Author: Gilmar Ferreira Mendes

C arlos Blanco de Morais holds a Ph D from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon where he is Full Professor of Constitutional Law and International Public Law. He occupies various positions at the Faculty, such as Head of the Department of Public Law and Scientific Coordinator of Lisbon Public Law Research Centre(CIDP).- He is Senior Juridical Consultant of the Portuguese Council of Ministers Juridical Centre. Gilmar Ferreira Mendes is a Justice of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and Professor of Constitutional Law at IDP in Brazil. He holds a Ph.D. Degree from the University of Münster (Germany). Thomas Vesting, Chair of Public Law, Law and Theory of the Media, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main. Associate Member Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”. 2017 Awarded honorary doctorate (IDP – Brazil).