Michele Taruffo and collectives process in Latin America

Abstract

Through bibliographic review, as well as legislations and bills, this work addresses the contribution of Michele Taruffo about the collective process. Having as research problem if there was a legacy of the Italian jurist for Latin America in the matter, this study took as a reference the Model Class Action Code for Ibero-America to verify if there was influence of the ideas of Michele Taruffo, either in the conformation of the aforementioned draft, or in the adoption of the solutions proposed by him. At the end of the survey, in addition to the dissemination of research methods aimed at solving practical problems, it can be concluded that the great Lombard professor was very important for the beginning and formation of the class action in Latin America.