Category: Professor

Fields of interest / research:
Law of Obligations
Contracts
Obligations securities
Insurance Law
Labour Law

Academic Degrees:
Bachelor of Law (1982)
Master of Law – Legal Sciences (1989)
PhD in Law – Legal Sciences (1994)
Aggregation in Law – Legal Sciences (2005)

Academic Research and Cooperation

Member of the following research centres:
Member of the Labour Law Institute (Chairman).

Member of the editorial board of the following scientific journals:
Director of the Journal of Law and Social Studies.

Other Professional Activities:
Legal consultant;
Arbitrator.

Key Publications:
Monografias em Direito Civil, Direito Comercial e Direito do Trabalho:

O Subcontrato, Almedina, Coimbra, 1989 (211 pages);
Cumprimento Defeituoso em especial na Compra e Venda e na Empreitada, Lisboa, 1992 (=) Almedina, Coimbra, 1994 (643 pages), reprint, Almedina, Coimbra, 2001 (602 pages);
Garantias de Cumprimento (co-authored), 1st edition, Almedina, Coimbra, 1994 (121 pages), 5th edition, Almedina, Coimbra, 2006 (306 pages);
Direito das Obrigações (Parte Especial). Contratos. Compra e Venda. Locação. Empreitada, 1st edition, Almedina, Coimbra, 2000 (478 pages), 2nd edition, Almedina, Coimbra, 2001, 3rd reprint, 2008 (523 págs.);
Direito do Trabalho, 1st edition, Almedina, Coimbra, 2002 (1175 pages), 6th edition, Almedina, Coimbra, 2013 (1390 pages);
Código do Trabalho Anotado (co-authored), 1st edition, Almedina, Coimbra, 2003 (932 pages); 9th edition, Almedina, Coimbra, 2012 (1220 pages);
Da Cessação do Contrato, Almedina, Coimbra, 2005 (687 pages), 2nd edition, Almedina, Coimbra, 2006 (690 pages);
Direito dos Seguros. Apontamentos, Principia, Cascais, 2006 (160 pages);
Lei do Contrato de Seguro Anotada (co-authored), Almedina, Coimbra, 2009 (532 pages), 2nd edition, Almedina, Coimbra, 2011 (625 pages).