Rulers and judges: the issue of defining law in monarchical Brazil

• Grant number: 15/23689-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: May 01, 2016
• End date: June 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Law - Theory of Law
• Principal Investigator: José Reinaldo de Lima Lopes
• Grantee: José Reinaldo de Lima Lopes
• Visiting researcher: Carlos Garriga Acosta
• Visiting researcher institution: Universidad del País Vasco, Bizkaia (UPV), Spain
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Direito (FD). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Prof. Garriga will be part of an on-going investigation about Brazilian monarchical institutions, including the Council of State and the Judicial power, examining how they actively took part in creating legal sources. At the same time he will teach two graduate seminars, one at the Law School of USP (with prof. Lima Lopes) and one at the History Department of UNIFESP (with prof. Slemian) (AU)