Catalogues and document repositories bringing together centuries of Portuguese legal doctrine and legislation in digital access.
The António Manuel Hespanha Digital Archive provides the electronic edition of the main Portuguese legal literature of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century: doctrinal works, draft legislation, parliamentary debates and case law.
Search and consult the digitised works in the António Hespanha Digital Archive; most include the author’s bio-bibliographical record.
The O Governo dos Outros Digital Archive brings together the IusLusitaniae database and the Boletim do Conselho Ultramarino and Legislação Novíssima do Ultramar collections: over 65,000 digitised pages and around 29,000 rules of the Kingdom and Empire.
Free search in the O Governo dos Outros archive; the IusLusitaniae database is also available at iuslusitaniae.fcsh.unl.pt.
Database of the Pluralismo Jurídico Digital Archive with 88 volumes of Portuguese colonial legislation and around 67,500 digitised pages, produced under the LEGALP project (FCT).
Free search in the Colonial Legislation database; the site also includes indexes of customary law, doctrine and case law.
