Apontamentos históricos sobre o direito sucessório do cônjuge e do companheiro: do estado primitivo ao atual Código Civil Brasileiro

Abstract

When observed within its entirety, the history of Family and Inheritance Law is virtually the same as the history of social organization and political institutions. And, precisely for that reason, there is a fair argument to support those who have claimed that, among all branches of Civil Law, this is the one that has evolved the most. Based on both the historical and geographical scopes, as per a linear and progressive direction, this study is purposed to enforce the legal trends as to the inheritance laws of spouses and mates, addressing family models and inheritance types that have prevailed at every turn, and which are formerly and presently relevant, especially in order to each an improved understanding on the current stage of our Law