Clóvis Beviláqua

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Clóvis Beviláqua

Clóvis Beviláqua (1859–1944) was a Brazilian jurist, historian and journalist born in Viçosa do Ceará (which is in Ceará, in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1859. Beviláqua was professor for civil and comparative law at Recife. As the author of the Brazilian Civil Code of 1916, whose first draft he presented in 1899, and as that code's first commentator, Beviláqua was the founding father of Brazilian civil law scholarship. He founded and occupied the 14th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, from 1897 until his death in 1944. The chair's patron is Franklin Távora.

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References

Paul, Wolf (2001). "Clóvis Bevilaqua". In Michael Stolleis (ed.). Juristen: ein biographisches Lexikon; von der Antike bis zum 20. Jahrhundert (in German) (2nd edition ed.). München: Beck. p. 85. ISBN 3-406-45957-9.
Alessandro Hirata, Clóvis Beviláqua: o grande civilista da segunda metade do século XIX, in Carta Forense, 4.7.2011

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 55387693 LCCN: n50009522 ISNI: 0000 0000 8236 1918 SUDOC: 098127705

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Name	Beviláqua, Clóvis
Alternative names
Short description	Brazilian jurist
Date of birth	1859
Place of birth
Date of death	1944
Place of death

Preceded by Franklin Távora (patron)	Brazilian Academy of Letters - Occupant of the 14th chair 1897 — 1944	Succeeded by Antônio Carneiro Leão

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