New Journal on Brazilian Law

The first issue of a new journal on Brazilian law, Panorama of Brazilian Law, was just released.

It is a multilingual journal aiming at providing the world with a window to Brazilian law. Professor Carmen Tiburcio, who is head of the Private International Law Department of the Rio de Janeiro State University, together with Raphael Carvalho de Vasconcelos and Bruno Rodrigues de Almeida, both professors of international law at the UFRRJ are leading this initiative.

The first issue includes a number of papers of interest for readers of this blog:

• a Brief Overview of Private International Law in Brazil (Carmen Tiburcio),
• an article on Cross-Border Consumption and Brazilian Law (Raphael Carvalho de Vasconcelos)
• and an article on the CISG and Party Autonomy in Brazilian International Contract Law (Iacyr de Aguilar Vieira)

H/T: Gustavo Vieira da Costa Cerqueira