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

Religious diversity discussed at the Complutense University of Madrid

The Law Faculty of the Complutense University of Madrid hosted scholars from all over Europe for a two-day conference on the main challenges of the governance of religious diversity today. The conference was organized by Eugenia Relaño Pastor, Principal Investigator of the project GODIRE (Gobernanza de la Diversidad Religiosa en España), and took place on 3 and 4 April 2025.

Workshop on postcolonial transformations in Portugal and Lusophone Africa

The editors of the forthcoming book Postcolonial Transformations in Portugal and Lusophone Africa – Olukunle P. Owolabi (Villanova University) and Tiago Fernandes (ISCTE) – organised, on 21 March 2025, a workshop for the presentation and discussion of the different chapters in the volume.

Research seminar on cultural diversity and judicial practice at the European University Institute

Patrícia Jerónimo gave a presentation on cultural diversity and judicial practice (in Portugal and in comparative perspective), based on a paper entitled “Cultural diversity and court practice in Europe: Evidence from Portugal”