Mario de la Cueva y de la Rosa (1901–1981) was a Mexican jurist and

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of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in 1940–1942. De la Cueva studied law at the Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia of the UNAM, as well as at the

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. From 1929 to 1961, he taught

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and

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at the UNAM, where he received several academic honours. He is mostly noted for his works on labour law, ''Derecho Mexicano del Trabajo'' (1938) and ''El Nuevo Derecho Mexicano del Trabajo'' (1972), which remain in wide use as textbooks across

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. Infused with the spirit of the

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of 1910, they conceptualized Mexican labour law as having the protection of

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as its chief purpose. De la Cueva was also a leading advisor in the 1970 revision of the Mexican Labour Code.

''Tierra Nueva'' magazine

In 1939, as general secretary of the university, Mario de la Cueva proposed to the poet Jorge González Durán, at the time a student of the School of Philosophy and Literature, the creation of a university literary magazine. This publication would be called ''Tierra Nueva,'' with its first issue appearing in January 1940, and edited by González Durán, together with

Leopoldo Zea Leopoldo Zea Aguilar (June 30, 1912 – June 8, 2004) was a Mexican philosopher. Biography Zea was born in Mexico City. One of the integral Latin Americanism thinkers in history, Zea became famous thanks to his master's thesis, ''El Positivism ...

, José Luis Martínez, and Alí Chumacero.

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