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Jorge Silva Sampaio

Effective Integrated Researcher
Deputy Coordinator of the Research Group on Theory and Philosophy of Law

Research Group(s)
Theory and Philosophy of Law
Clusters
Lisbon Legal Theory, Observatorio de Justiça Constitucional
Research Areas
Constitutional Law, Fundamental Rights, Philosophy and Theory of Law, General and Special Administrative Law

Bio

Guest assistant at the University of Lisbon School of Law since 2012. He has a bachelor's, master's degree and doctorate in law from the same institution. He is an associate at the Institute of Legal-Political Sciences and a member of LLT – Lisbon Legal Theory. He has taught Introduction to the Study of Law, Fundamental Rights, Constitutional Law, Political Science and Constitutional Justice. His preferred research areas are the Theory and Philosophy of Law — and its intersection with areas of philosophy such as the philosophy of language, metaethics and metaphysics — Constitutional Law and Fundamental Rights.

Publications

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Constitutional Law and Political Science
Year: 2021
LPL Authors: Raquel Franco, Pedro Moniz Lopes, Jorge Silva Sampaio

Nudging as a tool. The case of the transposition of EU directives
Metaethical Issues in Contemporary Legal Philosophy A Constitutivist
Year: 2024
LPL Authors: Jorge Silva Sampaio, María Beatriz Arriagada
LPL Editors: Jorge Silva Sampaio
Metaethical Issues in Contemporary Legal Philosophy: A Constitutivist Approach
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Theory and Philosophy of Law
Year: 2024
LPL Authors: Jorge Silva Sampaio, Pedro Moniz Lopes

Actualizando el debate sobre “el derecho como plan compartido” de Shapiro
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Theory and Philosophy of Law
Year: 2021
LPL Authors: Jorge Silva Sampaio

Brute balancing, proportionality and meta-weighing of reasons
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Theory and Philosophy of Law
Year: 2019
LPL Authors: Jorge Silva Sampaio
LPL Editors: David Duarte, Jorge Silva Sampaio, Pedro Moniz Lopes
An almost pure theory of legal interpretation within legal science
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Theory and Philosophy of Law
Year: 2018
LPL Authors: Jorge Silva Sampaio
LPL Editors: David Duarte, Jorge Silva Sampaio
Proportionality in its narrow sense and measuring the intensity of restrictions on fundamental rights

Projects

Theory and Philosophy of Law
Project Status: Ongoing
Research Forum on Basic Legal Positions
Theory and Philosophy of Law
Project Status: Ongoing
Analytical Theory of Law
Theory and Philosophy of Law
Project Status: Closed
Global Administrative Law: From reality to theoretical reconstruction
Administrative Law
Project Status: Closed
Permanent Observatory of Public Administration
Constitutional Law and Political Science
Project Status: Closed
Social Rights and the Challenges of the Economic and Financial Crisis.
Constitutional Law and Political Science
Project Status: Closed
Judicial Activism
Administrative Law
Project Status: Ongoing
Observatório de Justiça Constitucional
Theory and Philosophy of Law
Project Status: Ongoing
Complementary Training in Legal Theory
Administrative Law
Project Status: Ongoing
Public Water and Waste Services

Events

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Theory and Philosophy of Law

LLT Permanent Workshop

17 April 2026

Rationalising Obligations
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Theory and Philosophy of Law

LLT Permanent Workshop

4 March 2026

The Unbearable Interpretive Significance of the Theory of Evidence. On the Separation Fallacy
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Theory and Philosophy of Law

Conference

27 February 2026

Direito, Razões e Autoridade: uma Homenagem a Joseph Raz
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Theory and Philosophy of Law

Conference

23 February 2026

III Encontro Bilateral Anual | Lisboa – Milão
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Theory and Philosophy of Law

LLT Permanent Workshop

12 December 2025

The man who wore two hats. On the problem of objectivity and the relation between Hans Kelsen’s theory of democracy and his theory of norms
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Theory and Philosophy of Law

Workshop

7 November 2025

IN CONVERSATION | Molecular Legal Positions
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Theory and Philosophy of Law

LLT Permanent Workshop

31 October 2025

Obediência ao Direito vs. Obediência aos funcionários estaduais
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Theory and Philosophy of Law

LLT Permanent Workshop

18 July 2025

Augmented Justice: A Case of Legitimate Authority
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Theory and Philosophy of Law

Annual Lectures

30 June 2025

Law And Morality: A Conceivability Argument
Lisbon Public Law Research Centre

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