Full Professor of History of Law of the Law School. He was former Director of Law School of Ribeirão Preto of USP (FDRP).
Bachelor in Law from Law School/ Sao Paulo (1982), he had his Master (1990) and Ph.D. (1996) in Roman Law from the same institute. He has taken a post-doctorate internship at Università degli Studi di Roma I – La Sapienza (1996-1997). Full Professor of History of Law and Roman Law (2000).
He has experience in Law, focused on History of Law and Roman Law, working primarily with the following topics: Roman contract law, in special purchase and selling; Roman procedural law, emphasizing debtor’s protection (beneficium competentiae); history of ancient and medieval law, emphasis on study of sources; history of Brazilian law, especially family law, land property and Brazilian legal historiography. Finally, he is also knowledgeable about modern civil law, in special Torts and Liabilities Law.