Since its creation the Puerto Rican "free association" relationship with the United States has been attacked as colonial. This has created a legitimacy crisis for the Puerto Rican political system both under American Constitutional law and under International law. This study aimed to clarify the legitimate non-colonial options open to Puerto Rico under International and American Constitutional law. The legal framework for Puerto Rican decolonization was used as part of the environment considered in the application of a decision-making model to the Puerto Rican Question. Using historical and bibliographical sources the precedents of decolonization under the American flag were studied to determine the major actors and environmental variables to those precedents. The precedents were used as a guide in the study of the actors and environment variables present in the concrete case of Puerto Rico. Once the major actors and environmental variables for any decision of the Puerto Rican Question were identified, a decision-making model was used to attempt to forecast the most probable outcomes to the Puerto Rican Question. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-06, Section: A, page: 2089. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74852 |
| Contributors | PEREZ SANTIAGO, GAMALIEL., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 312 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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