Bevilaqua, Clóvis, 1859-1944

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Name (Latin)
Bevilaqua, Clóvis, 1859-1944
Date of birth
1859-10-04
Date of death
1944-07-26
Field of activity
Civil law
Law
Occupation
Historians
Journalists
Lawyers
Associated Language
por
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 55387693
Wikidata: Q1789913
Library of congress: n 50009522
Sources of Information
  • Author's Criminologia e direito, 1896.
  • Clóvis Beviláqua, c2001:p. 65 (b. Oct. 04, 1859 in Ceará) p. 68 (d. Jul. 26, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro)
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Wikipedia description:

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.

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