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65 Rev. Jur. U.P.R. 225 (1996)
The Legal Construction of American Colonialism: the Insular Cases

handle is hein.journals/rjupurco65 and id is 235 raw text is: THE LEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF AMERICAN COLONIALISM: THE INSULAR CASES (1901-1922)* EFRAN RIVERA RAMOS** TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ......................................... 226 IT. THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND THE HISTORICAL CON- T E X T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 9 A. The theoretical framework: the constitutive theory of la w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 9 B. The historical context: Puerto Rico as a subordinated n a tio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 2 III. THE LEGAL DOCTRINE OF THE INSULAR CASES ............. 236 A . The background .................................. 236 B. The doctrine of territorial incorporation ............ 240 C. The question of the applicable rights ............ 261 D. Balzac v. Porto Rico: citizenship and incorporation . 264 IV. THE LEGAL THEORY OF THE INSULAR CASES .................. 272 A. Conceptions of law and theories of interpretation and adjudication ..................................... 272 1. Pragmatic instrumentalism v. formalism ........ 272 2. Contextualism ............................... 279 3. Instrumental eclecticism ...................... 280 B. The judicial function ............................. 283 C. The nature of rights .............................. 283 V. THE IDEOLOGY OF THE INSULAR CASES ...................... 284 A. Racism, Manifest Destiny, Social Darwinism and the Construction of the Other . ..................... 284 * This article is a modified version of Chapter III of a dissertation submitted to the University of London (University College) as a requirement for the Ph.D. degree in Law and Social Theory. The revision was made possible, in part, by a Summer Initiative grant from the University of Puerto Rico. The original version was discussed in a Faculty Seminar at the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. The author thanks Marta Santiago Ramos, a former third year student at the University of Puerto Rico School of Law, who provided valuable help proof-reading the manuscript, locating new bibliographical references, converting the citations from the Social Science format of the original to the law review article style of the present version, and offering thoughtful suggestions regarding organization and style. Likewise he expresses his gratitude to Larissa Maldonado Carrasco, a second year law student, who assisted in the revision of the final draft. ** Professor of Law, University of Puerto Rico School of Law.

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