglamentos, (Register of Regulations) KGV58 .R45
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: PRS-ADC (Spanish)
  • Lexis: PR;PRADMN (Spanish)
  • Internet: Reglamentos (Regulations) (from LexJuris)

Agencies

• Governor's office
• Rama Ejecutiva (Executive Branch)
• Agencias (Agencies)

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print: Jurisprudencia del Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico, (Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico) KGV2530.A487 J8
• Decisiones del Tribunal de Circuito de Apelaciones de Puerto Rico, (Decisions of the Puerto Rico Circuit Court of Appeals) KGV2537.A48 D4
• Official Translations of the Opinions of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, KGV70 .A23a
• Opiniones del Secretario de Justicia (Attorney General's Opinions) (Microform) KGV3238
  
• Electronic:
  • Laws of Puerto Rico. William S. Hein & Co. (2007) KGV35.A2 Electronic
  • Westlaw: PR-CS (state cases) & PR-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis: PR;DPR
    (Spanish)
  • Internet:
    • Opiniones del Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court Opinions) (1998 - present)

Courts

• Rama Judicial de Puerto Rico (Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico)
• Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court)
• Tribunal de Circuito de Apelaciones (Circuit Court of Appeal)
• Puerto Rico Federal Court Rules (Westlaw password required)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Directorio de Municipios (Municipal Directory) (from official Puerto Rico government website)

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Revista Jurídica de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (University of Puerto Rico Law Journal)
  • Journal Home Page
  • Print version in GULLiver
• Revista de Derecho Puertorriqueño (Puerto Rican Law Journal)
  • Journal Home Page
  • Print version in GULLiver

GENERAL

• Print: Práctica Forense Puertorriqueña: Comentados y Anotados, KGV2569 .P7 1998
• Internet:
  • Biblioteca Juridica Puertorriquena (Puerto Rican Law Library) (legal information in both English & Spanish)
  • Doing Business in Puerto Rico
  • FindLaw on Puerto Rico
  • Law Library of Congress: Puerto Rico
  • LexJuris (a very comprehensive WWW site for Puerto Rico research)
  • Tax Forms
  • Zimmerman's Guide to Research on Puerto Rico
  • Puerto Rico Law Blog

 

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