Clóvis Beviláqua

Clóvis Beviláqua

Clóvis Beviláqua (4 October 1859 – 26 July 1944) was a Brazilian jurist, historian and journalist born in Viçosa do Ceará, Ceará, in 1859. Beviláqua was professor of civil and comparative law in 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.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clóvis Beviláqua.

References

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


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.