Rui Lanceiro
@ruilanceiro.bsky.social
Law Professor in the University of Lisbon School of Law | EU Law and Constitutional Law (and some International Law) | Professor na Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa
The recent Portuguese elections resulted in a profound change in the political system. The extreme right party gained second place in terms of parliamentary mandates, surpassing the center left party and may present itself as an alternative to power, in line to govern after the next election
May 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The recent Portuguese elections resulted in a profound change in the political system. The extreme right party gained second place in terms of parliamentary mandates, surpassing the center left party and may present itself as an alternative to power, in line to govern after the next election
In Alexandru Pătraşcu v. Roumania, the Court had to assess the applicant’s civil conviction for statements made by him, but also for statements made by other persons, on his Facebook page.
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“That’s what she said!” - Alexandru Pătraşcu v. Romania - Strasbourg Observers
By Koen Lemmens Liability for what others said on social media remains a complicated issue as a recent ECtHR judgment illustrates once again. In Alexandru Pătraşcu v. Roumania, the Court had to assess...
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April 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
In Alexandru Pătraşcu v. Roumania, the Court had to assess the applicant’s civil conviction for statements made by him, but also for statements made by other persons, on his Facebook page.
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Twenty prominent law professors have joined a letter defending academic freedom and the First Amendment against the Trump Administration’s recent treatment of Columbia. Among those from right of center: Michael McConnell, Eugene Volokh, Keith Whittington, Steve Calabresi, and Richard Epstein.
A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia | Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David Cole
We write as constitutional scholars—some liberal and some conservative—who seek to defend academic freedom and the First Amendment in the wake of the
www.nybooks.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Twenty prominent law professors have joined a letter defending academic freedom and the First Amendment against the Trump Administration’s recent treatment of Columbia. Among those from right of center: Michael McConnell, Eugene Volokh, Keith Whittington, Steve Calabresi, and Richard Epstein.
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1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
March 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
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March 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A rejeição de uma moção de confiança acarreta a automática demissão do Governo, nos termos do art 195.º, n.º 1, al e), da CRP.
Após a demissão do Governo, deve o PR ouvir os partidos representados na AR e ter em conta os resultados eleitorais (art. 187.º, n.º 1).
Após a demissão do Governo, deve o PR ouvir os partidos representados na AR e ter em conta os resultados eleitorais (art. 187.º, n.º 1).
March 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
A rejeição de uma moção de confiança acarreta a automática demissão do Governo, nos termos do art 195.º, n.º 1, al e), da CRP.
Após a demissão do Governo, deve o PR ouvir os partidos representados na AR e ter em conta os resultados eleitorais (art. 187.º, n.º 1).
Após a demissão do Governo, deve o PR ouvir os partidos representados na AR e ter em conta os resultados eleitorais (art. 187.º, n.º 1).
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Interesting format of the #EUCO conclusions, which are adopted by consensus (Art. 15(4) TEU).
- There are 2 parts (Part I on #Ukraine; Part II on European #defence).
- Part I refers to a document (EUCO 10/25) that is only supported by 26 Member States.
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
- There are 2 parts (Part I on #Ukraine; Part II on European #defence).
- Part I refers to a document (EUCO 10/25) that is only supported by 26 Member States.
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements from the European Council and its president, the Council of the EU, Council preparatory bodies and the Eurogroup President.
www.consilium.europa.eu
March 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Interesting format of the #EUCO conclusions, which are adopted by consensus (Art. 15(4) TEU).
- There are 2 parts (Part I on #Ukraine; Part II on European #defence).
- Part I refers to a document (EUCO 10/25) that is only supported by 26 Member States.
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
- There are 2 parts (Part I on #Ukraine; Part II on European #defence).
- Part I refers to a document (EUCO 10/25) that is only supported by 26 Member States.
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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📣 Are you an early/mid-career scholar or practitioner passionate about #Democracy and the #RuleofLaw in Europe?
