Manuel García Pelayo

Manuel García Pelayo (May 23, 1909 – February 25, 1991), prominent Spanish political scientist and jurist.

He was the founder of the modern Department of Political Science of the Central University of Venezuela and was elected President of the Constitutional Court of Spain in 1980.

In 1950, he became well known in the academic world with the publication of a work on comparative constitutional law (entitled Derecho Constitucional Comparado), which became a landmark in this area for the Spanish language and went through over 20 editions.

In 1951, he travelled to Argentina and began practicing as an attorney while teaching law at the Universidad de Buenos Aires.

The Institute of Comparative Public Law[1] of the Universidad Carlos III of Spain was named after García Pelayo in 1997.