Senior Instructor

Associate Director of Centre for Law Studies

Programme Coordinator of Master of Law in Legal Translation and GE Programme

Teaching Areas

• Administrative Law and Administrative Litigation
• Environmental Law
• Family and Succession Law
• Tax Law
• General Theory of Civil Law

Research Interests

• Systematic Study of Environmental Law and Sustainable Development
• Development and Challenges of Administrative Law and Administrative Litigation
• Public Administration and Governance in the Context of Globalization
• Family Role in the Socioeconomic Environment, Wealth Management, and Intergenerational Transfer
• Analysis and Study of Legal Systems in Portuguese-Speaking Countries

Professional Accreditation

• Lawyer, Macau Lawyers Association (AAM)

Selected Services

• Vice Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Legislation and Jurisprudence of Macau (Macao)
• Arbitrator at the Xi’an Arbitration Committee (Xi’an Arbitration Committee)
• Expert in the Expert Database for External Law Determination in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Guangdong High People’s Court)
• Member of the Editorial Committee of the Journal of Portuguese Language Law (Portugal)
• Member of the Editorial Committee of the Electronic Law Journal of Newton Paiva University Center (Brazil)
• Member of Committee of the Collection of Classical Juridical Books, Faculty of Law of University of Macao and Social Sciences Academic Press
• Deputy Managing Director of Macau Environmental Law Research Association (Macao)

(Selected)Publications and Projects of Research

1. COMMUNICATIONS AT ACADEMIC CONFERENCES

• “Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Crisis: A Perspective of Chinese Entrepreneurs in Portugal”, International Congress of SMEs, 1st European SME Week’09: Solutions to the Crisis, Lisbon, Portugal
• “Hazardous Waste: Circulation and Environmental Protection”, Seminar: Climate Changes and Ecological Movements in China and Europe, Law School, Ren Min University, Beijing, China
• “The Public Interest and Right of Participation in Urban Planning”, 4th International Conference: The Reform Law of Macau in Global Context – Social Rights and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Law, University of Macao, Macao, China
• “Environmental Law, Right to Environment and the Environmental Protection “, Lecture: The Law and the Realities of the Environment in Macao, Center for Public Opinion Research of Macao, Macao, China
• “Environmental Protection in the People’s Republic of China´s Constitution and the Basic Law of Special Administrative Region of Macao”, First Congress of Cape Verdean Law and Comparative Law, in commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the Republic of Cape Verde´s Constitution, Institute of Juridical and Social Sciences of Cape Verde, Praia, Cape Verde.
• “Environmental Protection in the Comparative Law”, open lecture in the Faculty of Law, University Nova of Lisbon, Portugal
• “Environmental (In) Justice, Public Participation and the Review of Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China”, Third Congress of Portuguese Language Law, Institute of Science and Technology of Mozambique and Institute of the Portuguese Language Law, Maputo, Mozambique
• “Environmental Law and the Human Rights”, Lecture: The Challenge for the Justice in the XXI Century, Faculty of Law, University Nova of Lisbon, Portugal
• Instructor of Summer Law School of International Law (International Environmental Law), Faculty of Law, University Nova of Lisbon, Portugal
• “The New Campus of UMAC in the Island Hengqin: the legal explanations”, I International Symposium of the Laboratory Dialogues with Asia: 500 Years Portugal-China: Contrasts, Changes and Challenges, Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Human Sciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil
• “Environmental Protection in Macao”, 56^th Congress of International Association of Lawyers (UIA), Macao Lawyers Association, Macao, China
• “One Island, Two Systems: Legal Issues of Relocation of University of Macao in the New Campus (as Closing Session)”, International Studies Conference: Transparency and Refractions. The East in the Poetry of Modern and Contemporary Portuguese, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
• “Environmental Protection and Environmental Law in Macao”, Talk about environmental protection and law with students of 12^th Year, Portuguese School of Macao, Macao, China
• 2017 Seminar on Real Property Tax Law and Policy, Speaker and Guest Commentator, Taiwan Law Foundation, Taipe, Taiwan, China
• V Congress of Portuguese Language Law, Guest Commentator, Institute of Portuguese Language Law/Macao City University, Macao, China
• 1^st BRICS Law Forum: International Conference on Developing Civil Law in the Post-Reception Era: Legislation, Judicial Cases and Theories, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China
• “O Conflito de Igualdade dos Direitos Reprodutivos entre os Cônjuges: O Marido tem também direitos reprodutivos?”, Moçambique Joint Seminar, Faculty of Law/University Eduardo Mondlane and University of Macao, Maputo, Moçambique
• “Breve Apresentação e Reflexões do Regime de Entrevista Administrativa da Protecção Ambiental da China”, VI Congress of Portuguese Language Law, Faculty of Law, University Nova of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
• “Environmental Sandboxes: A New Frontier for Sustainability in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area”, 10th International Congress of Law in Lusophony, Faculty of Law, University of Minho, Portugal
• “The Fengqiao Experience as a (Possible) Model for Resolving PPP/Concession Disputes: Potential Application in Macau and Mainland China” ， 25th Joint Seminar, Faculty of Law of Eduardo Mondlane University and Faculty of Law of the University of Macau, Maputo, Mozambique
• “The Role of Scientific Research in Legal Education”,
  50th Anniversary Conference of the Faculty of Law of Eduardo Mondlane University， Maputo, Moçambique

2. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• “Hazardous Waste and Environmental Protection”, in Journal of 10^th Anniversary of Associação de Promoção Jurídica de Macau, Macao, China
• “Criminal Protection of the Environment and the Chinese Case”, in Journal of Portuguese Language Law, n. º 1, Ano I, Institute of Portuguese Language Law, Lisbon, Portugal
• “The Legal Perspective of the Environmental Protection”, in Journal Environmental Protection Industry of Macao, n. º 10, Association of Environmental Protection Industry of Macao, Macao, China
• “Environmental Rights in the People’s Republic of China´s Constitution and the Basic Law of Special Administrative Region of Macao”, in Journal CEDUOA (Revista do Centro de Estudos de Direito do Ordenamento, do Urbanismo e do Ambiente), n. º 31, Ano XVI, 1.13, Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• “Fundamental Right to Environment and Environmental Protection in the Fundamental Laws “, in Studies in Commemoration of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Cape Verde (org: José Pina Delgado, Mário Silva), Edições ISCJS, Praia, Cape Verde
• “Environmental Protection and International Trade: Conflicts and Solutions in the Green Age “, in Journal of Public Law (Revista de Direito Público), n. º 10, Lisbon, Portugal
• “A Review of the Environmental Protection Law and Environmental (In) Justice in the People’s Republic of China”, in Third Congress of Portuguese Language Law, Almedina, Coimbra, Portugal
• “The Public Interest and Right of Participation in Urban Planning”, in Boletim da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Macau, Ano XVI, n. º 31, 2012, Faculty of Law, University of Macao, Macao, China
• “Extinction of Instance with Uselessness Supervening in Disputed Divorce”, in Journal of Law and Jurisprudence of Macao, n. º 1, 2015, Macao, China
• “Tax for Real Estate in Macau “, in Real Estate Tax: Law and Policy, Angle Editor, Taiwan, China
• “The Subsidiary Property Regime in the Civil Code of Macao”, in Research on Family Law and Juvenile Law (org: Manuel Trigo), CFJJ, Macao, China
• “Legal Protection of the Environment in the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China and in the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region”, in Democratic State of Law and Conflict Resolution, I, Centro Universitário Newton Paiva, Brazil
• “The Litigious Divorce Legal System in Macau After 20 Years of Returning to the Homeland: divorce-confirmation of the breakdown of marriage and litigious divorce without fault, Law Journal of the Newton Paiva University Center, Newton Paiva, Brazil
• Divorce – Recognition of Marital Breakdown and No-Fault Contested Divorce in Macau, Bulletin of the Faculty of Law of the University of Macau, Macao, China
• “Citizens’ legal rights and obligations in the Covid-19 pandemic — Taking Macao’s Law on the Prevention, Control and Treatment of Communicable Diseases as an example, in Impacts of the Coronavirus on Law: dialogues, reflections and contemporary perspectives, Editor Newton Paiva, Brazil
• “The Conflict of Equality in Reproductive Rights between Spouses: Does the Husband Also Have Reproductive Rights?”, Family Law in the Legal Systems of Mozambique, Macau, and China, Inter Escolas Editores, Maputo, Mozambique
• “ Digital Inheritance in Macau: Challenges and (Possible) Solutions “, Collection Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Cooperation between the Faculty of Law of the University of Macau and the Faculty of Law of Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique
• “Exploring the Low-Altitude Economy and Protecting Bird Habitats” (Tong Io Cheng, Jiang Yi Wa), (to be published)

