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Many of the Laws of Puerto Rico (Leyes de Puerto Rico) are modeled after the Spanish Civil Code, which is part of the Law of Spain. [2]After the U.S. government assumed control of Puerto Rico in 1901, it initiated legal reforms resulting in the adoption of codes of criminal law, criminal procedure, and civil procedure modeled after those then in effect in California.
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.
List of nature reserves (reservas naturales) in Puerto Rico No. Nature reserve Image Municipalities Est. Area (acres) Description 1 Abey: Salinas: 2023 6 Forested hydrological and geological basin with designated Specially Protected Rustic Soil (Suelo Rústico Especialmente Protegido or SREP) important for the stability of wetlands and mangrove forests of the Jobos Bay National Estuarine ...
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Las Marías is subdivided into administrative units called barrios, which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions, [1] (and means wards or boroughs or neighborhoods in English).
The main offices of the Puerto Rico Department of State in front of Plaza de Armas in Old San Juan. The day-to-day enforcement and administration of laws is delegated by the Governor to 16 executive departments created by the Constitution or by statute to deal with specific areas of government. The heads of the departments, chosen by the ...
Apartamentos Miradores del Yunque; Camino Los Rivera; Carretera 959; Comunidad Casiano Cepeda; Condominio Portales de Río Grande; Condominio Portales del Yunque; Condominio Río Grande for The Elderly; Égida Río Dorado Elderly (Sampayo Inc.) Extensióm Estancias del Sol; Parcelas Estancias del Sol; Parcelas La Ponderosa; Parcelas Las Dolores ...
Facultad de Derecho Eugenio Maria de Hostos was established in 1995, but closed in 2013. After completing a Juris Doctor Degree lawyers have to pass the Puerto Rico General Bar Exam in order to practice law. Lawyers that graduated from ABA accredited schools may also practice in Puerto Rico, but they must also take the bar exam. [clarification ...
All legal systems deal with the same basic issues, but jurisdictions categorise and identify their legal topics in different ways. A common distinction is that between " public law " (a term related closely to the state , and including constitutional, administrative and criminal law), and " private law " (which covers contract, tort and property).