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All Latin American Civil Codifiers

Latin American Civil Codifiers gathers the jurists who drafted and commented on the civil codes of Latin America, a region whose civil law tradition draws heavily on the French Napoleonic Code and the Spanish and Portuguese civilian traditions grouped elsewhere in this subcategory while developing its own distinct national codes and doctrine across Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay and Central America. Grouped as its own region here because Latin America's civil codifiers, working across many national traditions united by a shared regional legal culture, are numerous and cohesive enough in this subcategory's own membership to warrant a group distinct from their European civilian ancestors.

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Defining Characteristic
Latin American codifiers whose civil codes drew heavily on the Napoleonic Code, exemplified by Andres Bello's Civil Code of Chile. 1
Formation Year
1855 CE 1
All Latin American Civil Codifiers
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1. Civil Code of Chile (Wikipedia)
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  • Civil Code of Chile, lead section
    The Civil Code of the Republic of Chile (Codigo Civil de la Republica de Chile, also referred to as the Code of Bello) is the work of jurist and legislator Andres Bello.
  • Civil Code of Chile, History section, enactment date sentence
    Bello submitted his complete project on November 22, 1855, which Congress subsequently enacted into law on December 14, 1855.
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