Chico Xavier’s psychography and the Humberto de Campos litigation

Record summary

Chico Xavier was one of Brazil’s best-known mediums, producing purportedly dictated books attributed to deceased authors, including Humberto de Campos. After the writer’s family brought a copyright-related action, Brazilian courts confronted the unusual status of alleged posthumous authorship. The lead matters for studying automatic writing, authorship, sitters’ expectations, literary style and evidential standards. The existence of the publications and litigation is identifiable, but spirit authorship remains a religious claim, while stylistic resemblance and source leakage have competing explanations.