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UNAM law faculty emeritus professor Fernando Serrano Migallón dies

Fernando Serrano Migallón, emeritus professor in the Faculty of Law at UNAM, Mexico's National Autonomous University, died on 27 October 2026, the university's newspaper reported.

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Why it matters: UNAM's Faculty of Law has lost an emeritus professor whose scholarship covered Mexican constitutional history, intellectual property and the Spanish exile.

Gaceta UNAM, the university's newspaper, reported that Fernando Serrano Migallón, an emeritus professor in UNAM's Faculty of Law, died on 27 October 2026.

According to Gaceta UNAM, he taught generations of jurists over the course of his career.

The newspaper said his body of work was devoted to the constitutional history of Mexico, intellectual property and the Spanish exile.

Editor’s view

Sarah Williamson, Teaching, Digital and AI Editor

UNAM's Faculty of Law and the jurists he trained are those most directly affected by the death of Fernando Serrano Migallón, whose published work spanned constitutional history, intellectual property and the Spanish exile.

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