THE PROJECT

An inventory and critical analysis of the use of categories and cultural arguments in Portuguese courts since 1976.

BETTER UNDERSTANDING

THE MULTICULTURAL JURISPRUDENCE OF PORTUGUESE COURTS

TO EXAMINE

THE PRACTICE OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COURTS

INVENTORY AND ASSESS

CRITICALLY THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE PORTUGUESE COURTS ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Researchers
Court Decisions
Publications

The Team

Citizenship and democratic backsliding the theme of Summer University in Budapest

The Central European University (CEU) in Budapest hosted, between 8 and 12 July 2024, a Summer University on Contestations of Citizenship in Times of Global Democratic Backsliding, directed by Jelena Dzankic and Szabolcs Pogonyi, and co-funded by the Open Society University Network (OSUN).

International symposium on citizenship in colonial and post-colonial settings

Patrícia Jerónimo took part as speaker in an international symposium on citizenship in colonial and post-colonial settings (Losing, Retaining, Reclaiming the Citizenship of the Former Colonial Power: Comparative Perspectives from 1945 to the Present), with a paper entitled “Retention, loss, and (re)acquisition of Portuguese citizenship for formerly colonised populations and their descendants (1975 to the present)”.

Justice and diversity in the Law & Society Association annual meeting 2024

The Law & Society Association’s annual meeting, which was held in Denver between 6 and 10 June 2024, was dedicated to the discussion of geographical, political, spiritual, disciplinary and other territories (Unsettling Territories: Tradition and Revolution in Law and Society). Patrícia Jerónimo presented a paper on legal theory and practice for multicultural societies (“Rethinking law and legal practice for multicultural societies: Are we there yet?”),