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The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (Tribunal Supremo) is the highest court of Puerto Rico, having judicial authority to interpret and decide questions of Puerto Rican law.The Court is analogous to one of the state supreme courts of the states of the United States; being the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico the highest state court and the court of last resort in Puerto Rico.
The Supreme Court Building is at the entrance of the city of San Juan. The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico was established by the Foraker Act in 1900 [4] and maintained in the 1952 Constitution of Puerto Rico. [5] It is the only appellate court required by the Constitution. All other courts are created by the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico.
From the initial settlement of San Juan, this harbor side site has been critical to the city's defense and economic development. Initially, portions of the site contained a Spanish fortification, the Bastion de San Justo del Muelle, which was built in 1639 (shortly after the city was invaded by the Dutch) and remained in place until 1897. The ...
A Bond Honoured: A Play (from Lope De Vega) reprinted in Lope de Vega: Plays Two ISBN 978-1840021806: Auto sacramental de la circuncisión y sangría de Cristo nuestro bien: For our sake: 1969 Barnes, R[ichard] G. In Three Spanish sacramental plays: For our sake OCLC 655189012: 1-act religious play Fuente Ovejuna: Fuente Ovejuna: 1969 Colford ...
The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Jefe del Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico) is the presiding officer of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. The post of chief justice was created by Article V of the Constitution of Puerto Rico. [1] The constitution also established in several articles that the chief justice must:
Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio (/ d ə ˈ v eɪ ɡ ə /; 25 November 1562 – 27 August 1635) was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist who was a key figure in the Spanish Golden Age (1492–1659) of Baroque literature. In the literature of Spain, Lope de Vega is second to Miguel de Cervantes. [1]
Punishment without Vengeance (Castigo sin venganza) is a 1631 tragedy written by the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega at the age of 68, centred on adultery and a near-incestuous relationship between step-mother and step-son. [1] The play is regarded as one of Lope’s supreme achievements. [2] [3]
The Escuela Industrial para Mujeres (Industrial School for Women) is a women's prison in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. The facility has an official capacity of 471 inmates, and opened in 1954. There were 420 women incarcerated in 2015; 97 were imprisoned for controlled substances violations and another 97 for property crimes.