Pedro Barbosa was a Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 jurist and the leading representative of the ius commune and the usus modernus in Portugal.

Teaching law at Coimbra

Coimbra

Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...

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

Portuguese Inquisition

The Portuguese Inquisition was formally established in Portugal in 1536 at the request of the King of Portugal, João III. Manuel I had asked for the installation of the Inquisition in 1515 to fulfill the commitment of marriage with Maria of Aragon, but it was only after his death that the Pope...

, as judge of the Casa de Suplicação and the Desembargo do Paço, and as Chanceler mor do Reino. Barbosa also wrote numerous tract

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s on family law

Family law

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, inheritance

Inheritance

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 law and procedural law

Procedural law

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