Category: Full Professor
Areas of interest / research:
Administrative Law
Constitutional Law
Theory and Philosophy of Law
History of Political Ideas
Bioethics Law
Academic Degrees:
Law Degree, 1986
Master’s Degree in Legal and Political Sciences, 1990
Doctorate in Law, 1996
Aggregation in Law, 2004
Scientific Research and Co-operation
Member of editorial boards of scientific journals:
Director of the journal “Direito & Política/Law & Politics”;
Member of the Editorial Board of “Revista de Contratos Públicos” (2011);
Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Public Law’s “Revista de Direito Público” (2009);
Member of the Scientific Council of “Revista de Direito Público do Economia” (Brazil, 2003).
Other Professional Activities:
Legal advisor to public and private organisations;
Arbitration judge;
Writer.
Publicações Mais Relevantes:
Manual of Administrative Law, I, Coimbra, Almedina, 2013;
Portuguese Constitutional Law, 2 vols, Coimbra, Almedina, 2010;
Political and Constitutional Institutions, I, Coimbra, Almedina, 2007, reprinted 2009;
Legalidade e Administração Pública: O sentido da vinculação administrativa à juridicidade, Coimbra, Almedina, 2003, reimp. 2007, 2nd reimp., 2011;
Totalitarian Democracy – From the totalitarian state to the totalitarian society. A influência do totalitarismo na democracia do século XXI, Cascais, Principia, 2001, reimp., 2010;
O Poder de Substituição em Direito Administrativo: enquadramento dogmático – constitucional, 2 vols., Lisbon, Lex, 1995;
Concept and Foundations of Administrative Hierarchy, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 1992;
Essay on the Unconstitutional Adjudicated Case, Lisbon Lex, 1993;
Os Últimos Meses de Salazar – Agosto de 1968 a Julho de 1970, Coimbra, Almedina, 2008; reprint, 2008;
Rocha Saraiva: Salazar’s teacher, Coimbra, Almedina, 2013.