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 1976 Constitution and its implication for the justice sector
To mark the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Constitution, the TSF programme “Direitos (Re)Constituídos" (Reconstituted Rights), directed by journalist Rita Carvalho Pereira, looks back and the achievements made and the persisting threats to the exercise of rights enshrined in the fundamental law in sectors such as education, health, and justice.
Freedom of religion and migration debated at the Lusophone University in Lisbon
The Lusophone University (Universidade Lusófona) hosted on 17 April 2026 the Fourth Luso-Brazilian Conference: Immigration, Law, and Freedom of Religion, organized by the Brazilian Institute of Law and Religion (Instituto Brasileiro de Direito e Religião) and by the European Institute of Law and Religion (Instituto Europeu de Direito e Religião).
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”.
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