THE PROJECT

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

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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

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Researchers
Court Decisions
Publications

The Team

Bridges between linguistic and legal communities discussed at the University of Coimbra

The Translation Division of the Research Centre for General and Applied Linguistics of the University of Coimbra hosted, together with the Master in Translation of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Coimbra, a panel to discuss the inter-linguistic and intercultural mediation in the public administration and the justice system in Portugal, as part of the project PONTES, with the title “Bridges between Linguistic and Legal Communities”.

CUREDI Annual Conference in Halle

The team of the CUREDI project, led by Marie-Claire Foblets at the Department of Law and Anthropology of the Max Planck Institute in Halle, met between 26 and 28 November 2025 for the project’s annual conference. The overall theme was judicial approaches to issues of cultural and religious diversity in Europe. The conference was also the occasion for the launch of the CUREDI database.

Debate on regulation of immigration in Portugal

GEICS Interdisciplinary Studies Group in Social Sciences (Grupo de Estudos Interdisciplinares em Ciências Sociais) of the University of Minho Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences (Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais – Polo da Universidade do Minho) (CICS.NOVA.UMinho) hosted a debate on the legal reforms of the immigration and nationality laws currently ongoing in Portugal, with the title “GEICS Conference: Portugal with open doors for whom? Migration and legislative reform proposals”