Civil Law Codification in Latin America

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25870721
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Fundamental law; Civil law
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: Maeda Michiyo 慶應義塾大学, 法学部(三田), 教授 (70388065)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ラテンアメリカ / 法典化 / 民法 / 消費者法 / メキシコ / チリ / ブラジル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research focuses on Civil Law Codification in Latin America from historical and cultural perspectives. In the research, we explored how the French influence on the codification was faded and the Spanish Castilian law during the colonization of the Americas was re-evaluated in the eyes of local intellectual figures such as Andres Bello, Augusto Teixeira de Freitas and Dalmacio Velez Sarsfield served mostly as an individual author in our targeted countries: 18 Spanish speaking countries, Brazil and Haiti.

Free Research Field

ラテンアメリカ法