Carlo Francesco Gabba


Carlo Francesco Gabba was an Italian jurist and professor at the University of Pisa who has received several awards and titles. His studies and legal constructions deeply influenced the law in several countries.

Activities

In 1897 he was police of Italian government at the International Congress in Brussels about protection of the industrial property and in 1899 advisor on diplomatic conflicts by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In 1899 he was advisor on diplomatic conflicts to the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affair
Elected senator in 1900, he was an ordinary member of the Standing Committee of the Superior Court of Justice and member of the Turin National Academy of Sciences.

Works on brazilian law

In 1911, while he was an associate professor at the University of Pisa, he defended the name "promise of contract" to refer to prior commitment mutually agreed between the parties that celebrate a contract. This position was reflected immediately in the coming Brazilian Civil Code of 1916 and remained in the review of Brazilian Civil Code in 2002.
Gabba left behind the concept of legal principle acquired right, in his most famous book Teoria della retroattività delle leggi. For him, acquired right is "every right that:

Major works