Clovis Bevilaqua lived from October 4, 1859 to July 26, 1944 and was a Brazilian jurist, historian and journalist, born in Viçosa do Ceará, Ceará. He was professor of civil and comparative law in Recife, and as the author of the Brazilian Civil Code of 1916, whose first draft he presented in 1899, and as that code's first commentator, he is considered the founding father of Brazilian civil law scholarship. He founded and occupied the fourteenth chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1944.
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RoleJurist, historian and journalist; author of the Brazilian Civil Code of 1916 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction BirthplaceViçosa do Ceará, Ceará, Brazil 1 Classification
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was a Brazilian jurist, historian and journalist born in Viçosa do Ceará, Ceará, in 1859.
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Clóvis Beviláqua (4 October 1859 - 26 July 1944) was a Brazilian jurist, historian and journalist born in Viçosa do Ceará, Ceará, in 1859.
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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.
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- In Legal System: Law of Brazil, Clóvis Beviláqua (4 October 1859-26 July 1944) was a Brazilian jurist, historian and journalist born in Viçosa do Ceará, Ceará, in 1859.
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