Describe the historic and current legal scenario for your subject and the legal issues pending for solutions by the legislative or judicial powers.

1. Definition and brief summary of the main subject.

2. Describe the historic and current legal scenario for your subject and the legal issues pending for solutions by the legislative or judicial powers. Complement the subject current situation with data/statistics to support your statements.

3. If applicable, mention a similar situation in a civil law (code) jurisdiction. You can use Puerto Rico as an alternate civil law system jurisdiction.