Civil Law: Future prospects

• Autor: Trazegnies Granda, Fernando de
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2014
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/12686
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/themis/article/view/12686
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Civil Law; modernization of Law; History of Western Law; social change; institutional adaptation; Derecho Civil; modernización del Derecho; Historia del Derecho Occidental; cambio social; adaptación institucional

Civil Law is the kind of figure that everybody knows about, but only a few understand. It is considered a basic legal institution, key tounderstand  the historical development of Law. However, discordant voices question the usefulness of Civil Law in front of the challenges from the contemporary world.In this paper, written twenty years ago, the author introduces in a clear way the criticism towards Civil Law, as well as the threat of disappearance that hanged above it, and proposes solutions for Civil Law to transform and adapt it to changes, in order to avoid extinction.