Seminarios: The Constitutional Rights of U.S. Citizens in America’s Colonies w

The Constitutional Rights of U.S. Citizens in America’s Colonies w

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Gerald L. Neuman

J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law

Co-Director, Human Rights Program

Harvard Law School

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Reconsidering the Insular Cases

Feb. 19, 2014, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Milstein West A&B, WCC Building, Harvard Law School

10 a.m. Conference opening

10:15 – 11:45 a.m. Panel I:  History:  Perspectives and Lessons

Panelists:  Christina Duffy Ponsa (Columbia Law School); Efrén Rivera Ramos (University of Puerto Rico School of Law); Bartholomew H. Sparrow (University of Texas at Austin)

Moderator:  Tomiko Brown-Nagin (HLS)

12:00 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch with Keynote Address

Keynote Speaker:  Honorable Juan Torruella, U.S. C.A., 1^st Circuit – “The Insular Cases:  A Declaration of their Bankruptcy and My Harvard Pronouncement”

1:30 – 2:45 p.m.  Part II:  Contemporary Issues Regarding the Territories

Panelists:  Chimène Keitner (University of California, Hastings School of Law); Rogers Smith (University of Pennsylvania); Michael Williams, Esq.

Moderator:  Gerald Neuman (HLS)

3:05 – 4:35 p.m.  Panel III:  The Future Status of Puerto Rico

Panelists:  Rafael Cox Alomar, Esq.; Andres López, Esq.; Carlos Gorrín Peralta (Inter-American University of Puerto Rico School of Law)

Moderator:  Richard Fallon (HLS)

4:40  Closing remarks and end of conference