This essay uses the case of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico to discuss “the coloniality of
disaster”: how catastrophic events like hurricanes, earthquakes, but also other forms political …

We ordinarily assume that a central objective of every voting process is ensuring an
undistorted vote. Recent developments in corporate bankruptcy, which culminates with an …

Recent proceedings involving large municipalities such as Detroit, Stockton, and Vallejo
illustrate both the utility and limitations of using the Bankruptcy Code to adjust municipal …

This Article defends the retroactive nature of judicial lawmaking. Recent Supreme Court
judgments have reignited debate on the retroactivity of novel precedent. When a court …

Today, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)'is
financially and economically distressed; this much 1. See PR CONST. art. 1, § 2 …

The debt crisis currently facing Puerto Rico is geographically small in scope but enormous in
its legal complexity and policy implications. Grappling with worsening structural problems …

FRANKLIN CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE TRUST v. PUERTO RICO 805 F.3d 322 (2015) FRANKLIN
CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE TRUST, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Commonwealth of Puerto …

Abstract Are Puerto Ricans born in Puerto Rico, especially those who continue to reside in
Puerto Rico, truly US citizens in the full constitutional and legal sense? This Article considers …

Reckoning with the constitutional status of the United States' overseas territories has been a
tricky business for the Supreme Court. Saddled with anachronistic doctrines left over from …

Using narrative analysis, this article examines the relationship between coloniality and
racializing characterizations of Puerto Ricans, on the one hand, and taken-for-granted …