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Portugal expands adoption rights for same-sex couples
May 18, 2013 by Addison Morris
Portugal's Parliament voted Friday to approve a law allowing same-sex married couples to adopt their partners' children. The Parliament also voted on Friday to reject the Left Bloc and Green Party's proposal to grant gay couples the same adoption rights as heterosexuals. The bill approved by.... [more]
Portugal court finds provisions of 2013 budget unconstitutional
April 6, 2013 by Julie Deisher
Portugal's Constitutional Court ruled that four out of nine contested austerity measures of the 2013 state budget were unconstitutional. The court's decision came in response to the request of Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva for the court to determine whether retirees and public workers.... [more]
Former Serb military official transferred to Portugal to serve war crimes sentence
August 18, 2012 by Keith Herting
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced Friday that former Serb official Mile Mrksic has been transferred to a Portuguese prison to serve his 20-year sentence for war crimes. Mrksic was convicted of war crimes in 2007 for his involvement in the 1991 mass.... [more]
UN Secretary-General called for global reform of anti-gay laws [this day at law]
May 29, 2012 by Garrett Eisenhour
On May 29, 2010, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for gay rights reform throughout the international community. Particular attention was given to African nations such as Uganda, where legislation was being considered that would prohibit the sale of property to homosexuals and charge.... [more]
Realities and Priorities of Portugal's Debt Management, Pt. IV
April 12, 2012 by Megan McKee
JURIST Associate Editor Yuriy Vilner is a member of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2013 and an LL.M. Candidate at the Católica Global School of Law, a Lisbon-based faculty of the Catholic University of Portugal. In the final entry of a four-part series on the realities and....... [more]
Realities and Priorities of Portugal's Debt Management, Pt. III
April 5, 2012 by Megan McKee
JURIST Guest Columnist Martinho Lucas Pires is a LL.M. Candidate at the Católica Global School of Law, a Lisbon-based faculty of the Catholic University of Portugal. In the third entry of a four-part series on the realities and priorities of Portuguese sovereign debt management, Pires examines....... [more]
Realities and Priorities of Portugal's Debt Management, Pt. II
March 29, 2012 by Megan McKee
JURIST Guest Columnist Rafael Lomenso is a LL.M. Candidate at the Católica Global School of Law, a Lisbon-based faculty of the Catholic University of Portugal. In the second entry of a four-part series on the realities and priorities of Portuguese sovereign debt management, Lomenso argues that....... [more]
Realities and Priorities of Portugal's Debt Management, Pt. I
March 22, 2012 by Megan McKee
JURIST Guest Columnist Luis Vasconcelos is a LL.M. Candidate at the Católica Global School of Law, a Lisbon-based faculty of the Catholic University of Portugal. In this first entry of a four-part series on the realities and priorities of Portuguese sovereign debt management, Vasconcelos explai....... [more]
Angola approved new constitution ending popular election of president [this day at law]
January 21, 2012 by Cody Harding
On January 21, 2010 the Republic of Angola's Parliament approved a new constitution that ended the popular election of the president. The new constitution replaced an interim constitution that had been in place since Angola's 1975 independence from Portugal. The new document also replaced the.... [more]
Portugal parliament approved abortion referendum [this day at law]
October 19, 2011 by Meagan McElroy
On October 19, 2006, the Assembly of the Republic approved a nationwide referendum that would have legalized abortion in Portugal up to 10 weeks after conception. Prior to the referendum, abortion in the predominantly Catholic country was only legal until the twelfth week of pregnancy in cases of.... [more]
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