Juan de Hinojosa Ferrer

Juan de Hinojosa Ferrer (Madrid, 1886 — 6 March 1955, Madrid) was a Spanish Supreme Court judge and writer specialized in Labour law of Spain. He was a member of the Instituto de Reformas Sociales.

Biography
In 1886, he was born in Madrid, son of Eduardo de Hinojosa y Naveros.

In 1906, he earned his doctorate of law at the Universidad de Madrid. In 1907, he went to the French Third Republic to study the Catholic social movement there and, from 1907 to 1909, the Labour movement in France, translating French sources to Spanish for the Center of Catholic Publications. His association with the Catholic Church in Spain continued throughout his life, being a conference president of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul at St Sebastian's Church, Madrid and a member of the Brothers of Refuge.

In 1909, he joined the technical staff of the Instituto de Reformas Sociales, becoming a judge in 1915. In the 1920s, he served in Zaragoza, Aragon, presiding over Archbishop of Zaragoza Juan Soldevilla y Romero's murder case.

On 26 July 1943, the Superior Council for the Protection of Minors and his presidency over it were promulgated; he resigned in 1952 due to poor health. From 1944, he was on the Supreme Court, additionally serving on the Court of Political Responsibilities and its liquidation commission. On 2 June 1953, he was elected academician of the Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas, but failed to present his acceptance speech on 28 May 1954, with his death on 6 March 1955 in Madrid preventing his admission.

He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit and the Order of Saint Raymond of Peñafort.

Works
Among published articles in the Catholic Madrileño newspaper El Universo (Spain), collaborations in Revista Católica de Gestiones Sociales, and similar publications his bibliography entails: