Direito do proprietário do imóvel versus direito do terceiro de boa-fé: princípios e critérios que devem orientar a correta aplicação do artigo 1.247, parágrafo único, do código civil

Abstract

This study seeks to establish criteria to guide decisions on disputes between the real property owners and third parties in good faith. Considering the evolution of the concept of ownership, from the liberal individualism of the modern era to the bundle of rights, duties and legal powers of a complex legal relationship nowadays, the importance of registering property and its inherent publicity to the security of real estate transactions and the protection of individual and collective interests is highlighted. Given the prevalence of existential values on the patrimonial ones and taking by reference the supreme principle of human dignity, it suggests possession and social function of property, good faith, usucapion and the theory of appearance as the weighting criteria. Thus, it examines the possibility of making flexible, in some cases, the rule that provides the owner the right to claim the property independently of the good faith of the third party, if the registration is cancelled, and discusses the solutions found by the doctrine and jurisprudence to the proposed problem.