(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, 2022-12) Arnt Ramos, André Luiz; Catalan, Marcos
The following article scrutinizes innovations brought by the Brazilian Economic Freedom Act to Art. 113 of the Brazilian Civil Code. Departing from a literature review, it outlines several aspects of these innovations, while underlining the principles of contract law – more particularly, private autonomy and the social function of contract. In its concluding remarks, the survey sets forth a call for debate on some pressing issues concerning Brazilian Private Law under the light of the Economic Freedom Act.