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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
Research Areas
Administrative Law, Theory and Philosophy of Law, Fundamental Rights, Constitutional Law, Legistics, Legisprudence, 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

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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
Research Handbook on Legal Evolution
Theory and Philosophy of Law
Year: 2024
LPL Authors: Pedro Moniz Lopes, Raquel Franco

Evolutionary theory and legal adjudication: Substrata for a predictive theory of legal science
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
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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
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Theory and Philosophy of Law
Year: 2022
LPL Authors: Pedro Moniz Lopes

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

Distinguishing the distinguishable: interpretative norms and interpretative criteria in adjudication of meaning
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Theory and Philosophy of Law
Year: 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
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Theory and Philosophy of Law
Year: 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
Theory and Philosophy of Law
Project Status: Closed
Global Administrative Law: From reality to theoretical reconstruction
Theory and Philosophy of Law
Project Status: Ongoing
Complementary Training in Legal Theory
Administrative Law
Project Status: Closed
The law-making as a means of implementing public policies: quantitative and socio-economic analysis (LegImpact)
Theory and Philosophy of Law
Project Status: Ongoing
Advancing Cooperation on the Foundations of Law (ALF) GA nº 101079177

Events

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Theory and Philosophy of Law

LLT Advance Series

17 December 2024

Lógica de la verdad y su aplicación al Derecho
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Theory and Philosophy of Law

LLT Permanent Workshop

13 December 2024

Analogy in Fact finding
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Theory and Philosophy of Law

LLT Permanent Workshop

28 November 2024

Interpreting for others
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Theory and Philosophy of Law

LLT Permanent Workshop

25 October 2024

The Problem with Hart's Habits
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Theory and Philosophy of Law

LLT Permanent Workshop

20 September 2024

Quando os especialistas fazem a Lei
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Theory and Philosophy of Law

LLT Reading Groups

3 July 2024

Permissory Norms and Normative Systems
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Theory and Philosophy of Law

Annual Meetings

28 June 2024

VII Lisbon Annual Meeting
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Theory and Philosophy of Law

Workshop

11 June 2024

The Concept of Legal Obligation
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Theory and Philosophy of Law

Annual Lectures

31 May 2024

On Law and Truth
Lisbon Public Law Research Centre

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