The commercial plazas of the Empire and the approval of the Brazilian Commercial Code in the Chamber of Deputies

Authors

  • Roberto N. P. F. Saba Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/ran.v0i1.88831

Keywords:

Commercial Code, petitions, political representation

Abstract

During the 1840s, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies was engaged in a dialogue with the most important commercial associations of the Empire. The subject of this dialogue was a law project establishing a Commercial Code that had been idealized in 1834 by a group of distinguished businessmen and jurists. The main goal of the Code was to regulate and protect commercial relations in the Empire. In order to influence the representatives of the nation to support the project, Brazilian businessmen used the right of petition, guaranteed by the Constitution. Finally, by 1850, the Code was adopted, giving warranties to businessmen in Brazil and providing them the power to make decisions concerning commercial conflicts.

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Author Biography

  • Roberto N. P. F. Saba, Universidade de São Paulo

    Mestrando em História SocialBolsista da FAPESP

Published

2010-08-24

How to Cite

The commercial plazas of the Empire and the approval of the Brazilian Commercial Code in the Chamber of Deputies. (2010). Revista Angelus Novus, 1, 77-96. https://doi.org/10.11606/ran.v0i1.88831