The Havana Bar Association (Spanish: Colegio de Abogados de la Habana), founded in the 19th century, was a legal institution of lawyers and law students in Havana, the capital of Cuba.
| Type | Legal society |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Havana |
| Location |
History
editThe Havana Bar Association was founded in Havana, Cuba in the 19th century.
The governing body of the Havana Bar Association comprised a dean, six deputies, a treasurer, and a secretary. Vidal Morales y Morales was the founding secretary.[1] The association held an annual meeting to discuss the administration's report.[2]
Following the Cuban Revolution in 1959, the bar association was disbanded, and a usurping group of Communist dissident lawyers forcibly took over its offices on July 5, 1960.[3][4][5] These pro-Castro lawyers also took over the Board of the Bar Association.[6] With its headquarters occupied by the militia, the original Governing Board of the Bar Association of Havana continued to meet secretly until forced to continue from exile.[7] By 1962, several hundred members of the association sought refuge in the United States.[8]
Deans
edit- Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven (1913–1923)
- Manuel Fernandez Supervielle (1941)
- José Miró Cardona (1955)[9]
- Osvaldo Dorticós (1958)[10]
References
edit- ^ Santa Cruz y Mallén, F. X. d. (1940). Historia de familias cubanas. United States: Editorial Hércules.
- ^ Global Law in Practice. (1997). Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
- ^ Responsibility of Cuban Government for Increased International Tensions in the Hemisphere. (1960). United States: (n.p.).
- ^ Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (1963). United States: U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ Press Release. (n.d.). United States: United States Mission to the United Nations.
- ^ Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers. (1991). United States: U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ Cuba and the Rule of Law. (1962). Switzerland: International Commission of Jurists.
- ^ Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. (1962). United States: U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ Ferrer, A. (2021). Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): An American History. United Kingdom: Scribner.
- ^ Black, J. K. (1976). Area Handbook for Cuba. United States: Department of Defense, Department of the Army.