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Management Structure
Management Bodies
The LPL is made up of the governing bodies:
- Scientific Council
- Comissão Coordenadora Científica (CCC)
- Scientific Coordination
Additionally, it is worth highlighting that some administrative and financial powers relating to LPL's activity are exercised by ICJP, its headquarters institution.
Scientific Council
José Manuel Sérvulo Correia
PRESIDENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL
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Professor Sérvulo obtained his law degree from the University of Lisbon School of Law in 1959. In 1968, he completed the Complementary Course in Political Economic Sciences (equivalent to a Master's degree) at the University of Lisbon School of Law. He obtained his PhD in Law from the University of Lisbon in 1987 and was appointed Full Professor in 2006. He joined the Portuguese Bar Association in 1962.
Maria José Rangel de Mesquita
ViICE-PRESIDENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL
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Maria José Rangel de Mesquita is an Associate Professor with Aggregation at the University of Lisbon School of Law, where she received her doctorate and teaches in European Union Law, Public International Law, International Human Rights Law and International Justice. She was a member, among others, of the Board of Directors of AIDA-Portugal, the Board of Directors of the European Institute for Traffic Law (IDEC-EITL) and the Board of Directors of AREP-University Institution of European Studies and AIDA-Portugal. She was an Advisor Judge at the Constitutional Court between July 2012 and October 2021.
Rita Curro
SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL SECRETARY
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Rita Girão Curro is a Guest Assistant and PhD student in Law, Specializing in Legal-Political Sciences, at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon School of Law where she graduated.
She has practical experience in law and legal advice.
Scientific Coordination Committee
Carlos Blanco de Morais
SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR
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Carlos Blanco de Morais holds a PhD from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, where he is Full Professor of Public Law and Head of the Public Law Department. He is also the first consultant in Public Law to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. He is the Scientific Coordinator of the Lisbon Public Law Research Center.
Fernando Loureiro Bastos
COORDINATOR OF THE RESEARCH GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LAW
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Fernando Loureiro Bastos is an Associate Professor of Law at the Institute of Legal and Political Sciences (ICJP) of the University of Lisbon School of Law. He specialises in International Law, European Law and Constitutional Law.
Miguel Nogueira de Brito
COORDINATOR OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH GROUP
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Miguel Nogueira de Brito is Associate Pofessor of Law at the University of Lisbon School of Law. He was also a clerk at the Portuguese Constitutional Court from 2011 to 2007 and a member of the Superior Council of Administrative and Tax Courts from 1991 to 1996.
Alexandra Leitão
COORDINATOR OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW RESEARCH GROUP
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Alexandra Leitão is an Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon School of Law, where she obtained her bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees. She is a member of the Institute of Legal and Political Sciences (ICJP) from the University of Lisbon School of Law.
Pedro Moniz Lopes
COORDINATOR OF THE RESEARCH GROUP ON THEORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
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Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon School of Law, with a PhD, Master's and Bachelor's degree from the same institution. He is an associate at the Institute of Legal-Political Sciences at FDUL and a founding member of LLT – Lisbon Legal Theory. He is also the Executive Director of e-Publica Electronic Journal of Public Law.
Luís Pereira Coutinho
DEPUTY COORDINATOR OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH GROUP
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Luís Pereira Coutinho holds a PhD in Law from the University of Lisbon School of Law, where he is currently an associate professor. In addition to his academic duties, he is also a lawyer.
Jorge Sampaio
DEPUTY COORDINATOR OF THE RESEARCH GROUP ON THEORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
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Jorge Sampaio is a guest assistant at the University of Lisbon School of Law since 2012. He has a bachelor's, master's, and doctorate in law from the same institution. He is an associate at the Institute of Legal-Political Sciences and a LLT – Lisbon Legal Theory member.
Gonçalo Fabião
Secretary of the Scientific Coordination Commitee
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Gonçalo Fabião graduated in Law (2016) and completed the curricular year of the Master in Legal Science, specializing in Fundamental Rights, at the University of Lisbon School of Law. He holds a Master di II livello in Global Rule of Law and Constitutional Democracy from the University of Genoa, in partnership with the University of Girona. He is enrolled in the PhD in Law at the University of Lisbon School of Law and works as a guest assistant in the same institution. he is also a member of the Lisbon Legal Theory (LLT).
Scientific Coordination
Carlos Blanco de Morais
SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR
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Carlos Blanco de Morais holds a PhD from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, where he is Full Professor of Public Law and Head of the Public Law Department. He is also the first consultant in Public Law to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. He is the Scientific Coordinator of the Lisbon Public Law Research Center.
Tiago Fidalgo de Freitas
Executive Coordinator
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Tiago Fidalgo de Freitas is a Visiting Professor at the University of Lisbon School of Law and a doctoral researcher at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy). His research interests cover constitutional law and politics, fundamental rights adjudication and national and global administrative law.
Vladyslava Kaplina
Secretary-General
Vladyslava Kaplina is graduated and Master in Law from Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (Kharkiv, Ukraine). She is a guest assistant at the University of Lisbon School of Law, a research assistant in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia team at the NGO «Business & Human Rights Resource Center» and, a member of the Institute of Legal and Political Sciences (ICJP - Instituto de Ciências Jurídico-Políticas) from the University of Lisbon School of Law and Member of LLT – Lisbon Legal Theory.
