Portugal, Europe and Globalization in the Private Law Perspective

Abstract

Against the background of the integration of Portugal in the European Union and in the globalization process, the paper tries to outline the impact of European integration and globalization on Private Law, the challenges that have arisen therefrom and the solutions for coping with them.

It takes into account in first line the Private Law in force in the Portuguese legal order, but bears in mind that certain private relationships are also regulated by Transnational Law and Public International Law without the mediation of national legal orders.

It concludes that all Private Law subjects are affected by these developments and require, to some degree, a global and a European perspectives.

Keywords: Portugal, Europe, Globalization, Private Law, Private International Law, International Unification of Law, Globalization of Law, European Integration, European Private Law, Comparative law, Lex Mercatoria