Apply now for the re:constitution Fellowship 2025/2026!
📆 Deadline: 3 April at 12 noon (CEST)!
We offer 15 Fellowships in two tracks.
All info: www.reconstitution.eu/en/news/news...
Apply now for the re:constitution Fellowship 2025/2026!
📆 Deadline: 3 April at 12 noon (CEST)!
We offer 15 Fellowships in two tracks.
All info: www.reconstitution.eu/en/news/news...
February 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
📣 Are you an early/mid-career scholar or practitioner passionate about #Democracy and the #RuleofLaw in Europe?
Apply now for the re:constitution Fellowship 2025/2026!
📆 Deadline: 3 April at 12 noon (CEST)!
We offer 15 Fellowships in two tracks.
All info: www.reconstitution.eu/en/news/news...
Apply now for the re:constitution Fellowship 2025/2026!
📆 Deadline: 3 April at 12 noon (CEST)!
We offer 15 Fellowships in two tracks.
All info: www.reconstitution.eu/en/news/news...
Tenho as maiores dúvidas sobre se a Entidade da Transparência tem competência para este tipo de auditoria.
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https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/montenegro-pede-a-entidade-para-a-transparencia-uma-auditoria-sobre-declaracoes_n1638304
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March 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Tenho as maiores dúvidas sobre se a Entidade da Transparência tem competência para este tipo de auditoria.
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No nosso sistema constitucional, a diferença entre uma moção de censura e uma moção de confiança é que a primeira para ser aprovada (melhor dizendo, para levar à demissão do governo) precisa de ser aprovada por maioria absoluta. A de confiança é aprovada por maioria simples.
March 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
No nosso sistema constitucional, a diferença entre uma moção de censura e uma moção de confiança é que a primeira para ser aprovada (melhor dizendo, para levar à demissão do governo) precisa de ser aprovada por maioria absoluta. A de confiança é aprovada por maioria simples.
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A group of nongovernmental organizations will go to court to seek to reverse EU member countries' decision to downgrade the protection status of the wolf.
Groups take legal action to protect wolves from looser hunting rules
The Court of Justice of the EU will now look at the case and rule in a few months.
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February 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
A group of nongovernmental organizations will go to court to seek to reverse EU member countries' decision to downgrade the protection status of the wolf.
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
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"If there’s one thing I’d hoped people had learned going into the next four years of Donald Trump as president, it’s that spending lots of time online posting about what people in power are saying and doing is not going to accomplish anything. If anything, it’s exactly what they want."
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
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February 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"If there’s one thing I’d hoped people had learned going into the next four years of Donald Trump as president, it’s that spending lots of time online posting about what people in power are saying and doing is not going to accomplish anything. If anything, it’s exactly what they want."
In the year that the European Convention of Human Rights turns 70, the Council of Europe has updated and expanded its dedicated website on how the ECHR has impacted law, policy and practice across Europe. It is a very interesting tool not only for students, but also for the greater public.
Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights - Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights - www.coe.int
European convention on human rights : How it changed the lives of many people across the continent.
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January 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
In the year that the European Convention of Human Rights turns 70, the Council of Europe has updated and expanded its dedicated website on how the ECHR has impacted law, policy and practice across Europe. It is a very interesting tool not only for students, but also for the greater public.
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This article should be required reading for anyone commenting on the political effects of social media.
January 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This article should be required reading for anyone commenting on the political effects of social media.
A proposta de referendo local aprovada pela Assembleia Municipal de Lisboa sobre alojamento local foi considerada ilegal pelo Tribunal Constitucional.
www.tribunalconstitucional.pt/tc/acordaos/...
www.tribunalconstitucional.pt/tc/acordaos/...
www.tribunalconstitucional.pt
January 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A proposta de referendo local aprovada pela Assembleia Municipal de Lisboa sobre alojamento local foi considerada ilegal pelo Tribunal Constitucional.
www.tribunalconstitucional.pt/tc/acordaos/...
www.tribunalconstitucional.pt/tc/acordaos/...
