Member of editorial boards of scientific journals:
Imprensa da Universidade de Lisboa; Springer Group; Interpretatio Prudentium; Duc in Altum; e-Legal History Review

Member of international research projects (ongoing):
Complete Works of the Marquis of Pombal
Dictionary of the History of Legal Culture
Classics of the Iberian School of Peace
Completed: Pioneering Works of the Portuguese Language; Complete Works of Fr António Vieira

Other Professional Activities:
Vice-President of the Commission for the Conciliation and Good Offices of Disputes between States of UNESCO, by election of the General Assembly.
Appointed by Pope Francis as a member of the Vatican Congregation for Education
Lawyer and Jurisconsult
Arbitrator (Commercial Arbitration Centre of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
Doctor Honoris Causa (Faculdade Damas, Recife)
He has been a visiting professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra and the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo and a visiting professor at universities in the USA, Brazil, India, Angola and Mozambique.
He was Pro-Rector (2008-2010) and Vice-Rector of the University of Lisbon (2010-2011).
He was a Counsellor of the National Education Council, by co-option, and Coordinator of the Higher Education Commission of the National Education Council, by election of its members (2013-2017).
Director of the Centre for Judicial Studies (2011-2016)
Rector of the European University (2017-2020)
At the Faculty of Law, he was, among other positions, Chairman of the Pedagogical Council, Vice-Chairman of the Governing Board, Secretary Professor of the Scientific Council and Librarian Professor.
At the University of Lisbon, he was repeatedly elected a member of the University Assembly and Senate.

Most Relevant Publications:

Books
Gregório Martins Caminha. First Legal Treatise. Tratado da Forma dos Libelos, organisation and introduction (2018): Lisbon, Círculo de Leitores.

Walter Bagehot. The English Constitution. Organisation and introduction (2018): Lisbon, University of Lisbon Press.

Interventions by the Director of the Centre for Judicial Studies (2011-2015), Lisbon, 2015 (ebook).

Father António Vieira. Political Writings, organisation and introduction (2014): Lisbon, Círculo de Leitores (Padre António Vieira, Obra Completa (Tomo IV, Vária, I: Escritos Políticos).

University of Lisbon Law School: Memory, Space and Art, Lisbon, 2012.

Manuel Pinheiro Chagas: A Biography, Lisbon, Assembly of the Republic, 2012.

The Process of Codifying Law in Portugal. General Aspects, Lisbon, AAFDL, 2007.

History of Political Thought in Portugal. Report, part of Revista da FDUL, 2007.

The Spirit of Institutions. A Study in the History of the State, Coimbra, Almedina, 2006.

History of Legal Thought. Study Guide, Lisbon, AAFDL, 2004.

History of International Relations. Law and Political Conceptions in the Modern Age, Coimbra, Almedina, 2003.

The Just and the Unjust, Lisbon, AAFDL, 2001.

The Law of Liberty. I. Historical Introduction to Legal Thought. Medieval and Modern Times, Cascais, Principia, 2001.

What is Law, Cascais, Principia, 2001.

Judex Perfectus: Jurisdictional Function and Judicial Status in Portugal, 1640-1820, Coimbra, Livraria Almedina, 2003.

Enlightenment and Law in Portugal. The Reign of King José I, Lisbon.

Organisation of books
In addition to the books in ebook format on the website of the Centre for Judicial Studies and the THD.

Great Achievements in the History of Portuguese Law (2016): Lisbon, THD (ebook).

As Conferências do Centro de Estudos Judiciários, Almedina, Coimbra, 2014; with Paulo Guerra: As Conferências do Centro de Estudos Judiciários 2014-2015, Almedina, Coimbra, 2016.

From Natural Law to Human Rights: organisation and introduction, Almedina, Coimbra, 2014.

Textos deApoio deHistória do Direito Internacional, with Pedro Caridade de Freitas, Lisbon, AAFDL, 2012.

Portuguese Constitutional Texts (Introduction and selection), in Horst Dippel, general direction, The Rise of Modern Constitutionalism. 1776-1849, Saur, München, 2010.

The Profile of the Judge in the Western Tradition, Coimbra, Almedina, 2009.

Temas de Direito da Educação, Coimbra, Almedina, 2006.

João Paulo II e o Direito, organised by Paulo Teixeira Pinto, Gonçalo Portocarrero de Almada, Eduardo Vera-Cruz Pinto, Cascais, Principia, 2003.

Estatuto do Aluno do Ensino Não Superior, with Luís de Carvalho and João Atanásio, Lisbon, Plátano, 2003.

The Justice Debate. Studies on the crisis of justice in Portugal, Lisbon, VISLIS, 2001.

Legislação deEducação, organisation and introduction, with Luís de Carvalho and João Atanásio, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 2001.

Legislação Ultramarina Portuguesa, Lisbon, 1989, with Eduardo Vera-Cruz Pinto and Maria Teresa Morais.

He also took part in the organisation of the following publications, among others: Obras Completas do P. António Vieira; Dicionário das Ordens Religiosas; first pioneers in the Portuguese language.

Prefaces and postfaces
D. Nuno Brás, Cenas de Deus (2019): Parede, Lucerne.

Gregor Puppinck, The Family, Human Rights and Eternal Life (2018): Cascais, Principia.

José Eduardo Franco / Luís Machado de Abreu, Religious Orders and Congregations in the Context of the First Republic (2010): Lisbon, Gradiva.

He has also written prefaces to books by Pedro Ortego Gil, Pedro Caridade de Freitas, Lucas Gontijo, Filipe Arede Nunes, Cláudio Brandão, Miguel Lopes Romão, José Eduardo Franco, Isabel Graes, Susana Videira, Ana Celeste Carvalho, among others.

Videos
Author of the series Justice and Law, currently available on YouTube/UL.