Categoria: Associate Professor Jubilate
Areas of interest / research:
Fundamental Rights
Constitutional Law
Political Science
Academic Degrees:
Law degree in 1978
Master of Laws in 1986
Doctorate in Law in 2003
Scientific Research and Co-operation:
Member of research centres:
Public Law Research Centre
Member of editorial boards of scientific journals:
Other Professional Activities:
Publicações mais relevantes:
Restrictions on Fundamental Rights Not Expressly Authorised by the Constitution (doctoral thesis) 2003 (1st edition), 2021, Lisbon, AAFDL (3rd edition)
Contributo para uma Teoria do Estado de Direito (Master’s dissertation), 1987 (1st edition), 2018 (last reprint), Coimbra, Almedina
The Structuring Principles of the Rule of Law, Coimbra, Almedina, 2nd edition, 2022
The Limits of Fundamental Rights: Foundations, Justification and Control, Coimbra, Almedina, 2021
Semi-presidentialism – General Theory and the Portuguese System, 3rd edition, Coimbra, Almedina, 2021
The Portuguese System for Monitoring Constitutionality – ACritical Evaluation, 3rd ed.
One Constitution, Two Systems?–Rights of Liberty and Social Rights in the Portuguese Constitution, Coimbra, Almedina, 2020
Theory of Political Forms and Systems of Government, 2nd edition, AAFDL, Lisbon, 2019
Fundamental Rights in Relations between Private Individuals, Coimbra, Almedina, 2018
The Dignity of the Human Person, vol. I, Dignity and Fundamental Rights, 2nd ed.
The Dignity of the Human Person, vol. II, Dignity and Unconstitutionality, 2nd ed.
Social Rights, Legal Theory of Social Rights as Fundamental Rights, 2nd edition, AAFDL, Lisbon, 2016
In Defence of the Constitutional Court – Response to Critics, Coimbra, Almedina, 2014
Fundamental Rights: Trumps Against the Majority, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 2006