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The Supreme Court will consider what the First Amendment, ratified in 1791, has to say about TikTok and online pornography next month. Applying a provision drafted in the age of powdered wigs and quill pens to 21st-century technologies has sometimes proved challenging for the justices.
What Would the Founders Have Thought About TikTok and Online Porn?
The Supreme Court will hear arguments next month in First Amendment challenges to laws banning the app and shielding minors from sexual materials on the internet.
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2024 at 4:49 PM
The Supreme Court will consider what the First Amendment, ratified in 1791, has to say about TikTok and online pornography next month. Applying a provision drafted in the age of powdered wigs and quill pens to 21st-century technologies has sometimes proved challenging for the justices.
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The EU-Mercosur Agreement (2024) is now available online (via @camgijs.bsky.social) policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-rel...
EU-Mercosur: Text of the agreement
Read the different sections of the agreement.
policy.trade.ec.europa.eu
December 10, 2024 at 3:08 PM
The EU-Mercosur Agreement (2024) is now available online (via @camgijs.bsky.social) policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-rel...
Dia 12 de Dezembro, às 11h, na sala 12.27 da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, organizamos a conferência “15 anos do Tratado de Lisboa”.
A entrada é livre.
A entrada é livre.
December 10, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Dia 12 de Dezembro, às 11h, na sala 12.27 da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, organizamos a conferência “15 anos do Tratado de Lisboa”.
A entrada é livre.
A entrada é livre.
My paper on Artificial Intelligence and Public Administration The problems and possible answers by the AI Act is available at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Artificial Intelligence and Public Administration The problems and possible answers by the AI Act
Contemporary societies are undergoing a process of rapid transformation sometimes referred to as the ‘new industrial revolution’, the ‘fourth industrial revolut
papers.ssrn.com
December 7, 2024 at 11:16 AM
My paper on Artificial Intelligence and Public Administration The problems and possible answers by the AI Act is available at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Is it the beginning of the end of the Green New Deal?
December 4, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Is it the beginning of the end of the Green New Deal?
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🎙️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚: Commission vs Hungary on Klubrádió Case
🗓️ 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧? Monday 2 December 2024 at 14:30
📍 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞? European Court of Justice
📂 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞? In 2020, Hungary’s Media Council didn't renew Klubrádió’s FM broadcasting rights and imposed rules that forced Klubrádió off the air
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🗓️ 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧? Monday 2 December 2024 at 14:30
📍 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞? European Court of Justice
📂 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞? In 2020, Hungary’s Media Council didn't renew Klubrádió’s FM broadcasting rights and imposed rules that forced Klubrádió off the air
🧵1/5
November 29, 2024 at 2:32 PM
🎙️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚: Commission vs Hungary on Klubrádió Case
🗓️ 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧? Monday 2 December 2024 at 14:30
📍 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞? European Court of Justice
📂 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞? In 2020, Hungary’s Media Council didn't renew Klubrádió’s FM broadcasting rights and imposed rules that forced Klubrádió off the air
🧵1/5
🗓️ 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧? Monday 2 December 2024 at 14:30
📍 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞? European Court of Justice
📂 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞? In 2020, Hungary’s Media Council didn't renew Klubrádió’s FM broadcasting rights and imposed rules that forced Klubrádió off the air
🧵1/5
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"We find no evidence that cultural and economic factors play a relevant role in the relationship between rurality and the radical right vote in Portugal. Instead, rural residents are more likely to perceive the areas where they live as *politically* neglected"
Political neglect and support for the radical right: The case of rural Portugal
Why are rural voters more likely to support radical right parties? This paper examines the mechanisms behind the relationship between living in a rura…
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November 23, 2024 at 11:08 PM
"We find no evidence that cultural and economic factors play a relevant role in the relationship between rurality and the radical right vote in Portugal. Instead, rural residents are more likely to perceive the areas where they live as *politically* neglected"