Category: Professor
Fields of interest / research:
Roman Law
Cybersecurity Law
History of Law
Civil Law
Judicial Law/Case Law
Academic Degrees:
Bachelor of Law in 1985;
Master’s in 1991;
PhD in 2002;
Aggregation in 2006.
Academic Research and Cooperation
Member of the following research centres:
Centre for Research in History and Theory of Law at FDL (Roman tradition);
Centre for Research in Private Law at FDL;
Centre for the Study of Cybersecurity Law at FDL;
Observatory of Law and Interiority; Research Group on Human Rights at Pontifícia
Catholic University of São Paulo; Institute Silvio Meira of Roman Law.
Member of the editorial board of the following scientific journals:
Journal of the University of Lisbon School of Law;
Dare to Integrate of the Institute of Social Rehabilitation;
Ius Commune of the Institute of Cooperation at FDL;
Legal Journal of the Lusíada University of Lisbon;
Journal of the School of Law at PUC-S.P.
Member of the following international research projects:
Teaching or research duties in other institutions of higher education:
Professor at the Lusíada University of Lisbon;
Visiting Professor at the University of Lisbon School of Sciences;
Catholic University of São Paulo School of Law;
Federal University of Ceará School of Law;
University of S. Bernardo do Campo in São Paulo;
Departimento di Giurisprudenzana della Università degli Studi di Sassari, Diritto Romano – Laurea Magistrale di Giurisprudenza.
Other Professional Activities:
Member of the Magistrates High Council;
Member of the Monitoring Committee of Justices of the Peace.
Key Publications:
A Representação do Acionista para Exercício do Direito de voto Nas Assembleias Gerais das Sociedades Anónimas, AAFDL, 1988;
As Origens do Direito Português. A Tese Germanista de Teófilo Braga, AAFDL, 1996;
História do Direito Comum da Humanidade. Ius Commune Humanitatis ou Lex Mundi?, AAFDL, 2 Volumes, 2003;
Terra de Santa Maria. Terra-Mãe do Primeiro Portugal. Estudo de Direito Medieval Hispânico sobre a Independência de Portugal (1096-1179), 2 volumes, 2005;
Curso de Direito Romano, Principia, 2009 (reprint, 2012);
Curso Livre de Filosofia do Direito e de Ética Jurídica, Principia, 2010.