José Manuel Aroso Linhares is Full Professor of Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra (Portugal). His current research interests include evidence, narrative rationality, intercultural dialogue, precedents, law as an autonomous practical-cultural project. He is the Coordinator of UCILeR (the University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research) and was till December 2025 the Vice-President of Associação Portuguesa de Teoria do Direito, Filosofia do Direito e Filosofia Social, the Portuguese Section of IVR. He is also a member of the Scientific Board in the Centre for the Theory and Philosophy of Human Rights at the Lódz University [Institute of the Theory and Philosophy of Law (Faculty of Law and Administration, Lódz )]. He is an author of several monographs and essays.
