Notes on the civil liability of liberal professionals

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze the historical evolution of the concept of liberal profession in order to demonstrate that such a category remains useful in contemporary law, so as to attract a specific legal discipline, even for some cases of subordinate or not fully autonomous labor. For that purpose, the essay addresses the main aspects of the civil liability framework applied to these professionals, embodied by an array of statutory regulation (in addition to the Consumer Defense Code, liberal professions are typically subject to the rules of professional responsibility established by the pertinent class councils) that must be reunited under the values of the Federal Constitution. In this area, deontology rules are quite relevant as well, occupying a prominent place in the theory of sources of law.