Levi Carneiro

Levi Fernandes Carneiro (Niterói, August 8, 1882 – Rio de Janeiro, September 5, 1971) was a Brazilian lawyer, jurist and writer.

He was trained in law at the Free Law School of Rio de Janeiro, currently the National Law School of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

He was General Counsel of the Republic in the government of Getúlio Vargas, from November 21, 1930 to February 17, 1932.

In politics he was Constituent Deputy in 1934, losing the mandate with the coup that instituted the Estado Novo (Brazil).

He was appointed as judge of the International Court of Justice in The Hague in 1951, serving until 1954.