RESEARCH GUIDES & GENERAL RESOURCES

• The Challenge of Puerto Rico Legal Research (Maria Otero, University of Puerto Rico Law Library)
• Zimmerman's Research Guide: Puerto Rico
• La Investigación Jurídica en el Derecho Puertorriqueño (Legal Research on Puerto Rican Law), (Luis Muñiz Argüelles & Migdalia Fraticelli Torres) INTL KGV150 .M86 1995

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Constitution

• Constituion of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Office of Legislative Services)
• Constitución del Estado Libre de Puerto Rico (Constitution of the Free State of Puerto Rico)

Statutes/Code

• Print:
  • Código Civíl de Puerto Rico Comentado (Commentary on the Puerto Rican Civil Code) KGV404.3193.A52 P84
  • Código Penal y Ley de Vehículos y Tránsito (Penal Code and Vehicle and Transit Law) INTL KGV5414.31974 .A52
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: PR-ST-ANN (English) PRS-ST-ANN (Spanish)
  • Lexis: PR - Laws of Puerto Ricok Annotated, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS, Combined (English) PR - Leyes de Puerto Rico Anotadas - LPRA (Spanish)
• Internet:
  • Código Penal (Penal Code)
  • Código Civil (Civil Code)
  • Laws of Puerto Rico (Michie's)
• Session Laws
  • HeinOnline (1940 - )

Legislature

• Legislature:
  • Senado (Senate)
  • Camara de Representantes (House of Representatives)

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print: Registro de Reglamentos, (Register of Regulations) INTL KGV58 .R45
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: PRS-ADC (Spanish)
  • Lexis: not available
• Internet: Reglamentos (Regulations) (from LexJuris)

Agencies

• Governor's office
• Agencias (Agencies)

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print:
  • Jurisprudencia del Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico, (Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico) INTL KGV2530.A487 J8
  • Decisiones del Tribunal de Circuito de Apelaciones de Puerto Rico, (Decisions of the Puerto Rico Circuit Court of Appeals) INTL KGV2537.A48 D4
  • Official Translations of the Opinions of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, INTL KGV70 .A23a
  • Opiniones del Secretario de Justicia (Attorney General's Opinions)
    • Microform: KGV3238
    • Lexis: PRAG
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: PR-CS (state cases) & PR-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis: PR - Decisiones del Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico (Spanish)
• Internet:
  • Opiniones del Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court Opinions) (1998 - present)

Courts

• Rama Judicial de Puerto Rico (Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico)
• Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court)
• Tribunal de Circuito de Apelaciones (Circuit Court of Appeal)
• Puerto Rico Federal Court Rules (Westlaw password required)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Directorio de Municipios (Municipal Directory) (Government of Puerto Rico)

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Revista Jurídica de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (University of Puerto Rico Law Journal)
  • Print: INTL K19 .J85 (1932 - )
  • Electronic versions (1932 - )
• Revista de Derecho Puertorriqueño (Puerto Rican Law Journal)
  • Print: INTL K19 .D6 (1975 - 2010. Subscription cancelled)
  • Electronic versions (1996 - )

GENERAL

• Print: Práctica Forense Puertorriqueña: Comentados y Anotados INTL KGV2569 .P7 1998
• Internet:
  • Biblioteca Juridica Puertorriquena (Puerto Rican Law Library) (legal information in both English & Spanish)
  • Doing Business in Puerto Rico (The World Bank)
  • Doing Business 2011: Puerto Rico, Making a Difference for Entrepreneurs (The World Bank)
  • FindLaw: Puerto Rico
  • Internet Law Library: Puerto Rico
  • Law Library of Congress: Puerto Rico
  • Legal Information Institute: Puerto Rico
  • LexJuris (a very comprehensive site for Puerto Rico research)
  • Tax Forms
  • Puerto Rico Law Blog

Updated: 8/5/2010 (SAS)
Updated 06/2011 (ET)