Miguel Reale

Miguel Reale
Born(1910-11-06)6 November 1910
Died14 April 2006(2006-04-14) (aged 95)
OccupationsLawyer, professor, writer
Academic background
EducationLaw School, University of São Paulo
InfluencesHusserl, Croce, Kant, Hegel, Labriola, del Vecchio, Rocco, Spengler
Academic work
Main interestsPhilosophy, law, politics, poetry, education
Notable worksFilosofia do Direito (1950)
Notable ideasThree-dimensional theory of law

Miguel Reale (6 November 1910 – 14 April 2006) was a Brazilian jurist, philosopher, academic, politician and poet, known as one of the most important Brazilian jurists and as an exponent of the Three-dimensional theory of law. He was one of the leaders of Integralism in Brazil and an ideologue of the Brazilian Integralist Action.

Reale served as Secretary of Justice for the state of São Paulo in 1947. He founded the Brazilian Institute of Philosophy in 1949 and the São Paulo-based Inter-American Society of Philosophy in 1954. He was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.