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Selected Works of Pedro A. Malavet
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The Story of Downes v. Bidwell: "The Constitution Follows the Flag ... But Doesn't Quite Catch up With It"
Race Law Stories (2008)
  • Pedro A. Malavet
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Abstract

A study of the principal decision of the Insular Cases of 1901, which has provided constitutional authorization for the U.S. territorial empire for over a century. The cases were most recently referenced by the U.S. Supreme Court in its 2008 opinion in Boumediene v. Bush.

Keywords
  • Insular Cases,
  • Law and Culture,
  • Critical Race Theory,
  • Constitutional Law,
  • Guantanamo,
  • Detainees,
  • Territories,
  • Colonies,
  • Colonialism
Disciplines
Publication Date
2008
Editor
Rachel F. Moran and Devon W. Carbado
Publisher
Foundation Press
Series
Law Stories
ISBN
978-1-59941-001-2
Citation Information
Pedro A. Malavet. "The Story of Downes v. Bidwell: "The Constitution Follows the Flag ... But Doesn't Quite Catch up With It"" FirstNew YorkRace Law Stories (2008)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/pedro_malavet/11/