Victor Nunes Leal

Victor Nunes Leal
Justice of the Supreme Federal Court
In office
7 December 1960 – 16 January 1969
PresidentJuscelino Kubitschek
Preceded byFrancisco de Paula Rocha Lagoa
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Chief of Staff to the Presidency
In office
5 November 1956 – 10 August 1959
PresidentJuscelino Kubitschek
Preceded byÁlvaro Lins
Succeeded by[José Sette Câmara Filho
Personal details
Born(1914-11-11)11 November 1914
Carangola, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died17 May 1985(1985-05-17) (aged 70)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alma materNational Faculty of Law

Victor Nunes Leal (11 November 1914 – 17 May 1985) was a Brazilian jurist, Minister of the Supreme Federal Court and professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).[1][2][3]

He graduated from the National Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, then known as the University of Brazil, in 1936.[1]

He helped draft the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure (Portuguese:Código de Processo Civil) of 1939.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b c "Ministros :: STF - Supremo Tribunal Federal". www.stf.jus.br. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Hermes Lima: pragmatismo e inspiração democrática no Supremo Tribunal Federal". Estado da Arte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  3. ^ "O STF entre tanques e togas". Estado da Arte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  4. ^ "Victor Nunes Leal (1914-1985)". Thomas E. Skidmore Collection. Brown University. Retrieved 16 February 2019.