Origin of the position of the surviving spouse in the third order of hereditary vocation

Abstract

Within the scope of the history of the
sources of the Law, specifically, the history of the
Civil Code, this essay examines the history of the
position of the spouse in the third order of hereditary vocation in the Civil Code of 1916 to establish
whether or not such Code received contributions
from Joaquim Felicio dos Santos’s Civil Code Project.