Manuel Alonso Martínez

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Manuel Alonso Martínez (Burgos, 1827 - Madrid, 1891) was a Spanish jurist and politician, and the principal redactor of the Spanish Civil Code of 1888/89.

After working as a Burgos attorney, he entered public service in 1854 as a member of the Cortes. Serving variously as minister for development, governor of Madrid, minister of finance and minister of justice in the time of 1855 to 1888, he was instrumental in pursuing the codification of Spanish civil law.

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  • Ross, Friso (2001). "Manuel Alonso Martínez", in Michael Stolleis (ed.): Juristen: ein biographisches Lexikon; von der Antike bis zum 20. Jahrhundert, 2nd edition (in German), München: Beck, 30. ISBN 3406 45957 9. 
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