The Havana Bar Association (), founded in the 19th century, was a legal institution of lawyers and law students in Havana, the capital of Cuba.
History The 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.Santa Cruz y Mallén, F. X. d. (1940). Historia de familias cubanas. United States: Editorial Hércules. The association held an annual meeting to discuss the administration's report.Global Law in Practice. (1997). Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
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.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. These pro-Castro lawyers also took over the Board of the Bar Association.Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers. (1991). United States: U.S. Government Printing Office. 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.Cuba and the Rule of Law. (1962). Switzerland: International Commission of Jurists. By 1962, several hundred members of the association sought refuge in the United States.Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. (1962). United States: U.S. Government Printing Office.
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