Clóvis Beviláqua

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.

References

• Alessandro Hirata, Clóvis Beviláqua: o grande civilista da segunda metade do século XIX, in Carta Forense, 4.7.2011

Preceded by Franklin Távora (patron)

20px Brazilian Academy of Letters - Occupant of the 14th chair 1897 — 1944

Succeeded by Antônio Carneiro Leão