José Carlos Vieira de Andrade

Vieira de Andrade is an emeritus Full Professor of the Legal-Political Sciences group of the School of Law of the University of Coimbra (FDUC), where he has chaired the subjects of Administrative Law and Constitutional Law (Fundamental Rights).

Vieira de Andrade was an elected member of the General Council of the University of Coimbra (2010-2016), having been part of the Scientific Board of the School of Law of the University of Minho, and belonged to the Installing Committee of the School of Law of the Nova University of Lisbon.

Vieira de Andrade is a legal consultant and has been the author of numerous opinions on Constitutional Law and Administrative Law matters.

Presided over or has been a member of more than a dozen arbitral tribunals in matters of administrative law and is on the list of Arbitrators of several Arbitration Centres.

Vieira de Andrade was a member of the Committee that prepared the draft revision of the Code of Administrative Procedure (published in January 2015) and of the Code of Procedure in Administrative Courts (published in October 2015).

Is a researcher at the Legal Institute of the School of Law of the University of Coimbra, responsible for the Research Group on "Crisis, Sustainability and Citizenship."

Vieira de Andrade is the author of many publications in the areas of Constitutional Law (fundamental rights), General Administrative Law, and Administrative Procedural Law, among which stand out the following monographs: "Grupos de Interesse, Pluralismo e Unidade Política" [Interest Groups, Pluralism and Political Unity], 1977; "O Dever da Fundamentação Expressa de Actos Administrativos" [The Duty of Expressed Rationale for Administrative Acts], 1991; "Os Direitos Fundamentais na Constituição Portuguesa de 1976" [Fundamental Rights in the Portuguese Constitution of 1976], 5th ed., 2012; "Lições de Direito Administrativo" [Lessons in Administrative Law], 5th ed. 2017; "A Justiça Administrativa" [Administrative Justice], 16th ed., 2017.