Current events

Justice Maite Oronoz, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, emphasized the importance of incorporating a gender perspective to promote equality and prevent gender-based discrimination. She made this point while addressing…

El magistrado Justiniano Montero, juez de la Sala Civil y Comercial de la Suprema Corte de Justicia (SCJ), dictó la Conferencia Ética y Corrupción, en la que afirmó que el mejor parámetro de control en las instituciones públicas de cualquier…

The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) holds that attempted crime is punishable regardless of any contingent cause that prevents the act from being carried out, and is therefore punishable, as established by…

La Primera Sala de la Suprema Corte de Justicia (SCJ) es de criterio de que la fuerza mayor o caso fortuito es una eximente de responsabilidad en asuntos contractuales cuando un evento fuera del control del deudor, que no podría…

The Joint Chambers of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) hold that when a claim regarding a contractual dispute has been the subject of a trial and the cause of action is not dismissed, the same action may be pursued again…

The Joint Chambers of the Supreme Court of Justice established that any subsequent titling carried out on a previously titled parcel is null and void, “since the basis of all titling, the recognition or acquisition of a right over a..."

The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) is of the opinion that the criminal offense of violence against women is established when there are discriminatory behaviors against her, and in the illegitimate claim of the perpetrator...

The Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) is of the opinion that, in the event of an order for damages before the land courts, the amount of the award must be adjusted to the harm suffered from the exercise...

The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) is of the opinion that illegal migrant smuggling and human trafficking can be established by the commission of just one of the conducts that make up and describe...