Lawyer, Professor and Researcher at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, where he obtained his doctorate. He taught political science, constitutional law and fundamental rights at undergraduate and master's level, specialising in general administrative law and public procurement.
He was an advisor to the President of the Constitutional Court. He has published several books, including «The Constituent Constitution» (2000), «The Justification of Private Property in a Constitutional Democracy »(2008) and, co-authored with Pedro Múrias, «Same-Sex Marriage: Yes or No?» (2008), as well as several articles, mainly on constitutional law and political philosophy.

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