The Castilian-Leonian Element in the Formation of Medieval Portuguese Law

  • José Domingues Professor Auxiliar da Faculdade de Direito Universidade Lusíada – Porto
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CUHD.2014.v21.47721
Keywords: Alfonso the Xth, Partidas, Ordenações, Portuguese Legal System.

Abstract

The autonomy of the legal system of the Portuguese kingdom, with respect to the neighboring Christian kingdoms, certainly was not matter of urgency in the medieval period. In the first centuries of his existence he inherited almost all sources of Law from the kingdom mother of Leon. To accompany the movement of Reception of the Ius commune the legislative monuments of Alfonso X were, from very early, usually present in the territory of the kingdom of Portugal. However, with the advent of the dynasty of Avis, starts the development of a proper legislative corpus which aims to abolish the Castilian collections and establish a certain legal autonomy.

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Domingues J. (2015). The Castilian-Leonian Element in the Formation of Medieval Portuguese Law. Cuadernos de Historia del Derecho, 21, 213-227. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CUHD.2014.v21.47721
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Vol. 21 (2014)
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