Welcome to the Lisbon Centre for Research in Private Law – CIDP
CIDP traces its origins back to the Centre for Studies on Civil Law, founded by Professor Inocêncio Galvão Telles in the beginning of the 1970’s in the past century.
Back then, the Center was already geared towards scientific dissemination, with the unprecedented publication of the preparatory works of Book V (Law of Successions) of the Civil Code.
CIDP is the heir of some of the greatest masters in Private Law of the University of Lisbon School of Law: Professors Castro Mendes, Paulo Cunha, Galvão Telles, Fernando Olavo, Magalhães Colaço and Oliveira Ascensão.
In 2014, the Center was rebranded as a research and development unit, acting with scientific and administrative autonomy as a non-personalized unit of the Institute of Private Law (IDP) that operates in University of Lisbon School of Law, its host institution.
This date marks the upturn of an institution with more than half century of existence. Without breaking its links to the past and in the path of continuity with its founding tradition, the CIDP has, since 2014, pertained to respond to the current concerns of the legal community and is established as a present and active agent of the legal research in Portugal.
CIDP aims to study, in a transversal and integrated manner, the Portuguese and European Private Law devoting its resources to research projects in a plurality of topics of Private Law. It is noticeable the intensification of its role in the education and disclosure of scientific knowledge in all quadrants of the legal community.
Furthermore, CIDP has promoted the integration of a growing number of researchers in research projects and has observed an increased professionalization of its activity, promoting research linked to experience and applied to legal practice and fostering the collaboration with other national and foreign research centers of reference.
Today, CIDP is known as a research and development unit with undisputed merit, financially independent and sustainable. There is a noticeable growing demand for programmes organised by CIDP amongst the legal community.
In this website, constantly updated, you will find relevant data on the history, research activity, team of researchers, publications, programmes and other activities of CIDP.
Keeping in mind the role of CIDP in the creation and disclosure of legal knowledge, we extend to all our visitors, to all those who with us intend to collaborate and who show interest in the activity of CIDP, our warmest welcome.