2002 · Civil codes

Brazilian Civil Code

Brazil

A new civil code that replaced the 1916 code and merged civil and commercial law.

Why it matters

It brought a social role for property and contracts into Brazil's private law.

Built on

1896 (in force 1900)

German Civil Code (BGB)

Germany

followed the German structure, as the 1916 code had

1942

Italian Civil Code of 1942

Italy

followed the Italian merger of civil and commercial law

1916 (in force 1917)

Brazilian Civil Code of 1916

Brazil

replaced the 1916 code and kept much of its structure

Went on to shape

No later text on this timeline is recorded as built on it.

Countries in the Legal Families Atlas

Brazil

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