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Pedro Moniz Lopes

Effective Integrated Researcher
Coordinator of the Research Group on Theory and Philosophy of Law
Executive Director e-Publica journal

Research Group(s)
Theory and Philosophy of Law
Clusters
Lisbon Legal Theory

Bio

Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (FDUL), with a PhD, Master's and Bachelor's degree from the same institution. He has taught subjects on Administrative Law, Fundamental Rights, Constitutional Law, Philosophy of Law and Public Policies. His main research interests are, in addition to the aforementioned subjects, the Theory of Law, the Science of Legislation, Public Contracting and Regulatory Law. He frequently speaks on these topics in national and international conferences. He is an associate at the Institute of Legal-Political Sciences at FDUL, principal investigator at the Center for Research in Public Law and founding member of LxLTG – Lisbon Legal Theory Group. He is also Executive Director of Revista e-Pública: Electronic Journal of Public Law and peer reviewer in several national and international legal and philosophical magazines, including Diritto and Questioni Pubbliche – Rivista di Filosofia del Diritto e Cultura Giuridica (Università degli Studi di Palermo) , Nordic Journal of Human Rights, Revista de Direito Administrativo (FGV Direito Rio) and Quaestio Facti – International Journal of Evidentiary Reasoning (Universitat Girona).

Publications

Theory and Philosophy of Law
Year: 2022
LPL Authors: Pedro Moniz Lopes

The expression of norms as a speech act: assessing the explanatory power of theories of interpretation
isus_dictum
Theory and Philosophy of Law
Year: 2022
LPL Authors: Pedro Moniz Lopes

Implications of genericity on the (in)consistency and (in)completeness of legal systems
journalcontemporarylegalissues
Theory and Philosophy of Law
Year: 2022
LPL Authors: Pedro Moniz Lopes

Relevance and equality: an analytical account
interpretivism
Theory and Philosophy of Law
Year: 2022
LPL Authors: Pedro Moniz Lopes

Distinguishing the distinguishable: interpretative norms and interpretative criteria in adjudication of meaning
Chapter_Naturalizing-interpretation
Theory and Philosophy of Law
Ano: 2019
LPL Authors: Pedro Moniz Lopes, Raquel Franco
LPL Editors: Pedro Moniz Lopes, David Duarte, Jorge Silva Sampaio
Naturalizing interpretation: A first approach on “hardware” and “software” determinants of legal interpretation
Chapter_Balancing-Principles
Theory and Philosophy of Law
Ano: 2018
LPL Authors: Pedro Moniz Lopes
LPL Editors: David Duarte, Jorge Silva Sampaio
Balancing principles and a fortiori reasoning

Projects

Theory and Philosophy of Law
Project Status: Ongoing
Rationality and Law
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
Administrative Law
Project Status: Closed
A produção Legislativa enquanto meio de realização de políticas públicas: análise quantitativa de impacto socioeconómico (LegImpact)

Events

site - Annual Lecture
Theory and Philosophy of Law

Annual Lectures

31 May 2024

On Law and Truth
Summer School of Logic and Law - Final
Theory and Philosophy of Law

Workshop

3 June 2024

Summer School of Logic and Law
Mathieu carpentier
Theory and Philosophy of Law

LLT Permanent Workshop

26 April 2024

Against "legal facts". On framing debates in legal philosophy
Paolo sandro
Theory and Philosophy of Law

LLT Permanent Workshop

28 March 2024

Legal determinacy in the shadow of constitutional conforming interpretation: are the legal realists right after all?
1
Theory and Philosophy of Law

Conference

1 March 2024

Equality: Gender and Beyond
PW - Post redes
Theory and Philosophy of Law

LLT Permanent Workshop

23 February 2024

Reasons as the foundation of law
1
Theory and Philosophy of Law

Workshop

2 February 2024

Annual Bilateral Meeting
PW - Post redes
Theory and Philosophy of Law

LLT Permanent Workshop

15 December 2023

Violations of the Rule of Law: A Typology
PW - Post redes
Theory and Philosophy of Law

LLT Permanent Workshop

24 November 2023

The Concept of Ancient Freedom and its Reception in the French Revolution
Lisbon Public Law Research Centre

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