The Law of Portugal is part of the family of the civil law legal systems, based on Roman law. As such, it has many common features with the legal systems found in most of the countries in Continental Europe.
The representation of the Law, at the Courthouse of Guimarães.
The seat of the Supreme Court of Justice at Terreiro do Paço square, Lisbon.
The seat of the Portuguese Legislature in Lisbon.
The Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, at the University Yard.
The current Brazilian Civil Code has been in force since January 11 or 12, 2003, after its one-year vacatio legis. The first version dates from 1916, after the publication of Law No. 3,071 of the same year.
Draft Civil Code, prepared by the jurist Clóvis Beviláqua, printed by the National Press in 1900.
Teixeira de Freitas
Clóvis Beviláqua.
Miguel Reale.