Introducción

AuthorEdison Lucio Varela Cáceres
Pages11-13
Introducción
La Ley Orgánica de Registro Civil constituye un texto legislativo de vanguar-
dia, en el sentido que innova en el diseño de un Registro Civil sistemático y
automatizado, superando con creces el vetusto modelo representado por el
Código Civil, y si bien su importancia es más que evidente al regular las for-
mas mediante las cuales se crean pruebas preconstituidad de los hechos y
actos que afectan el estado civil de las personas, no se ha secundado dicho
esfuerzo legislativo con los respectivos estudios doctrinales que examinen el
nuevo entramado registral.
Lo anterior, en honor a la verdad no es del todo una sorpresa, ya que desde
1873 cuando se transformó el Registro Civil venezolano en laico, a la fecha,
solo se pueden mencionar dos obras jurídicas dedicadas especialmente a
explicar la institución de forma ordenada1. Obviamente, han existido esfuer-
zos parciales, como los diversos tratados de Derecho Civil, los manuales de
Derecho Civil Personas, que en su temática tratan el asunto, así como opús-
culos publicados en revistas y libros colectivos, pero en general se puede sos-
tener que esta importante institución ha estado huérfana de doctrina nacional,
situación que, además, es común en otras latitudes donde los estudios siste-
máticos sobre el Registro también son escasos.
El panorama descrito ha generado un personal interés por la institución y por
ello se ha reflexionado sobre algunos tópicos relacionados con el Registro del
Estado Civil en otras oportunidades y se aspira a comenzar con este texto la
preparación de un estudio completo de la mencionada figura jurídica. Por de
pronto, se ha considerado pertinente iniciar el proyecto con el examen de dos
1Vale comentar que estas obras fueros escritas en la pasada década de los60 por OBANDO
SALAZAR y FEBRES CORDERO, profesores de la ilustre Universidad de Los Andes.

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