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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 (Maria Otero, University of Puerto Rico Law Library)
• Zimmerman's Research Guide: Puerto Rico
• La Investigación Jurídica en el Derecho Puertorriqueño (Legal Research on Puerto Rican Law), (Luis Muñiz Argüelles & Migdalia Fraticelli Torres) INTL KGV150 .M86 1995

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Constitution

• Constituion of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Office of Legislative Services)
• 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
  • Código Penal y Ley de Vehículos y Tránsito (Penal Code and Vehicle and Transit Law) INTL KGV5414.31974 .A52
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: PR-ST-ANN (English) PRS-ST-ANN (Spanish)
  • Lexis: PR - Laws of Puerto Ricok Annotated, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS, Combined (English) PR - Leyes de Puerto Rico Anotadas - LPRA (Spanish)
• Internet:
  • Código Penal (Penal Code)
  • Código Civil (Civil Code)
  • Laws of Puerto Rico (Michie's)
• Session Laws
  • HeinOnline (1940 - )

Legislature

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

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print: Registro de Reglamentos, (Register of Regulations) INTL KGV58 .R45
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: PRS-ADC (Spanish)
  • Lexis: not available
• Internet: Reglamentos (Regulations) (from LexJuris)

Agencies

• Governor's office
• Agencias (Agencies)

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print:
  • Jurisprudencia del Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico, (Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico) INTL KGV2530.A487 J8
  • Decisiones del Tribunal de Circuito de Apelaciones de Puerto Rico, (Decisions of the Puerto Rico Circuit Court of Appeals) INTL KGV2537.A48 D4
  • Official Translations of the Opinions of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, INTL KGV70 .A23a
  • Opiniones del Secretario de Justicia (Attorney General's Opinions)
    • Microform: KGV3238
    • Lexis: PRAG
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: PR-CS (state cases) & PR-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis: PR - Decisiones del Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico (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) (Government of Puerto Rico)

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Revista Jurídica de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (University of Puerto Rico Law Journal)
  • Print: INTL K19 .J85 (1932 - )
  • Electronic versions (1932 - )
• Revista de Derecho Puertorriqueño (Puerto Rican Law Journal)
  • Print: INTL K19 .D6 (1975 - 2010. Subscription cancelled)
  • Electronic versions (1996 - )

GENERAL

• Print: Práctica Forense Puertorriqueña: Comentados y Anotados INTL KGV2569 .P7 1998
• Internet:
  • Biblioteca Juridica Puertorriquena (Puerto Rican Law Library) (legal information in both English & Spanish)
  • Doing Business in Puerto Rico (The World Bank)
  • Doing Business 2011: Puerto Rico, Making a Difference for Entrepreneurs (The World Bank)
  • FindLaw: Puerto Rico
  • Internet Law Library: Puerto Rico
  • Law Library of Congress: Puerto Rico
  • Legal Information Institute: Puerto Rico
  • LexJuris (a very comprehensive site for Puerto Rico research)
  • Tax Forms
  • Puerto Rico Law Blog

 

Updated: 8/5/2010 (SAS)
Updated 06/2011 (ET)

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