Faculdade de Direito do Recife

The Faculty of Law of Recife, now called Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Pernambuco, (formerly in Portuguese "Faculdade de Direito do Recife" and now "Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco") is a law school in the city of Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil.

History

It's one of the first superior education centre created in Brazil, it was created (together with the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo) in August the 11th, 1827 by an imperial law of Dom Pedro I, of Brazil. It was first located in the city of Olinda but since 1854 it moved to Recife. Since 1912 it's located in it own palace at the praca Dr. Adolfo Cirne downtown in Recife. Since it's beginning the Faculdade de Direito do Recife was not important only for graduating bachelors in law but also for been a centre of exllence in philosophy and humans ciences. It had glorious times under the influence Tobias Barreto, Joaquim Nabuco e Castro Alves. It's one of the most important superior education centres in Brazil.

Between 1860 to 1880 a social, philosophic, intellectual movement known as "Escola do Recife" (The Recife's school) influenced the positivist philosophy and it understanding. Many of the most remarkable Brazilian politicians, poets, and lawyers studied there such as Tobias Barreto, Sílvio Romero, Artur Orlando, Clóvis Beviláqua, Capistrano de Abreu, Graça Aranha, Martins Júnior, Faelante da Câmara, Urbano Santos, Abelardo Lobo, Vitoriano Palhares, José Higino, Araripe Júnior, Gumercindo Bessa e João Carneiro de Sousa Bandeira, Castro Alves, Pinto Ferreira.

It graduation course has around 970 students and has the excellency award from the OAB - Ordem do Advogados do Brasil (Order of the lawyers of Brazil). The Faculdade de Direito do Recife has one of the most important juridical library in Brazil, with more than 100.000 books many of them are rare.

Bibliography

BEVILAQUA, Clóvis - História da Faculdade de Direito do Recife. 2.ed. Brasília: INL; Conselho Federal de Cultura, 1977. FRANCA, Rubem - Monumentos do Recife. Recife: Governo de Pernambuco, SEC, 1977. p. 175. PARAÍSO, Rostand Carneiro Leão - A casa de Octávio de Freitas: memória apresentada à Academia Pernambucana de Letras, 1977. PINTO FERREIRA, Luís - História da Faculdade de Direito do Recife. Recife: UFPE, Ed. Universitária, 1980.