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Puerto Rico is the only current U.S. jurisdiction whose legal system operates primarily in a language other than American English: namely, Spanish.Because the U.S. federal government operates primarily in English, Puerto Rican attorneys are typically bilingual in order to litigate in English in U.S. federal courts and to litigate federal preemption issues in Puerto Rican courts.
"los bosques de puerto rico (text in spanish and english - instituto de dasonomia tropical apartado aq - servicio forestal de los estados unidos, departamento de recursos naturales)"; by ariel e lugo "Institute of tropical forestry: the first fifty years (SuDoc A 13.88:IITF-GTR-7)"; by Ariel E. Lugo
In 2009, the Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly passed a law mandating that membership in the Bar Association would thereafter be voluntary, and although the Bar Association filed suit to challenge the law, the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals upheld the law's constitutionality; subsequently, the Puerto Rico Supreme Court and the United States ...
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Constitución del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit. 'Constitution of the Free Associated State of Puerto Rico') is the primary organizing law for the unincorporated U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, describing the duties, powers, structures and functions of the government of Puerto Rico in nine articles.
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico; 18°27'47.6"N 66°05'17.6"W: Established: 1900; 125 years ago (): Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico: Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico: Coordinates: 18°27'47.6"N 66°05'17.6"W: Composition method: Appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate: Authorised by: Constitution of Puerto Rico: Appeals to: Supreme Court of the United States ...
The Capitol of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Capitolio de Puerto Rico), also known as Casa de las Leyes (House of Laws), and most commonly referred to as El Capitolio (The Capitol), is the seat of the Legislative Assembly, a bicameral legislature composed of a Senate and a House of Representatives, responsible for the legislative branch of the government of Puerto Rico.
The current session is the 31st House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, the lower house of the 19th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, which will meet from 2 January 2021, to 1 January 2025. Members were elected in the general elections of 2020 with a simple majority coming from the Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico) (PDP).
The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (Tribunal Supremo) is the highest court of Puerto Rico, having judicial authority to interpret and decide questions of Puerto Rican law.The Court is analogous to one of the state supreme courts of the states of the United States; being the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico the highest state court and the court of last resort in Puerto Rico.