Raúl Carrancá y Trujillo


Raúl Carrancá y Trujillo was a Mexican Chief Justice and legal academic.

Biography

He held a Doctor of Law from both the Complutense University of Madrid and the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He was born in the city of Campeche in 1897. His childhood was spent in the city of MéridaIn 1918 he was part of a group of students who received scholarships Mérida's career to study law at the University of Madrid, an institution where he received his doctorate in 1925.
On his return to Mexico he moved to Mexico City, where he began his academic career as professor of the Faculty of Law at the NAUM, mainly as a professor in the area of Criminal Law and the Faculty of Economics.
Some of the academic positions he held at UNAM were: first director of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, director of the Institute of Legal Research and NAUM’S General Secretary.
In the area of administration of justice was criminal Judge, Criminal Court Magistrate and President of H. Superior Court of Justice of the Federal District and Federal Territories. Among the cases he was responsible especially emphasized being celebrated Thurs criminal proceedings conducted Ramon Mercader, alias Jacques Monard, as the murderer of Leon Trotsky. Meanwhile, as Chief Justice, noted for having launched by 1944 the "judicial tenure" in the civil courts.
He was fellow and vice president of the Mexican Academy of Criminal Science and Counsel for the presidency. In addition, the French government named him Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. He died in 1968.

Works

He authored a number of works in the legal and literary, among which are:
1925:
Political developments in Latin America, Foreword by Rafael Altamira, Madrid, Ediciones Reus.
1928:
The salary, Mexico, Federal District Government.
1932:
Ordinances Guild of New Spain, Mexico, overshoot of Crucible.
The substance of the Spanish Constitution, Mexico, overshoot of Crucible.
Perez, Mexico, Editorial Chart.
1933:
The legitimate defense of honor, Mexico, Union of Lawyers of Mexico City Press.
Prints of the people, Mexico.
1933-1966:
Criminal work, Mexico, Criminalia.
1934:
Suspended sentences and fines, Mexico, overshoot of Annals of Jurisprudence.
1935:
The Criminal Amend au Mexique des Lois,, Mexico, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1937-2012:
Mexican Criminal Law, General Part, , Porrúa, Mexico.
1938:
The Literary Institute of Yucatán, Mexico, Yucatán Center Editions.
Storia del Diritto Penale messicano, trans. Tancredi Prof. Gatti, Citta di Castello, edit. Typesetting Societá "Leonardo da Vinci."
Comrades!, Mexico, Editorial Botas.
1941:
Americanism and democracy, Mexico, Editorial Botas.
1943:
The unification of Mexican criminal law, Mexico, Journal Criminalia.
Response to Dr. Luis Jimenez Asúa in income to the Mexican Academy of Criminal Science, Mexico, Journal Criminalia.
1944:
The causes that exclude incrimination, Mexico, Mexican and foreign law.
Parapet, Mexico.
Criminal Justice Theory Mexican, Mexico, Editorial Department of the Federal District.
1948:
Outline of our America, Mexico, Ateneo editions of Science and Arts of Mexico.
1950:
Social role of the lawyer, Mexico, National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Critical overview of our America, Mexico, University Press.
1951:
University highlights of Mexico, Mexico, University Press.
1955:
Principles of Criminal Sociology and Criminal Law, Mexico, University Press.
1961:
Dogmatic interpretation of the definition of crime in Mexican criminal law, Mexico, Journal Criminalia.
Methods and techniques used in the preparation of the criminal judgment, Mexico, Journal Criminalia.
The administration of justice, Mexico, Journal Criminalia.
1962:
Criminal Code Annotated, Porrúa, Mexico.
1963:
A new penal code and urgency in view of the Federal Penal Code, Mexico.
1964-1965:
Odysseus, Mexico.
1966:
Don Juan Prim, Spanish liberal, Mexico, Ministry of Education.
1968:
Meridians of the world, Mexico.
Was also translator of:
Anton Chekhov, A crime, Madrid, America Press.
A. Housaye, Miss Friné, Madrid, America Press.
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