Members of international research projects:

Member of the international research project Member States’ Constitutions and EU Integration, led by the University of Salzburg and the European Community Studies Association of the University of Maastricht (funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme).
Member of the international research project Member States’ Preferences for Economic and Fiscal Integration, led by the University of Salzburg (funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme)
Member of the European Nertwork of Legal Experts in Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination of the European Commission.

Active in other higher education institutions:

Visiting Researcher at the Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg (1997-1999).

OTHER PROFESSIONALACTIVITIES

• Legal consultant in the area of public law
• Arbitration court judge
• Judge of the Portuguese Constitutional Court (from 4 April 2007 to 22 July 2016)
• Inspector General of Justice Services (between February 2006 and April 2007)

MOST RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

• (2019) Studies in International and European Union Law / Essays on International and European Union Law, Coimbra,
• (2019) Studies in Constitutional Law / Essays on Constitutional Law, Lisbon,
• (2018) Os desafios contemporâneos à ação externa da União Europeia (Lições de direito internacional público II), Coimbra, Almedina.
• (2017) Manual of European Union Law, 2nd edition, Coimbra, Almedina.
• (2012) A participação das Regiões Autónomas nos assuntos da República, Coimbra,
• (2011) Essays on the Treaty of Lisbon, Coimbra,
• (2010) Equality and non-discrimination of third country nationals legally resident in the European Union – from its origins in economic integration to its foundation in human dignity, Coimbra,
• (2007) European Union Litigation – (in collaboration with Fausto de Quadros), ª ed., Coimbra, Almedina.
• (2006) International Human Rights Law, Coimbra, Almedina.
• (2000) A natureza jurídica da revisão do Tratado da União Europeia, Lisbon,

MAGAZINE ARTICLES AND COLLECTIVEWORKS

• (2018) Portugal, in MARIE MERCAT-BRUNS / DAVID OPPENHEIMER / CADI SARTORIUS, Comparative Perspectives on the Enforcement and Effectiveness of Anti-Discrimination Law – Challenges and Innovative Tools, Springer, 397-418.
• (2018) Article 48 TEU, in Manuel Porto / Gonçalo Anastácio (coord.), Treaty of Lisbon – Article by Article – Commentary on the European Union Treaties Coimbra, Almedina, 180-187.
• (2018) Article 352 TFEU, in Manuel Porto / Gonçalo Anastácio (coord.), Treaty of Lisbon – Article by Article – Commentary on the European Union Treaties Coimbra, Almedina, 1350-1353.
• (2018) Article 353 TFEU, in Manuel Porto / Gonçalo Anastácio (coord.), Treaty of Lisbon – Article by Article – Commentary on the European Union Treaties Coimbra, Almedina, 1353-1354.
• (2018) Portugal (with Maria João Palma), in José Luís da Cruz Vilaça and others (ed.), The external dimension of the EU policies: horizontal issues; trade and investment; immigration and asylum, XXVIII FIDE Congress Lisbon / Estoril (23-26 May 2018), Congress Proceedings, vol. 3, Coimbra, Almedina, 641-673.
• (2017) “Principle of human dignity” in Ana Paula Brandão / Francisco Pereira Coutinho / Isabel Camisão / Joana Covelo de Abreu, Encyclopaedia of the European Union, Petrony, 308-310.
• (2017) “Opinion 2/13 of the European Court of Justice in the Context of Multilevel Protection of Fundamental Rights and Multilevel Constitutionalism Revisited” in Lina Papadopoulou / Ingolf Pernice / Joseph H. Weiler (eds.), Legitimacy Issues of the European Union in the Face of Crisis – Dimitris Tsatsos memoriam, Baden-Baden Hart/ Nomos, 233-270.

• (2017) “Equality and non-discrimination as the foundation of migrants’ and refugees’ rights in international law” in Eduardo Vera-Cruz Pinto and others (coord.), Refugees, Immigrants and Peoples’ Equality – Studies in honour of António Guterres, São Paulo, Editora Quartier Latin, 185-204.
• (2016) “Constitutional Courts, European Courts and Fundamental Rights – From cautious monologue to constructive dialogue”, Estudos em homenagem ao Conselheiro Presidente Moura Ramos, vol. I, Coimbra, Almedina, 599-635.
• (2016) “La jurisprudence constitutionnelle portugaise sur la crise de la dette publique, vue de l’intérieur”, Semaine social Lamy, supplement, 28 novembre 2016, no. 1746, 34-44.
• (2016) “Portugal – Perspectives comparatistes – Dialogue entre juges constitutionnels européens”, in Baptiste Bonnet (dir.), Traité des rapports entre ordres juridiques, Paris, LGDJ, 1501-1510.
• (2016) “Citizenship of the European Union”, in Eduardo Paz Ferreira, European Union – reform or decline, Lisbon, Veja, 277-292.

