The Introduction of American Law in the Philippines and Puerto Rico, 1898-1905

"THE INTRODUCTION OF AMERICAN LAW IN THE PHILIPPINES AND PUERTO RICO," examines the ways in which Americans imposed their constitutional and legal systems upon the islands while they explained and justified that exercise of sovereignty. The legal forms Americans introduced - or attempted to introduce - are reviewed in the penetrating light which the Constitution of the United States can throw upon even the most dedicated of its servants.