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The legal construction of identity : the judicial and social legacy of American colonialism in Puerto Rico / Efrén Rivera Ramos.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rivera Ramos, Efrén, 1947- author.
- Series:
- Law and public policy
- The law and public policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--United States--Territories and possessions.
- Law.
- Colonial influence.
- History.
- United States.
- Law--Puerto Rico--History.
- Sociological jurisprudence.
- Puerto Rico--Colonial influence.
- Puerto Rico.
- Puerto Rico--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Jurisprudence.
- Jurisprudence--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Jurisprudence.
- United States.
- Jurisprudence--history.
- Puerto Rico.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- APA PsycBOOKS.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2001]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- "The Legal Construction of Identity: The Judicial and Social Legacy of American Colonialism in Puerto Rico" investigates how the relationship between the US and Puerto Rico has been created and recreated over the past 100 yrs. More specifically, the author engages in the exploration of how law has contributed to the construction of a particular social reality, a reality embodied by the colonial relationship between the United States and Puerto Rico. The book discusses the legal constructs and governing norms involved in the struggle for identity, specifically a Puerto Rican identity, one which claims rights to US citizenship and participation while also asserting a separate cultural identity. The law as a crucial arbiter of self-determination and self-perception is also analyzed in relation to Puerto Ricans striving to form a distinct national identity. The audience for this book includes social scientists and legal scholars but also to anyone interested in the symbiotic relationship between law and society. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-260) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2001. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2001 dcunns.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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