EU Family Law (Jean Monnet Module)

About the EU Family Law course (Jean Monnet Module) in NOVA School of Law - a thread 🧵

For more information on the EU Family Law Jean Monnet Model, visit: lnkd.in/dyGWv-5e

Join us for the closing lecture of our Jean Monnet webinar series on "European Family Law: Future Trajectories", taking place this Friday, May 16th, at 9am to 10:30am. This session is free of charge and open to the public. Link to access the webinar: lnkd.in/gXYXaqV

For more information on the EU Family Law Jean Monnet Module, visit: lnkd.in/dyGWv-5e

The third session of the Jean Monnet webinar series of 2025 will take place on May 15th, at 16:30pm to 18pm, and will address “The EU and the #culturewars around family”. The webinars are free of charge and open to the public. Link to access the webinar: lnkd.in/eE6YMTau

For more information on the EU Family Law Jean Monnet Module, visit: lnkd.in/dyGWv-5e

The second session of the Jean Monnet webinar series will take place on May 9th, at 9am to 10:30am, and will address "The role of the EU in promoting the right to freedom of religion or belief of families”. The webinars are open to the public. Join us: lnkd.in/dbmhapVA

Our first session of the Jean Monnet webinar series will take place today, May 8th, at 4:30pm to 6pm and will address "The role of the EU in promoting the rights of LGBTIQ families”: The webinars are free of charge and open to the public. Link to join: lnkd.in/dgGBSY-e

What are you up to next Friday? You’re welcome to join us online or in person for the launch of the new NOVA Centre for the Study of Gender, Family, and the Law if you like:  □ Keynote speech by Justice Ana Maria Guerra Martins (European Court of Human Rights). 1/3

After a successful workshop on the Human of the ECtHR, we’re getting ready to welcome @ECHR_CEDH Judge Ivana Jelic at @UZH_ch Motherhood as a Choice? 📆 28 October 6.15 pm Register docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… Hosted by @UZH_H2R & @VolkswagenSt project Who is the Court for?

📚Not to be missed for those interested in changing families and European family law *** OPEN ACCESS I’ve contributed a chapter on seahorse fatherhood and birth registration comparing gender alignment (eg Sweden) and gender misalignment (eg UK) models

We are kicking off today at @law_soc with a panel on “Feminist Theories of Gender, Reproduction, and Families” Thu, 6/6: 12:45 PM - 2:30 PM Room: Capitol 7  I look forward to hearing presentations by - Jennifer Hendrix “Being Pregnant in Someone else’s Body” - Dara Pulvis 1/2

🎉 Just published on JSWFL Open Access tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… It’s about what birth registration practices tell us about #care & do to caring relationships focusing on surrogacy in🇨🇭& trans birthing men All papers of the special issue coedited w/ Dafni Lima are now out! ✨

We addressed the history of #AbortionRights in Portugal and Europe, the main goals and challenges of the association, and what to anticipate regarding future legislation on abortion rights. #EUFamilyLaw #JeanMonnetModule

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming Sónia Lopes from APF Associação para o Planeamento da Família in yet another interdisciplinary but also the last lecture of the semester on the topic of #ReproductiveRights and Bottom-Up #Activism.

Check out this excellent special issue by @AliceMargaria & Dafni Lima: "Who is family law for? Exploring legal approaches to family diversity" published in the Journal of Social Welfare & Family Law Summary of my paper on "Functional recognition and polyamory" below

We delved into the structure of conscience-based exemptions, the general concerns raised and the history behind them, while co-existing with anti-discrimination laws and freedom of religion claims. Keep an eye on for our next and last lecture! #EUFamilyLaw #JeanMonnetModule

Today we hosted Luís Duarte de Almeida in another of our interdisciplinary guest lectures, this time on #ConscientiousObjection v. #LGBTIQ persons’ access to services (Law & Philosophy).

See you soon!

Looking very much forward to this discussion on this very important book on May 20th in Palermo. Thanks for the invitation. The book is available in open access here: transcript-publishing.com/978-3-8376-603…

Happy paperback day to us! At long last, our collection will be accessible to a wider audience. @queerreligious @AnthemPress