Manuel Rodríguez Ramos Explained

Manuel Rodríguez Ramos (born January 1, 1908, date of death unknown) was a Puerto Rican writer and law professor.^[1]

Early life and education

He born on January 1, 1908, in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. His father died when he was barely a year old. In 1930 he became the third president of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity.^[2] In 1931 he and y Manuel García Cabrera with the help of the UPR Law School Dean Rafael Martínez Álvarez founded the UPR Law Review.^{[3] [4]} Also as a student he was the director of Athenea the UPR graduating class Yearbook in 1930 and in 1932.^[4] He obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law and later obtained his Master of Law from Tulane University Law School.^[5]

Career

From 1932 to 1938 he worked as a private lawyer. Afterward he began working as part of the corp of lawyer of the Puerto Rico Secretary of Justice. From 1941 till 1943 he was Sub-secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico and in 1944 he was interim Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico.^[5]

In the late 1940 he was appointed Dean of the University of Puerto Rico school of law, at that time it was called the College of Law.^{[6] [7]}

Being dean of the School of Law the "Clínica de Asistencia Jurídica" or the Legal clinic was founded.^[7] Also during his tenure as Dean the nocturnal session began. He obtained form the University Administration, whose Chancellor was Jaime Benitez, the construction of a building for the School of Law, it was designed by Henry Klumb.^[7] After retiring as Dean he continued teaching at the school and was one of two professors at the school to have the title of Decano Emérito.^[7]

Selected writings

• Breve historia de los Códigos Puertorriqueños
• Casos para el estudio de los derechos reales
• Andanzas y recuerdos de un abogado
• Casos y notas de derecho tributario puertorriqueño
• Visión de conjunto del derecho de América Latina
• Interaction of civil law and Anglo-American law in the legal method in Puerto Rico
• Nuestro Código penal vigente y el anteproyecto de reforma de 1926
• In rem actions in Puerto Rico
• En torno de la facultad impositiva de los municipios en Puerto Rico
• A glimpse at Latin American law
• "Equity" in the civil law:a comparative essay

See also

• List of Puerto Ricans

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ramos family crest and name history. August 20, 2010.
2. Web site: Phi Sigma Alpha Presidents . fisigmaalfa.org . August 20, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723022259/http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/presidentes.htm . July 23, 2011 .
3. Web site: Revista Juridica. Spanish. August 20, 2010.
4. Spanish . Revista Jurídica de la Universidad de Puerto Rico . 51 . 3 . 1982.
5. Editorial Reus . Spanish . Revista General de Legislación y Jurisprudencia . 91 . Puerto Rico . 1960 .
6. Aponte Toro . Roberto . On Law Schools and Leadership . 2 . Puerto Rico . August 20, 2010.
7. Delgado Cintrón . Dr. Carmelo . Spanish . LA OBRA JURÍDICA DEL PROFESOR DAVID M. HELFELD (1948-2008) . Revista de la Academia Puertorriqueña de Jurisprudencia y Legislación . VII . 2–25 . Puerto Rico . August 20, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724214806/http://www.academiajurisprudenciapr.org/pdf/Revista_Volumen_VII.pdf . July 24, 2011 .