Luís Pereira Coutinho is Associate Professor at the University of Lisbon's School of Law. His main research interests are Constitutional Law and Constitutional Theory. Luís has previously published two books with Springer as an editor: "Judicial Activism: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the American and European Experiences" and "The Political Dimension of Constitutional Law", as well as articles in several journals. He is also a contributor to the Springer Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy.