Name: Alberto Souto de Miranda
Date of birth: 8/11/1958
Place of birth: Aveiro
Marital status: Married (3 children)
Academic Qualifications
- Master in European Community Law (Law Faculty - Universidade Clássica de Lisboa, 1993, Classification: 17)
- Post-Graduation in Juridical Sciences (Law Faculty - Universidade Clássica de Lisboa, 1984)
- Post-Graduation European Law (ULB – Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1983)
- Law Degree (Law Faculty – University of Coimbra, 1981, Classification: 16)
Professional Experience
- 1982: Universidade de Coimbra - Trainee Lecturer, Law Faculty
- 1983 – 1989: Universidade Clássica de Lisboa - Trainee Lecturer, Law Faculty
- Since 1984: Lawyer and member of Portuguese Bar Association
- 1985 – 1991: Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Lisbon, Jurist in Legal Affairs Department
- 1987/1988: European Court of Justice, Luxemburg – Referendary of Portuguese Attorney General
- Since 1991: European Investment Bank, Luxemburg - Jurist in Legal Affairs Department, Operations with Portugal
- 1992: European Court of Justice, Luxemburg – Referendary of Portuguese Judge
- Since 1994: Universidade Clássica de Lisboa - Lecturer of Law Faculty
- 1994: Universidade Católica (Lisbon and Porto) – Guest Lecturer for Communitary Law Post-Graduate Courses
- Instituto Nacional de Administração (Nation Institute of Management) INA, Oeiras - Guest Lecturer Professor for Communitary Law Courses
- Since October 2005: Universidade Clássica da Universidade de Lisboa - Lecturer of Law Faculty
Other Posts
- 1997 - 2001 and 2001 – 2005: President of Municipal Council of Aveiro
- 1998 - 2001: President of Association of Municipal Councils of Ria
- 1998 - 2002: President of Consortium “Aveiro Digital City” (Consortium between Portugal Telecom – PT/Innovation, Aveiro University and Municipal Council of Aveiro)
- Until October 2005: Chairman of Board of Directors of Municipal Stadium of Aveiro, EMA, EM
- Until October 2005: Chairman of Board of Directors of Sport Park of Aveiro
- Until October 2005: Member of Board of Directors of AveiroPólis
Juridical Bibliography
- “O Direito e a Linguagem”, 1981 (Law and Language)
- “O Sistema Monetário Europeu”, 1982 (The European Monetary System)
- “L’Effet Direct des accords internationaux”, in Journal of European Affairs, 1983
- “A modificação ou Resolução do Contrato por alteração das circunstâncias”, 1984 (The amendment or Termination of Contracts through Change of Circumstances)
- “A autonomia do Direito Comercial”, (The Autonomy of Commercial Law) in Commercial Operations, 1988, Almedina, Coimbra
- “O Tribunal de Justiça e a apreciação não vinculada das questões prejudiciais” (The Court of Justice and non-binding decisions on prejudicial questions) – 1990, Almedina, Coimbra
- “O sector bancário e a realização do mercado interno” (The banking sector and the creation of the internal market) – 1990, Almedina, Coimbra
- “A competência dos Tribunais dos Estados-membros para apreciarem a validade dos actos comunitários no âmbito do artigo 177º do Tratado de Roma” (The Competence of Member-State Courts to Decide on the Compatibility of Community Law, under article 177 of the Treaty of Rome) – 1989, Journal of Portuguese Bar Association, Year 49, Lisbon, page. 559
- “A livre prestação de serviços e a realização do mercado interno” (The Free Supply of Services and the Realization of the Internal Market) – 1990, Almedina, Coimbra
- “A propósito da jurisprudência do Tribunal de Justiça das Comunidades Europeias relativa à Convenção de Bruxelas” (The Purpose of Jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice Relative to the Brussels Convention) – 1990, Almedina, Coimbra
- “The 1992 Challenge at National Level” – Rapport Portugais, I et II, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, 1990 and 1991 (e.c.c. C. Botelho Moniz, Ana Sassetti and Cruz Vilaça)
- “Os poderes do Tribunal de Justiça das Comunidades Europeias na apreciação das questões prejudiciais no âmbito do artigo 177º do Tratado de Roma” (The powers of the European Court of Justice in Deciding on Prejudicial Questions under article 177 of the Treaty of Rome) – Masters Thesis, 1993
Other Bibliography
- “Vento Litoral”, Anthology of Interventions of the Regional Press, 1997 EEA, Aveiro
- “Do Tempo da Terra”, Discussions with the President of Municipal Council of Aveiro, 2005, Civilização Editora
Other Information
- Fluent in French and English
- Understanding of Spanish, Italian and German
