ROIG 



EMILIO ROIG DE LEUCHSENRING 



Lawyer; writer. 



Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring was born 

 on the twenty-third of August, 1889, in 

 Havana where he pursued his studies first 

 of all in the Jesuit College of Belen and 

 then at the University of Havana, where he 

 graduated in law (1916), a profession which 

 he now pursues along with that of journal- 

 ist and writer. He was corresponding 

 secretary of the first National Law Con- 

 gress held at Havana in 19 16 and edited 

 the publication of the proceedings of this 

 congress. At the present time he is corre- 

 sponding secretary of the codification com- 

 mittee named by the above congress to 

 prepare a new paragraphed edition of the 

 civil code. From 1908 to 19 10 he was 

 editor of the Revista de Derecho. He is 

 head of the editorial staff of the Grdfico 



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