Other Professional Activities:
Lawyer, with suspended registration at the Portuguese Bar Association, at her own request, for the purpose of preparing a doctoral dissertation.
CAAD arbitrator in administrative matters, since 2015 (registration currently suspended)
Legal Adviser to the Office of the Prime Minister of the XXI Constitutional Government (1 November 2016-26 October 2019)

Most Relevant Publications:
” The Argument from Human Dignity – Legal Paternalism and Restriction on Fundamental Rights “, The Role of Legal Argumentation and Human Dignity in Constitutional Courts, Proceedings of the Special Workshops Held at the 28th World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy in Lisbon, 2017, org. Miguel Nogueira de Brito, Rachel Herdy, Giovanni Damele, Pedro Moniz Lopes, Jorge Silva Sampaio, ARSP Beiheft 157, Nomos, Franz Steiner Verlag, 2019, pp. 211-235.
“Cronique – Droit Constitutionnel étranger: Portugal”, with DAMIEN CONNIL and DIMITRI LÖHRER, Revue française de Droit constitutionnel, 117, 2019, pp. 229-246.
Cases and Materials on Constitutional Law, co-authored with TIAGO FIDALGO DE FREITAS, Lisbon, AAFDL Editora, 2018
“Elections to the Assembly of the Republic and appointment of the Prime Minister: Constitutional mutation or simple functioning of the Portuguese system of government?”, Comparative Electoral Law, eds DANIEL GOMES DA COSTA, JORGE MIRANDA, LEONARDO SOARES DA FONSECA and TARCÍSIO CARVALHO NETO, Belo Horizonte, Fórum, 2018, pp. 27-48.
“The national authorities”, Administrative Organisation: new players, new models, organised by CARLA AMADO GOMES, ANA NEVES and TIAGO SERRÃO, volume I, Lisbon, AAFDL Editora, 2018, pp. 617-654.
“O argumento do princípio da dignidade da pessoa humana: Paternalismo jurídico e restrições às direitos fundamentais”, The Dignity of the Human Person in Constitutional Justice, JORGE REIS NOVAIS, TIAGO FIDALGO DE FREITAS (organisers), Coimbra, Almedina, 2018, pp. 387-416.
2017 “O funcionamento do sistema de governo português em XXI pontos (a partir de um “caso prático” de Direito Constitucional”, In the 40 years of the Constitution, ed. JORGE MIRANDA, Lisbon, AAFDL Editora, 2017, pp. 101-117.
“Les dispositions constitutionnelles en relation avec l’administration et la protection des administrés – La soumission de l’administration publique aux droits fondamentaux au Portugal”, 40 ans d’application de la Constitution portugaise, DAMIEN CONNIL/DIMITRI LÖHRER (direction scientifique), Institut Universitaire Varenne, Collection Colloques&Essais, 2017, pp. 237-247.
“Interpretation in accordance with the Constitution in the constitutional jurisprudence of the crisis”, O Direito, Year 149, III, 2017, pp. 627-652.
“Article 10 – Fault”, Non-contractual Civil Liability of the State and Other Public Entities: Comentários à Luz da Jurisprudência, coordinated by CARLA AMADO GOMES, ANA FERNANDA NEVES and TIAGO SERRÃO, Lisbon, AAFDL, 2017, pp. 587-629.
2016 “Heterologous artificial insemination, donor anonymity and the right to knowledge of genetic origins – Analysis of Constitutional Case Law”, Estudos em Homenagem ao Professor Doutor Carlos Pamplona Corte-Real, Coimbra, Almedina, 2016, pp. 203-231
“The Revocation of Invalid Administrative Acts Constituting Rights and the Changes in the Principle of the Legality of the Administration in the Context of the Emergence of a European Administrative Law”, Liber Amicorum Fausto de Quadros, volume II, Lisbon, Almedina, 2016, pp. 361-375
“Constituent power, democratic legitimacy and constitutional mutations”, Constitutional Mutations, GILMAR FERREIRA MENDES/CARLOS BLANCO DE MORAIS (Coord.), São Paulo, Saraiva (Brazil), IDP Series: Comparative Law Line, 2016, pp. 333-361.
“As bases constitucionais do Contencioso Administrativo: a Constituição da República Portuguesa de 1976 e a legislação procedual administrativa”, Comentários à revisão do CPTA e do ETAF, coordinated by CARLA AMADO GOMES/ANA FERNANDA NEVES/TIAGO SERRÃO, 2nd edition, Lisbon, AAFDL Editora, 2016, pp. 53-93.
“Revisiting the case law of the Portuguese Constitutional Court on arbitration”, Arbitragem Administrativa, coordinated by Nuno Villa-Lobos and Teresa Lourenço, CAAD, no. 2, 2016, pp. 6-11
“Review of Benjamin Herzog, Anwendung und Auslegung von Recht in Portugal und Brasilien. Eine rechtsvergleichende Untersuchung aus genetischer, funktionaler und postmoderner Perspektive. Zugleich ein Plädoyer für mehr Savigny und weniger Jhering, Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck, 2014”, Interpretatio Prudentium, direito romano e tradição romanista em revista, I, Teoria e História do Direito-Centro de Investigação da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa (THD-Ulisboa), 2016, I, pp. 347-353.
“Cyberspace, independent administrative bodies and fundamental rights”, Law: Thinking technologically, Cyberlaw by CIJIC, issue 02, June 2016, pp. 199-232, available at http://www.cijic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Cyberlaw-by-CIJIC_vf.pdf.
“The Horizontal Direct Effect and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union”, E-Pública, nr. 3, available at http://e-publica.pt/the-horizontal-direct-effect.html
“The Public Administration and the (dis)application of unconstitutional laws. Reflexões à luz da Lei n.º 67/2007, de 31 de Dezembro”, Estudos de Homenagem ao Prof. Doutor Jorge Miranda, Coimbra Editora, volume II, 2012, pp. 725-753.
“Analysing the structure of rules granting fundamental rights; The methodology of weighting and the broad thesis of foresight”, Studies in Honour of Prof. Sérvulo Correia, volume I, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 2010, pp. 611-636.
“Acquisition tending towards total domination. Brief reflections on article 490 of the Commercial Companies Code”, O Direito, IV, 2008, pp. 923-968.