Category: Assistant Professor
Areas of interest/Research
Inheritance Law
Family Law
Children’s Law
Transport Law
Donation Contracts
Academic Degrees
Law Degree, 1999, University of Lisbon Law School.
Master’s Degree in Law (Legal Sciences), 2005, University of Lisbon Law School.
PhD in Civil Law (Succession Law), 2015, University of Lisbon Law School.
Research and scientific co-operation
Scientific Research Fellow (PhD Scholarship) at the Foundation for Science and Technology (2009/2013)
Member of Research Centres
Member of the Private Law Research Centre of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon
Member of the Editorial Boards of Scientific Journals
Member of the Editorial Board of the Electronic Law Journal of the Newton Paiva Centre, Brazil (since 2017)
Most relevant publications
2020
“As garantias de autonomia de expressão da vontade do idoso: quando os idosos casar e quando testam”, in Carla Amado Gomes/Ana F. Neves, Direito e Direitos dos Idosos, Lisbon, AAFDL, 2020, pp. 317-331.
“The potential of the prenuptial agreement from an inheritance planning perspective”, Julgar, 40, 2020, pp. 207-221.
“The (irr)relevance of the principle of equality in succession self-determination”, in Minutes of the International Conference “Equality and Responsibility in Family Relations”, University of Minho Law School, 2020, pp. 245-288, https://www.jusgov.uminho.pt/pt-pt/publicacoes/atas-ji-irrf-pt/.
“Foundations and parasuccessory institutes”, in Direito das Fundações em Debate. Perspectivas de Reforma, Gonçalves, Diogo Costa/Pereira, Rui Soares (coordination), Cascais, Princípia, 2020.
Annotated Portuguese Civil Code, Book IV – Family Law, Clara Sottomayor (coordination), Coimbra, Almedina, 2020, being responsible for the commented analysis of articles 1698 to 1707 (“Antenuptial agreements”); and 1753 to 1766 (“Donations for marriage” and “Donations between married couples”), of Book IV (Family Law).
2019
Civil Registry Code, Notary Code and other sources with special relevance to Family, Children and Succession matters, 8th edition, Lisbon, AAFDL, 2019 (as co-organiser).
“The Private Relations Law of Legal Microsystems: a Portuguese-Brazilian perspective (?)”, Revista da Escola Superior de Magistratura Tocantinense (ESMAT), year 11, no. 18 (special edition), 2019, pp. 133 to 172,
http://esmat.tjto.jus.br/publicacoes/index.php/revista_esmat/article/view/307
“Prohibition of discrimination and testamentary freedom”, in Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque (ed.), Commentary on the European Convention on Human Rights and the Additional Protocols, Vol. II, Lisbon, Universidade Católica Editora, 2019, pp. 1973 to 1995.
“Inheritance law and the protection of the elderly”, Lex Familiae, year 16, 2019, pp. 45 to 69, http://www.centrodedireitodafamilia.org/sites/cdb-dru7-ph5.dd/files/LexFamiliae2019.pdf
Inheritance Law – Notes. Introduction and Succession Statics, 1st reprint, Lisbon, AAFDL, 2019.
“A caducidade do contrato de arrendamento”, in I Congresso de Direito do Arrendamento, Luís Menezes Leitão (coordination), Coimbra, Almedina, 2019, pp. 115 to 140.
“Parasuccessory Institutes and Their Relevance to Portuguese Succession Law in the 21st Century”, in Civil Code, Fiftieth Anniversary Book, Vol. I, António Menezes Cordeiro (coordination), Coimbra, Almedina, 2019, pp. 245 to 271.
2018
Annotated Portuguese Civil Code – Book V: Succession Law, Cristina Araújo Dias (coordination), Coimbra, Almedina, 2018. She is responsible for the commented analysis of articles 2249 to 2280 (“Legacies”) and 2281 to 2300 (“Substitutions”) of Book V (Succession Law).
“The relevance of renunciative succession pacts for the transmission of wealth between generations”, Revista de Direito Comercial, 2, 2018, pp. 989 to 1118,
Succession revolution: alternative institutes to the will in the 21st century, Cascais, Princípia, 2018.
“The funeral contract and consumer rights in the Portuguese legal system”, Revista de Direito Comercial, 2, 2018, pp. 291 to 371.
2017
Donations in life for inheritance purposes – Limits to private autonomy, Inheritance Law and the transmission of real estate between generations, Cascais, Princípia, 2017.
“Unjustified denied boarding in international passenger air transport: (un)balance of the interests at stake?”, Revista de Direito Comercial, 1, 2017, pp. 480 to 542, https://www.revistadedireitocomercial.com/recusa-de-embarque-injustificada-no-transporte-aereo-internacional
Hipóteses e Materiais para a Disciplina de Direito das Sucessões, 1st reprint, Lisbon, AAFDL, 2017 (co-authored).
“The post-mortem mandate to donate as an admissible alternative to a will: regarding the STJ ruling of 13/09/2016″, in Cadernos de Direito Privado, 60 (October/December 2017), pp. 3 to 19.
Hipóteses e Materiais para a Disciplina de Direito da Família, Lisbon, AAFDL, 2017 (co-authored).
2016
“O Problema da Imputação de Liberalidades na Sucessão Legitimária Revisitado à Luz dos Limites da Interpretação Jurídica: Recusa de uma Teoria Pura do Direito Sucessório”, in Estudos em Homenagem ao Professor Doutor Carlos Pamplona Corte-Real, Coimbra, Almedina, 2016, pp. 41 to 66.
Succession self-determination – by will or by contract?, Cascais, Princípia, 2016.
“On the competition of regimes applicable to gifts of inheritance relevance – Inheritance ex re certa: dichotomous categorical leaves that exhaust the totality of the inheritance”, Lex Familiae, year 12/13, 2015-2016, pp. 23 to 42, http://www.centrodedireitodafamilia.org/sites/cdb-dru7-ph5.dd/files/LF_2016.pdf.
Previous dates
O Direito da Família e das Sucessões no Código Civil Português de 1867 – uma perspectiva do século XXI, Dário Moura Vicente/Jorge Duarte Pinheiro/Fernando Loureiro Bastos (coordination), Institute for Legal Co-operation, University of Lisbon Law School, AAFDL, 2008. Co-authored work, responsible for the commented analysis of articles 1735 to 2008.This work was the result of a commented analysis of Articles 1735 to 2008, relating to Chapters I (“Preliminary provisions”), II (“Testamentary succession”) and III (“Legitimate succession”) of Title II (“Succession”) of Book III (“Rights acquired by mere fact of another, and those that are acquired by simple provision of law”), /wp-content/uploads/2014/12/AAVV-O-Direito-da-Familia-e-das-Successes-no-Codigo-Civil-Portugues-de-1867-Uma-perspectiva-do-Sec-XXI.pdf
Hypotheses for the Introduction to the Study of Law course – With correction notes, Lisbon, AAFDL, 2007.
“Marriage in Roman Law”, in Estudos em Honra de Ruy de Albuquerque, Volume I, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 2006, pp. 285 to 314.
Viabilidade de uma unificação jus-successória a nível europeu: unificação meramente conflitual ou unificação material?, with a foreword by Professor Carlos Pamplona Corte-Real, Coimbra, Almedina, 2005.
“The Micheletti judgement and its repercussions on Member States’ nationality law”, RFDUL, XLIV,nos. 1 and 2, 2003, pp. 269 to 348.
Current teaching activity at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon
Lecturer in Family Law, evening class (degree programme, 2020/2021)
Teacher of Land Transport Law I (Master’s Degree in Law and Legal Practice, Specialising in Transport Law, 2020/2021)