Raúl José Alonso de Marco (March 8, 1934 – February 26, 2007) was a Uruguayan

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and

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.Obituary of Dr. Raúl Alonso de Marco

Biography

He obtained his degree as a

in 1958, and the next year was appointed as a judge in the town of Rivera. After that, he has served in Cerro Largo, Durazno and Colonia. In 1965 he was appointed a

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judge in

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. In 1982 he became a member of a

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with civil jurisdiction. Ten years later, in September 1992, he was appointed as a member of the Supreme Court of Justice, a post in which he remained until 2002. After his retirement from the judiciary, he defended the former

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, Óscar Peri Valdez, who was accused of various irregularities during his time in office. He also wrote numerous articles about civil law.

References

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