Native sources and comparative resources: unjustified enrichment in Brazil after the 2002 Civil Code

Autores

  • Claudio Michelon

Palavras-chave:

Comparative law, Sources of obligations, Unjustified enrichment, General clause

Resumo

When the 2002 Civil Code introduced a new (and more systematic) legislative treatment of unjustified enrichment in Brazilian Law, the new legislation encountered a highly permeable judicial and doctrinal environment to the influence of comparative law. This article aims at identifying the changes in the Brazilian law of unjustified enrichment that resulted from the confluence of the new legislation and the open environment in the first decade after the Code came into force. The discussion of specific developments is structured around the traditional categories in which Brazilian legal writers break down the enrichment claim and the corresponding rights. 

Biografia do Autor

Claudio Michelon

Full Professor of Philosophy of Law – Edinburgh Law School – University of Edinburgh. Professor Catedrático de Filoso a do Direito – Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Edimburgo, Escócia, Reino Unido. 

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Publicado

2017-01-20

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Doutrina Internacional