https://legal.excellentwiki.com/brazil/contract-law/Recent content in Contract Law on ExcellentWiki - Legal EncyclopediaHugoen-USTue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://legal.excellentwiki.com/brazil/contract-law/brazil-contract-law/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://legal.excellentwiki.com/brazil/contract-law/brazil-contract-law/<h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p><strong>Contract law</strong> in Brazil (<em>Direito Contratual</em>) is codified primarily in the <strong>Brazilian Civil Code</strong> of 2002 (Law 10.406/2002), which replaced the 1916 Civil Code and introduced transformative changes aligned with contemporary civil law doctrine. The 2002 Code embraced <strong>social values</strong> such as the <strong>social function of contracts</strong> (<em>função social do contrato</em>), <strong>objective good faith</strong> (<em>boa-fé objetiva</em>), and <strong>contractual balance</strong> (<em>equilíbrio contratual</em>), moving away from the individualistic, liberal approach of the 1916 Code.</p>