Clóvis Beviláqua and the Brazilian Civil Code of 1916 as seen from a foreign perspective: contradictions regarding their prevailing portrait in the brazilian historiography

Authors

  • Otavio Luiz Rodrigues Junior

Keywords:

First Brazilian Civil Code (1916), Codification, History of Private Law , Foreign legal literature, Clóvis Beviláqua

Abstract

This paper unfolds the insight of foreign observers regarding the First Brazilian Civil Code (1916) and the work of its developer, Clóvis Beviláqua, during distinctive historical periods. Additionally, it establishes a contribution to reconsider certain views that have been strongly settled upon the first Brazilian Civil Codification.

Author Biography

Otavio Luiz Rodrigues Junior

Doutor em Direito Civil – Universidade de São Paulo. Professor Doutor do Departamento de Direito Civil da Faculdade de Direito do Largo de São Francisco – Universidade de São Paulo. Professor da pós-graduação em Direito Privado do Centro Universitário 7 de Setembro. 

Published

2017-11-26

Issue

Section

Doutrina Nacional