Pedro Barbosa (1530/35-1606) was a Portuguese jurist and the leading representative of the ''

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'' and the '' usus modernus'' in Portugal. Teaching law at the

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in 1557–64, he came to hold the highest judicial offices, including with the

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, as judge of the '' Casa da Suplicação'' and the '' Desembargo do Paço'', and as '' Chanceler-mor do Reino''. Barbosa also wrote numerous

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s on family law,

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law and procedural law.

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* 17th-century Portuguese lawyers 1530s births 1606 deaths 16th-century Portuguese lawyers Academic staff of the University of Coimbra {{Portugal-law-bio-stub