Archives: Destaques
Criminal Law and Medicine: Tensions and Solutions
Postgraduation course/Research Seminar
Scientific coordination:
Maria Fernanda Palma
Maria Luisa Figueira
Executive coordination:
Ricardo Tavares da Silva
Dates:
September 21 – November 2, 2024
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Criminal law systems, human dignity and democracy

Mental states and criminal responsibility
CIDPCC organises the conference “Mental states and criminal responsibility”, on June 7, 2024, at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
The conference is chaired by Prof. Dr. Sara Xapelli (Mind-Brain College of the University of Lisbon) and presented by Prof. Dr. Maria Fernanda Palma (CIDPCC/FDUL), keynote speaker is distinguished Prof. Dr. Michael S. Moore with a lecture on “Mental states and criminal responsibility – New challenges”. Michael S. Moore is Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Illinois College of Law, holder of the Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. Professorship, as well as the Center for Advanced Studies at the same University, and Co-Director of the Program in Law and Philosophy. His work focuses on the areas of Law, Morality, Metaphysics, Psychiatry and Neuroscience and their intersections.
Watch the conference here: 
50th Anniversary “25 de Abril”
Poster by Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1974)
Words by Sophia de Mello Breyner
Iberian Meeting on the Legal Status of the Elderly
IDPCC/CIDPCC organizes the “Iberian Meeting on the legal status of the elderly”, on April 11, 2024 (10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m), under the scientific coordination of Professors Jorge Duarte Pinheiro (FDUL/CIDPCC) and Javier Barceló Doménech (Universidad de Alicante).
The event will take place in amphitheatre no. 7 of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
“The Human Right to Be Protected from Suicide” by Jonathan Herring
Intermediate session of the Postgraduation course/Research Seminar: CRIMINAL LAW AND MEDICINE: TENSIONS AND SOLUTIONS
Watch the conference here: 
Lectures in Criminal Law I / II
The lectures on criminal law (I/II) given by Prof. Maria Fernanda Palma in the academic year 2020/2021, in the 3rd year of the law graduation course at the Law Faculty of the University of Lisbon, can be accessed here (Portuguese language):
Channel Criminal Law I:
https://educast.fccn.pt/vod/channels/ob4wy3pm8?locale=pt
Channel Criminal Law II :
Macbeth in the Light of Victimology
A conference on “Macbeth, a la luz de la Victimología” (on Macbeth in the light of Victimology) will be held on December, 11th, 4 pm, at the Auditorium of the Lisbon School of Law, by Prof. Myriam Herrera Moreno (University of Seville).
The conference is part of the research project “Crime and Literature”, under the scientific coordination by Prof. Maria Fernanda Palma.
New Bar Prep Course 2024
Joint organization CIDPCC / CIDP
April, 6 – May, 4 2024
online
Scientific Coordination:
António Menezes Cordeiro
Maria Fernanda Palma
Miguel Teixeira de Sousa
(lectured in Portuguese language)
For more information, please refer to the Portuguese course page
2nd 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 2nd edition of the Research Award Professor Augusto Silva Dias.
Further information available here.
PhD Graduation
Congratulations to our researcher Ana Teresa Escher Rieger, who received her PhD at the University of Lisbon by November 2nd!
Ana Teresa Escher Rieger successfully defended her PhD thesis “Language Related Indeterminacy in the Law”, under the supervision of Prof. Maria Fernanda Palma, having been approved with praise.
The CIDPCC wishes her the best of luck in her future endeavours!
