LSA Puerto Rico 2023 sessions on Puerto Rico

The Law and Society Association Annual Meeting convenes in Puerto Rico. As such, there are plenary sessions and plentiful discussions of the US territory, its second-class citizenship, and its colonial history. Here is a non-comprehensive sampling of thematic panels:

Thursday 6/1/2023

US Territorial Policy in Puerto Rico: From the Northwest Ordinance to Self-Determination

Puerto Rico Healthcare Ground Zero: A Crisis of Disparities

Fiscal Control Board, Neoliberalism, and Worker Rights in Puerto Rico (Spanish)

Friday 6/2/2023

Global Colonialism and Puerto Rico in Present Tense: On Oppression, Law and Decolonial Futures

Defunding Disaster: Building Political Frameworks for Collective Care and Thriving from Louisiana to Puerto Rico and Beyond

Balzac v. People of Porto Rico and the Invisible Precedent: Contemporary Effects of the Doctrine of Separate and Unequal

Effects of Dependence and Subordination in Puerto Rico: Alternatives to Economic Stagnation and Precarious Democracy

Welcome to Tropi(fis)cal Paradise: Critical Perspectives of the Puerto Rican Visitor Economy

Lessons from the LatCrit Experience of Academic Activism: Returning to Puerto Rican Roots

Pathways to Puerto Rico’s Decolonization

Saturday 6/3/2023

Feminist Activism in Puerto Rico

Gentrification and Forced Displacement: The Colonial Legacy of Puerto Rico’s Housing Crisis

Coloniality, Resistance and Indigenous Rights

Sunday 6/4/2023

Colonial Structures and Decolonization

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