One of the most meaningful paths of China’s economic and diplomatic ‘charm offensive’ is the promotion of high-level contacts with the Portuguese-speaking countries. China is well aware of the potentials which derive from the use of the Portuguese language as a means of strategic...

The use of standard contracts by major companies assumes undeniable importance today. The decision of the Appeal Court of Lisbon of 29 April 2004 considered that "the contractual clauses on the verse of the page of the contract where the signatures appear will not be excluded, if it is not...