3. BOOKS

• Macao Environmental Law (in English), International Encyclopedia of Laws, Kluwer Law International
• Portugal Environmental Law (in English), International Encyclopedia of Laws, Kluwer Law International (in process)
• Macao Environmental Law (in Chinese), Macao Foundation (in process)

4. EDITED BOOK (OMITTED)

5. TRANSLATION PROJECTS

• Constitutional Law and Constitution Theory (Author: J.J. Gomes Canotilho), Chinese Version (with other translators), Social Sciences Academic Press (China)/University of Macau
• Manual of Civil Procedure, Vol. I (Authors: João de Castro Mendes/Miguel Teixeira de Sousa), Chinese version (in process), Social Sciences Academic Press (China) / University of Macau
• Conimbricense Commentary on the Penal Code – Special Part, Tome II, Vol. I (Author: Jorge Figueiredo Dias), Chinese Version (in progress), Social Sciences Academic Press (China) / University of Macau

6. INVESTIGATION PROJECTS

• 澳門輕軌立法法案, 2012年, 澳門運建辦/Projecto da Lei do Metro Ligeiro de Macau, 2012, Gabinete de Infra-estruturas de Transporte de Macau/ Macao LRT Law Project, 2012, Transportation Infrastructure Office of Macao
• 修改第33/99/M號法律, 2012年, 澳門社工局/ Revisão da Lei n. º 33/99/M, 2012, Direcção de Serviços Sociais de Macau/ Amendment for the Law n. º 33/99/M, 2012, Social Welfare Bureau of Macao
• 澳門法院判例跟蹤與實證分析研究: 分析對象與分析方法設定, 自2016年起, 澳門立法及司法見解研究會/ Estudo de Jurisprudências de Macau e sua Análise, desde 2016, Associação de Estudos de Legislação e de Jurisprudência de Macau/ The Study of Macau Court Precedents and Its Emperical Analysis, Law Studies and Jurisprudence Association of Macao
• 替代及可持續性的糾紛解決機制, 由Professora Doutora Lídia Maria Ribas主持的研究計劃,自2018年1月, Mato Grosso do Sul大學法學院, 巴西/ Mecanismos Alternativos e Sustentáveis na Solução de Conflitos, Projecto sob Coordenação da Professora Doutora Lídia Maria Ribas, desde Janeiro de 2018, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil/ Alternative and Sustainable Conflicts Solutions Mechanisms, Project coordinated by Professor Doutor Lídia Maria Ribas, from Jan 2018, Faculty of Law, University Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil
• 財產與親屬法研究 (MYRG054 (Y1-L2) -FLL13-TIC), 2012, 澳門大學/Propriedade e Direito da Família (MYRG054 (Y1-L2) -FLL13-TIC), 2012, Universidade de Macau/ Property and Family Law (MYRG054 (Y1-L2) -FLL13-TIC), 2012, University of Macau