The common law zone in Panama : a case study in reception, with some observations on the relevancy thereof to the Panama Canal Treaty controversy / by Wayne D Bray.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico : Inter American University Press, 1977

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21903

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Common law -- Panama -- History.

Law -- Panama -- History.

Panama -- Politics and government -- History.

Contents:

1. The ghost of reception past

2. The Spanish-American war and all that

3. The civil law in force when reception began

4. Legal foundation of United States "presence" and exercise of "sovereignty"

5. The Isthmanian Canal Commissiong

6. The Canal Zone judiciary

7. The evolution of Canal Zone law

8. The ghost of reception future.

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Prologue in English and Spanish.

Includes bibliography and index.

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0913480355

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xvi, 150 pages