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Markus D. Dubber at FDUL – Lecture & Masterclass & Permanent Seminar Law in Analysis,

Markus D. Dubber, professor and researcher at the University of Toronto  – Henry N. R. Jackman Faculty of Law e Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies – and editor of the Modern Criminal Law Review, will be at the University of Lisbon School of Law, by invitation of the Research Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences. On days 1 and 2 of July he will hold three lectures:

  1. New Legal Science and Dual Penal State | July 1 | 11:00 am | Sala de Audiências
  2. Doing Criminal Law Comparatively | July 1 | 3:00 pm | Sala de Audiências
  3. Legal History as Critical Analysis of Law: New Historical Jurisprudence in the Dual Penal State | July 2 | 10:00 am | Auditorium

Admission is free, but registration is required:

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Convicted Women, Stories from Inside Prison

In session #2 of the Permanent Seminar Law in Analysis, the CIDPCC is honoured to host Catarina Frois, Professor at ISCTE and Researcher at CRIA, who will present the research project Convicted Women, Stories from Inside Prison, published in 2017 by Tinta da China and, the English edition, by Springer.

The session will take place on June 8th, at 14h00, at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (room 12.09), with free admission.

The initial presentation will be followed by a period of debate. We shall discuss, particularly, the methodological issues associated with the ethnographic practice and the results obtained by research.

The Permanent Seminar Law in Analysis is a laboratory of discussion and experimentation of the discoursive practices that constitute the theoretical and methodological acquis of Social Sciences, organized by the Research Group Law in Analysis – Workshop on Anthropology, History, and Sociology of Legal Practices and Representations of the Research Centre of Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.

PhD Graduation

Congratulations to our researcher Catarina Abegão Alves who received her PhD at the University of Lisbon by May 27th!

Catarina successfully defended her PhD thesis on Consent and the Limits of Autonomy in Criminal Law (O consentimento e os limites da autonomia em Direito Penal), under the supervision of Prof. Maria Fernanda Palma, having been approved with highest classification.

The CIDPCC wishes her the best of luck in her future endeavours!

Criminal limits of humour: the Leo Lins case

In June 2025, Brazilian comedian Leonardo (Leo) Lins was convicted by the 3rd Federal Criminal Court of São Paulo to 8 years, 3 months, and 9 days of imprisonment, plus 39 daily fines, each day-fine set at thirty times the minimum wage in force at the time of the facts, for crimes of practicing, inducing, or inciting discrimination or prejudice against people on grounds such as ethnicity, disability, or religion. The facts consisted of a Leo Lins comedy performance that targeted, among others, Black people, homosexuals, evangelicals, Indigenous people, obese people, and people with disabilities. The conviction was overturned in February 2026.

The case frames a debate about the scope of freedom of expression in a borderland area—the very zone where the issue most needs discussion: are there grounds to punish someone because of the offensive nature of their speech? Does a humorous tone redefine the limits of freedom of expression?

To explore the arguments on both sides of the dispute, a brief staged debate on the Leo Lins case will take place, in which, solely for the purposes of the event, António Brito Neves will defend the comedian’s conviction and Beatriz Corrêa Camargo will defend his acquittal. As an argumentative exercise, the positions taken commit the speakers only within the scope of the event.

After these two short interventions, Hugo van der Ding will comment on them and on the case. Finally, the discussion will be opened (also) to the audience, with the expectation that the session will culminate in a collective conversation that helps to better understand the conflicting arguments and to form an informed position on the underlying issue. The moderation will be by Nuno Igreja Matos.

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3rd Research Award Professor Augusto Silva Dias

The Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences (IDPCC), the Research Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences (CIDPCC), and the Academic Association of the Faculty of Law of Lisbon (AAFDL) are pleased to announce the 3rd edition of the Research Award Professor Augusto Silva Dias.

Further information available here.

 

Norm(s), Deviance(s), and Judgment(s) – 6th Luso-Hispanic Meeting of Legal Historians

Call for proposals

The Research Center for Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences, through the Research Group Law in Analysis – Workshop on Anthropology, History, and Sociology of Legal Practices and Representations, is organizing the 6th Luso-Hispanic Meeting of Legal Historians, on July 2 and 3, 2026, under the general theme “Norm(s), Deviance(s), and Judgment(s).”

