RT info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis T1 La causa del contrato desde la perspectiva del derecho puertorriqueño A1 Alicea Pierantoni, María Teresa A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Escuela de Doctorado K1 Derecho civil K1 Cause of contract K1 Causa del contrato K1 Puerto Rico K1 Puerto Rico K1 56 Ciencias Jurídicas y Derecho AB The notion of cause of contract has produced a very lively doctrinal discussion, which has given rise to numerous works with different perspectives. It is not possible to address all these discussions in this work. Therefore, our objective is to visit the development of the doctrine of the cause from the Puerto Rican legal perspective. In this area we find ourselves at the confluence of two different traditions. On the one hand, the Spanish, of civilist lineage and, on the other, that of the United States, with a tradition of Common Law. Consequently, Puerto Rico will experience a process of transculturation starting from the change of sovereignty that occurred in 1898, when the notion of consideration was introduced in the field of the cause. Since the cause is such a confusing, ambiguous and complicated concept, the result of a long history, with several ramifications, it is necessary to approach the issue with a historical and comparative law perspective. YR 2025 FD 2025 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/76277 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/76277 LA spa NO Escuela de Doctorado DS UVaDOC RD 21-ago-2025