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Research Lines

Law Beyond Borders

Coordinator: Vasco Becker-Weinberg

The research line of Law Beyond Borders covers those areas of law that bring together the classical (or transnational) element of the term, as well as those areas where the borders of law are open to other sciences, such as International Relations, Political Science, Economics, Psychology and Health Sciences, among others.
Hence, the traditional areas of International Law, European Law and the transnational expressions of the different branches of law are brought together in this line of research, as well as those less traditional, but increasingly relevant, areas resulting from the interactions of legal science with other sciences.

In terms of the globalisation of law, this line of research naturally includes issues and themes of Public and Private International Law, International Institutional Law, International (or European) Human Rights Law, Constitutional Law and transnational Political Science, as well as International Relations, and, considering the specific European context, European Law, as well as the specific Lusophone context, the rights of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP).

In terms of the interaction of law with other sciences, or multidisciplinarity, this includes both the fields that have been worked on and densified for some time, such as the economic analysis of law, competition and regulation, or even forensic psychology, but also the more recent fields of medical law, bio-right or artificial intelligence when interrelated with international law or economic law, to give just a few examples.

Examples of possible topics/research areas in this line of research

  • European integration in its various perspectives (namely political or economic)
  • Legal cooperation in Lusophony
  • The legal-economic framework of regulation and competition
  • International commercial law
  • Law of international and European organisations
  • International law of economic, social and environmental relations
  • International judicial cooperation
  • The legal framework of health (or health protection)
Researchers:

Alexandra Vilela; António Gameiro; Domingos Sousa; Fábio Veiga; Lígia Abreu; Manuel Serens;  Maria Inês Gameiro; Maria Odete Oliveira; Maria Rosário Anjos; Mélanie M. Tiago; Nuno Miguel Magalhães; Vasco Becker-Weinberg.

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