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
The Team
The decolonial turn in Comparative Law debated in Berlin
The General Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law was held at the Humboldt University of Berlin between 28 September and 2 October 2026. One of the topics selected for this year’s programme was “The Decolonial Turn in Comparative Law,” which had a dedicated panel chaired by René Fernando Urueña Hernández, of the Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), and which included as speakers Barbara Pasa, of the Università Iuav di Venezia (Italy), as General Rapporteur, and several National Rapporteurs(...)
Labour relations v Religious freedom in Portuguese-Brazilian round-table
The International Council of High Studies in Law (CAED-Jus) of Brazil organized a round-table on the topic of Labour Relations v Religious Freedom with the participation of Aloísio Cristovam dos Santos Jr., Judge at the Regional Labour Court of the 5th Region in Brazil, and Patrícia Jerónimo, Professor at the Law School of the University of Minho in Portugal.
Migration, citizenship, and fundamental rights debated at ICON.S Dublin
The 2026 edition of the annual meeting of the International Society of Public Law, under the overall theme of Reimagining Public Law for a Fractured World, was held at the University College Dublin between 29 June and 1 July 2026. Patrícia Jerónimo put together a panel to discuss the anti-immigration turn observed in Portugal in recent years and its repercussions in matters of citizenship, fundamental rights, and the rule of law.
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