Eduardo Juan Couture Etcheverry (1904–1956) was an

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an jurist whose works are fundamental to the teaching of procedural law in

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. Couture taught at the

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from 1931 on. His main area of interest was civil procedure. He found America-wide recognition as the editor of the journal ''Revista de Derecho, Jurisprudencia y Administración'', and as the author of the textbooks ''Fundamentos de Derecho Procesal Civil'' (1942) and ''Estudios de Derecho Civil'' (1948–50). Couture's approach to legal procedure was founded on the constitutional rights of individuals. It was also informed by a systematic

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of Latin American codes of procedure.

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* 1904 births 1956 deaths Uruguayan people of French descent Uruguayan people of Basque descent Place of birth missing University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni Academic staff of the University of the Republic (Uruguay) Uruguayan jurists Burials at the Central Cemetery of Montevideo {{Uruguay-law-bio-stub