Category: Professor

Fields of interest / research:
Administrative Law
Constitutional Law
Theory and Jurisprudence
History of Political Thought
Bioethics Law

Academic Degrees:
Bachelor of Law, 1986
Master’s in Legal and Political Sciences, 1990
PhD in Law, 1996
Aggregation in Law, 2004

Academic Research and Cooperation

Member of the editorial board of the following scientific journals:
Director of the Journal “Law & Politics”;
Member of the Editorial Board of the “Journal of Public Contracts” (2011);
Member of the Scientific Board of the “Journal of Public Law” of the Institute of Public Law (2009);
Member of the Scientific Board of the “Journal of Public Law of Economics” (Brazil, 2003).

Other Professional Activities:
Legal advisor to public and private entities;
Arbitrator;
Writer.

Key Publications:
Manual de Direito Administrativo, I, Coimbra, Almedina, 2013;

Direito Constitucional Português, 2 vols., Coimbra, Almedina, 2010;

Instituições Políticas e Constitucionais, I, Coimbra, Almedina, 2007, reprint, 2009;

Legalidade e Administração Pública: O sentido da vinculação administrativa à juridicidade, Coimbra, Almedina, 2003, reprint. 2007, 2nd reprint, 2011;

A Democracia Totalitária – Do Estado totalitário à sociedade totalitária. A influência do totalitarismo na democracia do século XXI, Cascais, Principia, 2001, reprint, 2010;

O Poder de Substituição em Direito Administrativo: enquadramento dogmático – constitucional, 2 vols.,Lisbon, Lex, 1995;
Conceito e Fundamento da Hierarquia Administrativa, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 1992;

Ensaio sobre o Caso Julgado Inconstitucional, Lisboa Lex, 1993;
Os Últimos Meses de Salazar – Agosto de 1968 a Julho de 1970, Coimbra, Almedina, 2008; reprint, 2008;

Rocha Saraiva: o professor de Salazar, Coimbra, Almedina, 2013.