A balança pensa: a deusa Themis a serviço do babaquara, origem histórica da Faculdade de Direito do Ceará (1903)

Abstract

This monographic paper researches the foundation of Ceará Law School and its connections to the oligarchy leaded by Nogueira Accioly. The study detects the origin of the local political power, in the state of Ceará, culminating with the rising of Accioly’s Oligarchy, conducted by himself and also conducted by Pedro Borges (1900-1904) during his government when the Ceará Free Law School was settled. The research also emphasizes the history of the Law School and its positive roots, from where many figures started to develops their local oligarchical leadership. This reflection points out the importance of mocidade cearense (youth state academy) through its pattern ship with French Academy, a recognize and prestigious intellectual movement, which stimulated education reading and political attitudes in the school. Tomas Pompeu Filho, who was Nogueira Acciolys´s brother-in-law, was responsible for this influence.