Eduardo García de Enterría y Martínez-Carande (27 April 1923 – 16 September 2013) was a Spanish

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and a major contributor to the research and teaching of

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in Spain. In 1984, he was awarded the

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for Social Sciences for his "important research and teaching work". Born in Ramales de la Victoria, province of Santander (current

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), he studied law at the Universities of

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and

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, where he obtained his Doctoral Degree, cum laude. Later, he continued his studies at the Universities of

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and

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. In 1947, he became a lawyer for the

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, later obtaining the chair of

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at the

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(1957). He joined the law faculty at the

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in 1962 where, from 1970, he was the head of the department. From 1988 he was

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at the Free College of University Emeriti in Madrid.Fundacíon Principe de Asturias: Biography
/ref> He was the first Spanish judge on the

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in Strassbourg, where he served from April, 1978 to February, 1986. He also presided over the ''Fédération International pour le Droit Européen'' (FIDE); founded and presided over the ''Spanish Association for the Study of European Law'', and took part in the Academic Council of the ''European Law Research Center'' at

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. He co-founded and was the first Vice-President of the "World Society of Friends of Jorge Luis Borges" and the "International Can Mossenya Foundation - Friends of J. L. Borges" In 1974, he established the ''Revista Española de Derecho Administrativo'' and was its director until his death. He was also on the editorial staff of several other Spanish periodicals and journals, as well as the ''Yearbook of European Law'' and the ''European Review of Public Law''. His law office in Madrid has helped to develop the procedures for creating and registering

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s. He also participated in several commissions formed to draft Spanish laws; including the

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Honors

Academic positions

From 1970, he was an Academic Numerary at the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation and, from 1984, at the

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. In 2004, he became a member of the

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. He also held the position of

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at over a dozen universities in Spain and Latin-America, as well as at the

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Awards

for Social Sciences (1984) * Alexis de Tocqueville Prize of the European Institute for Public Administration (1999) * Cristóbal Gabarrón Foundation Award for Lifetime Achievement (2005)Cristóbal Gabarrón Foundation Award website: Past winners
*

Menéndez Pelayo International Prize The Menéndez Pelayo International Prize has been awarded since 1987 by the Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP) with the objective of honoring those persons whose literary or scientific work has a humanistic orientation and application, ...

(2006)

Selected works

* '' La Constitución como Norma y el Tribunal Constitucional'', Civitas (1981) * ''Fervor de Borges'', Trotta (1999) * ''De Montañas y Hombres'', Austral (2001) * ''La Batalla por las Medidas Cautelares'', Civitas (2004) * ''Revolución Francesa y Administración Contemporánea'', Civitas (2005) * ''La Administración Española'', Alianza (2005) * '' La Lengua de los Derechos'', Alianza (2007) * ''Las Transformaciones de la Justicia Administrativa'', Civitas (2007) * ''Hamlet en Nueva York: Autores, Obras, Paisajes'', La Esfera de los Libros (2008) * '' Democracia, Jueces y Control de la Administración'', Civitas (2009)

References

External links

Direito do Estado, Depoimentos Magistrais: Interview with Eduardo García de Enterría

El País: Archive of articles by Eduardo García de EnterríaGarcía de Enterría law firm
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