• (2016) “O Diálogo entre as Jurisdições Constitucionais e as Jurisdições Europeias em matéria de Direitos Fundamentais”, in Fausto de Santos Morais / José Carlos Kraemer Bortoloti, A Jurisdição Constitucional e os desafios à concretização dos direitos fundamentais, Rio de Janeiro, Editora Lumen Juris, 47-92.
• 2016) “Opinion 2/13 of the Court of Justice in the Context of Multilevel Protection of Fundamental Rights and Multilevel Constitutionalism”, Zeitschrift für öffentliches Recht / Journal of Public Law, 71, 1, 27-57.
• (2015) ‘Constitutional Judge, Social Rights and Public Debt Crisis – the Portuguese Constitutional Case Law’, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 22, 5, 678-705.
• (2015) ‘Judicial Dialogue in a Multilevel Constitutional Network – the Role of the Portuguese Constitutional Court’ (co-authored with P. Roque), in M. Andenas and D. Fairgrieve, Courts and Comparative Law, Oxford, OUP, 300-328.
• (2014) “A tutela multinível dos direitos fundamentais” (co-authored with M.P. Roque), Revista do Esmape, 19, 40, 35-70.
• (2013) “A Portuguese Perspective of the Accession on the European Union to the European Convention of Human Rights” in Iliopoulos- Strangas / Pereira da Silva / Potacs (eds), The Accession of the European Union to the ECHR, Baden-Baden, Nomos, 201-225.
• (2013) “Chapter 18 – Universality and Binding Effect of Human Rights from a Portuguese Perspective” (co-authored with M.P. Roque), in Rainer Arnold (ed.), The Universalism of Human Rights, Jus Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice 16, Dordrecht, Springer, 297-324.
• (2012) “Judicial Legitimacy and the Functions of the Judge in a Multilevel Constitutional System”, European Review of Public Law / Revue européenne de Droit Public, vol. 24, N. 1, 139-163.
• (2012) “A interdição de partidos políticos contrários ao princípio democrático”, in Estudos em homenagem ao Professor Doutor Jorge Miranda, vol. I, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 185-214.
• (2010) “European (Economic) Community (EC)”, in Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, and Oxford University Press (also available at mpepil.com)
• (2007) “The Protection of Fundamental Rights in the European Union” in Marshall Breger / Markus Puder (ed.), European Union Issues from a Portuguese Perspective, Washington, The Catholic University of America, 68-90.
• (2007) “Citizenship in the European Union – Conditions of Citizenship“, European Review of Public Law / Revue européenne de droit public, 83-96.
• (2006) “The Portuguese Semi-Presidential System – About Law “In the Books” and Law “In Action”, European Constitutional Law Review, 2, 1, 81-100.
• (2006) “Size and Composition of Highest Courts – Selection of Judges”, Ingolf Pernice / Juliane Kokott / Cheryl Saunders (ed.), The future of the European Judicial System in a Comparative Perspective, Baden-Baden, Nomos, 203-210.

• (2006) “Harmonisation of Legislation in the Field of Justice and Home Affairs in Portugal – coordination”, in Epaminondas Spiliotopoulos (ed.), Harmonisation of Legislation in the Field of Justice and Home Affairs, London, Esperia Publications, 285-318.
• (2006) “Portugal: the Fight against the “Big” Ones”, in Finn Laursen (ed.), The Treaty of Nice: Actors Preferences, Bargaining and Institutional Choice, Leiden, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 247-261.
• (2004) “Recent Developments in Immigration and Asylum Law – Aspects of International, European, Constitutional and Administrative Law – Portuguese Report”, in Eibe Riedel (ed.), Neuere Entwicklungen im Einwanderungs- und Asylrecht, Baden-Baden, Nomos, 71-95.

COORDINATION OF WORKS

• (2019) Brexit and the Future of the EU and European Politics – A Constitutional Law Perspective (ECLN Conference Lisbon 2017), Baden-Baden, Nomos (co-coordinated with Ingolf Pernice).
• (2019) The multilevel protection of fundamental rights – Studies on judicial dialogue (coord.), Lisbon,
• (2006) European Constitutionalism in Crisis? Studies on the European Constitution (coordination), Lisbon,
• (2005) Studies in European and International Human Rights Law, Coimbra,

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