The Private Law Research Centre, founded in 2014 and chaired until 2023 by Professor António Menezes Cordeiro, is a private research and development institution, established as an autonomous unit without legal personality of the Institute for Private Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
The Centre's main objective is the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge in the field of Private Law. Its activity is predominantly developed along two fundamental axes: the individual and collective research carried out by its members and expressed in scientific articles, monographs and comments on legislation and case law; and the organization of courses, seminars, conferences and workshops on current themes in private law, to which other university lecturers and national and foreign renowned specialists are also associated.
The Centre privileges freedom of research and thought in its activity and is guided by the aim of making a relevant contribution to the progress of scientific knowledge of Private Law, from national, European and international sources, and of promoting legal culture, especially in Portugal and in other Portuguese-speaking countries. Its activity is based on the principles of merit, equal opportunities and transparency.
In this website, the Centre publicises its activities in the two abovementioned axes. It identifies the Research Lines currently pursued by the Centre and, whenever possible, makes available the main publications produced within the scope of those lines of research; it also publicises the knowledge dissemination activities organised by the Centre, with emphasis on the postgraduate courses and intensive courses taught therein.