Since its inception in 2015, the Meetings aim to strengthen the community of legal historians who work professionally or develop their training in Spanish and Portuguese universities, especially those who have recently entered academic life. The participation of all colleague legal historians who maintain a permanent or temporary link with a university in either country, whether as a professor, researcher, or graduate student, will be welcome. As approved at the V Meeting held in Salamanca, participation from associate professors (or equivalent positions) will be admitted only in the first five years after being appointed to the position.

Like the previous editions, the working languages will be Portuguese and Spanish, and both thematic panel proposals and individual proposals will be considered. The submission of panel proposals must include a title, an abstract, the name of a coordinator, the names of participants (3 to 4 people), and their affiliated institutions. Individual proposals must include the name of the proposer, academic affiliation (PhD candidate, associate professor, research assistant, collaborator, etc.), the title and abstract of the proposal, as well as the email address.

Proposals must be submitted by March 31, 2026, to EHLHD2026@fd.ulisboa.pt, using the panel submission or individual communication forms.

The Scientific Committee of the event is composed by: Antonio Manuel Luque Reina (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Héctor Domínguez Benito (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Blanca Sáenz de Santa María Gómez Mampaso (Universidad Pontificia de Comillas), David Magalhães (Universidade de Coimbra), Enrique Roldán Cañizares (Universidad de Sevilla), Francisco Javier Díaz Majano (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha), Gregorio Alayón Diaz (Universidad de La Laguna), Imanol Merino Malillos (Universidad del País Vasco), Jorge Silva Santos (Universidade de Lisboa), Josep Capdeferro (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), María Dolores Madrid Cruz (Universidad Complutense), María López de Ramon (Universidad Carlos III), Marina Rojo Gallego-Burín (Universidad de Málaga), Míriam Afonso Brigas (Universidade de Lisboa), Pedro López Herraiz (Universidad de Salamanca), Ricardo Menna Barreto (Universidade do Minho), Sara Moreno Tejada (Universidad Miguel Hernández), Sergio Emiliano Villamarín Gómez (Universitat de València), Susana García León (Universidad Complutense), and Teresa Bouzada Gil (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela).

The Organizing Committee includes Ana Caldeira Fouto, Francisco Rodrigues Rocha, Filipe de Arede Nunes, João Andrade Nunes, Jorge Silva Santos, Luís Cabral de Oliveira, and Margarida Seixas from the University of Lisbon, along with Anabela Brízido and Miguel de Lemos from Nova University of Lisbon.

2nd Iberian Meeting on the Legal Status of the Elderly

IDPCC/CIDPCC organized the “2nd Iberian Meeting on the legal status of the elderly”, on April 10, 2026 under the scientific coordination of Professors Jorge Duarte Pinheiro (FDUL/CIDPCC) and Javier Barceló Doménech (Universidad de Alicante).

The event took place in room/amphitheatre no. 5 at  University of Lisbon School of Law, from 9–11:30 am.

Book launch

On March 10, 2026 (6 pm), the public release of Antropologia e Sociologia do Direito – Ensaios introdutórios à análise das práticas e representações jurídicas (“Anthropology and Sociology of Law – Introductory essays to the analysis of legal practices and representations”), by Jorge Silva Santos, who is integrated researcher of CIDPCC, will be held by the publisher AAFDL.

The book is presented by Maria Fernanda Palma, coordinator of CIDPCC, and Pierre Guibentif (ISCTE), at the University of Lisbon School of Law.

Lawcus Winter School

Sex between legal knowledges and powers: ethics, aesthetics, politics, and science as mediations of meaning

2 to 6 February 2026

Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra

Registration & programme: https://ces.uc.pt/summerwinterschools/?lang=2&id=48678

 

CIDPCC researchers Jorge Santos Silva and Nuno Igreja Matos are members of the teaching team

Portuguese-Spanish Congress: Antisocial recreation on the internet – In honour of Prof. Maria Fernanda Palma

The Andalusian Inter-University Institute of Criminology (section University of Seville) and the CIDPCC jointly organise the Portuguese-Spanish congress on “Antisocial recreational activities on the Internet – New forms of crime and prevention”, took place on December 5 and 6, at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.

This congress was at the same time a tribute to Professor Maria Fernanda Palma, on the occasion of her retirement.

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