Fabio Portela L. Almeida is a 2003 graduate at Universidade de Brasília Law School in Brazil. After graduating, he worked as a lawyer and, since 2006, he has been working as a Clerk in the Brazilian Superior Court of Labour Law. He also earned a Master of Laws Degree in 2007 at the same university and, In 2011, he earned a M.Phil Degree at the Universidade de Brasília Department of Philosophy. His dissertation, entitled "The evolution of a normative mind: origins of human cooperation", awarded the National Prize of best philosophical dissertation in the biennium 2010/2011. Currently, he is a SJD Candidate at the Universidade de Brasília Law School and a Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School. His research interests are related to the interdisciplinary relationship between legal theory, biology, psychology, moral philosophy, economics, sociology and anthropology.
Professor Mark Tushnet and the Brazilian Studies Association will host Assistant Professor Joana de Souza Machado of Brazil’s Federal University of Juiz de Fora Law School. She will speak on “Judicial Activism in Brazil: Law and Politics between Openness and Closure.”
On January 28, 2014
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Milstein West B
//
//
© 2024 HLS Brazilian Studies Association
Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