The author dedicates his work to explain the reasons that gave frame to the Civil Code of Chile, which can be grouped in two: the essential contents of this text and its value as a symbol. On the first aspect, he emphasizes, that this code achieved an admirable transaction between tradition and innovation; therefore, though it conserves many aspect of the hispanic-indian law, it also receives influence of the French Revolution, such as the importance given to liberty, equiality and will. The Code, besides, tried to continue a rationalistic natural order generalizing rules oriented in the medieval Ius Commune. As for value of the Code as a symbol, the author attributes it to the personality of Andrés Bello, to the longevity of the text and to the international diffusion that it achieved.
Keywords:
Civil Code of Chile, Code Napoléon, Tradition, Innovation, French Revolution, liberty, Equality, Will, Rationalism, Andrés Bello, International diffusion, Longevity of the Chilean Civil Code
Author Biography
Sergio Martínez Baeza, Universidad de Chile
Universidad de Chile.
Sociedad Chilena de Historia y Geografía.
Academia Chilena de la Hiatoria, del Instituto de Chile.
Martínez Baeza, S. (2008). El derecho castellano-indiano en el Código Civil de Bello. Revista Chilena De Historia Del Derecho, (20). https://doi.org/10.5354/rchd.v0i20.5366
