Why Puerto Rico Does Not Need Further Experimentation with Its Future

    This Commentary attempts to refute the most recent academic proposal regarding the resolution of Puerto Rico’s status, a postulate which has been labeled “territorial federalism.” The underlying premise of this rebuttal is that this “new” scheme is not only not new, but is in fact a repackaging of the same unequal colonial relationship
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    Adrift with Universal Jurisdiction

      The constraints imposed by the constitution of the United States on the nation's exercise of universal jurisdiction, as well as the international effects of this policy, will be the focus of this article. Specifically, I intend to comment on how the United States, through its statutory law, and subsequent judicial interpretations of that law...
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      Interpreting the Constitution: A Commentary on The Current Dogma…

        The subject that I have chosen to comment upon -- the current dogma of the U.S. Courts regarding the domestic enforcement, and in many cases what can be more accurately described as the non-enforcement, of treaties entered into by the United States -- is one that has occupied me professionally and personally for some time...
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        A Clash of Legal Cultures

          I intend to address my remarks to the clash of the two home-grown legal cultures that have evolved in the United States regarding the appropriate methodology in the interpretation of constitutional issues before the courts.
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          Comentarios al «Informe de la Comisión Futurista de los Tribunales»

            Es ante el pueblo donde se debe y se tiene que llevar este mensaje, pues la independencia judicial no es un prurito para beneficio de los jueces, sino la condición que le garantiza a la ciudadanía el que los jueces impartan justicia libre de toda presión e influencia que no sea la de la prueba que desfila ante ellos o ellas, y del estado del derecho que le es aplicable al caso en particular.
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