Raúl Alonso de Marco was an Uruguay

Uruguay

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an judge

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He obtained his degree as a lawyer

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 in 1958, and the next year was appointed as a judge in the town of Rivera

Rivera

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. After that, he has served in Cerro Largo

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, Durazno

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 and Colonia. In 1965 he was appointed a civil

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 judge in Montevideo

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In 1982 he became a member of a Court of Appeal 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 Attorney General

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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.