law educator politician judge of the International Court of Justice
Gonsalez founded the Seminario Pedagógico, a teacher training school later known as the Instituto Nacional del Profesorado Secundario. He chartered the University of La Plata in 1905, and the following year, was appointed its President. He was a professor of Mining Law.
In 1887 he drafted the Provincial Constitution of La Rioja. As Home Secretary, he decentralized the nation's voting precinct system, by which he arguably made possible the election of a number of candidates opposed by the ruling party. He founded the Seminario Pedagógico, a teacher training school later known as the Instituto Nacional del Profesorado Secundario; staffed mainly with German instructors, the institution was ultimately renamed in González's honor. He chartered the University of La Plata in 1905, and the following year, was appointed its President. He was nominated to the International Court of Justice at The Hague, becoming a member in 1921. González left a bibliography of over a thousand works, including fifty books on a variety of academic subjects.
He was politically conservative.
