Walter Moraes (
13th November 1934 Catanduva ,
Sao Paulo,
Brazil —
17th November 1997 Diadema,
Sao Paulo,
Brazil)
Brazilian jurist,
catholic thinker, professor of the
University of São Paulo Faculty of Law, judge at the High Court of São Paulo. Studied in the minor seminary of the
Divine Word Missionaries. Married Sonia dos Santos Moraes in 1959, with whom had two children. Graduated in Law and Philosophy by the
University of São Paulo. Began his career as Judge in municipalities of
Casa Branca,
Quata and
Campos do Jordao. Pioneered many fields of juridical science in Brazil including
Copyright,
Inheritance and
Family Law. Reformer of the Brazilian Children's code together with Prof. Antonio Chaves. Important supporter and theorist of the Brazilian
pro-life movement. Exposed the fallacy of the arguments for legal abortion in his famous conference "The Farse of Legal Abortion", pronounced in the
Chamber of Deputies of Brazil on 24th September 1997, less than two months before his death.

Secretary of the Inter-american Copyright Institute
, director of the Revista Interamericana de Direito Intelectual (Inter-american Journal of Intellectual Law), brazilian correspondent of the European Intellectual Property Review
member of Societé de Legislation Comparée, Internationale Gesellschaft für Urheberrecht, International Association of Family Right and Inheritance, Instituto dos Advogados de São Paulo (Lawyer's Istitute of Sao Paulo), Instituto Brasileiro de Propriedade Intelectual (Brazilian Copyright Institute).
Author of many books and articles on Adoption law, Copyright, Civil Society, Philosophy of Right and Abortion:
"Adoption and Truth" (Adoção e Verdade), "Artists Interpreters and Performers" (Artistas Intérpretes e Executantes), "Strict Civil Society" (Sociedade Civil Estrita), "General Theory of Legitimate Inheritance" (Teoria Geral da Sucessão Legítima), "Thomist Conception of Person" (Concepção Tomista de Pessoa), "The Problem of Judicial Autorization for Abortion" (O problema da autorização judicial para o aborto).
References
- Moraes, Walter. Sociedade Civil Estrita. ISBN 85-2030597-0, Ed. Revista dos Tribunais, São Paulo, 1987.
- Moraes, Walter, "O problema da autorização judicial para o aborto". Revista de Jurisprudência do Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de São Paulo, march/april 1986
- Moraes, Walter. Adoção e Verdade. Ed. Revista dos Tribunais, São Paulo, 1974.
- Moraes, Walter. Questões de Direito do Autor. Ed. Revista dos Tribunais, São Paulo, 1977.
- Moraes, Walter. Artistas Intérpretes e Executantes. Ed. Revista dos Tribunais, São Paulo, 1976.
- Moraes, Walter. Teoria Geral e Sucessão Legítima. Ed. Revista dos Tribunais, São Paulo, 1974.
- Moraes, Walter & Chaves, Antônio. Código dos Menores. Livraria e Editora Universitária de Direito Ltda, São Paulo, 1987.
- Moraes, Walter. Direito à própria imagem I. Revista dos Tribunais. São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, ano 61, n. 443, setembro de 1972, p. 64, et seq.
- “A Farsa do Aborto Legal” - The Farse of Legal Abortion, na Câmara dos Deputados (09/24/1997)
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