The Necessity of Convergence in Private Law

This article describes the discussion between Gaius and Hume regarding the correct definition of “natural law”. It concludes that all rules that regulate man, through which he has formed not only the Civil Law of each State but also the Law of Nations, are always conventional, being the correct natu...

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Autor: Epstein, Richard A.
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2020
País:Perú
Recursos:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositório:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/22717
Acesso em linha:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/iusetveritas/article/view/22717
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Derecho Privado
Derecho Natural
Derecho Civil
Convergencia
Razón natural
Private Law
Natural Law
Civil Law
Convergence
Natural reason
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Resumo:This article describes the discussion between Gaius and Hume regarding the correct definition of “natural law”. It concludes that all rules that regulate man, through which he has formed not only the Civil Law of each State but also the Law of Nations, are always conventional, being the correct natural laws only those that have not had any intervention by man for their creation but exist by themselves: physics, chemistry, and biology. Once this is defined, the investigation presents the conditions under which Private Law, which regulates the daily activities of the human being and has been created gradually by the conduct of ordinary actions and without the intervention of a superior being, needs to converge with these natural laws, which are immovable, non-transferable, and invariable. The conditions will be applied to the institutions of Private Law that are part of the universal features shared by all human beings as the essence of their existence: marriage, force, property, damage, and contract.