SPECIAL CRIMINAL LAWS

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The course focuses on the study of special criminal laws regulating criminal conduct in Puerto Rico, including youth law and laws covering juvenile offenses, using case study and current jurisprudence as a tool. Based on the study of the origin, development and history of criminal laws of the criminal justice system in Puerto Rico, it seeks to explore the influence that the development of the study of special laws as a matter has had on the creation and evolution of our justice system.