Email

jg.macau@gmail.com

Tel

+853 8822-4766

Office

E22-1050
Faculty of Business Administration
University of Macau, E22
Avenida da Universidade,
Taipa, Macau, China

Visiting Professor of Gaming Law, Department of Integrated Resort Management, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau

Academic Qualifications

  • 2006, PhD, Law Department, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
  • 1999, Master in Law, Faculty of Law, University of Macau
  • 1989, Law bachelor, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Professional Qualifications

  • 1999 – present             Lawyer (Macau) (currently suspended)

Professional Experiences

  • Since 2014 — Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau
  • 2009-2013 — Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Macau
  • 2004-2009 — Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Macau
  • 2000-2004 — Researcher (PhD candidate), European University Institute, Florence, Italy
  • 1999-2000 — Lawyer, Leonel Alves Advogados, Macau
  • 1998-1999 — Lecturer, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau (full time)
  • 1993-2000 — Lecturer, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau (part time, except 1998-1999)
  • 1993-1998 — Legal adviser, Monetary Authority of Macau
  • 1991-1993 — Legal adviser, Legal Affairs Department, Government of Macau

Teaching Profile

  • Master courses taught at the Faculty of Law
    • Gaming Law
    • Anti-Money Laundering Law
    • Commercial Contracts
    • Business Law
  • Undergraduate courses taught at the Faculty of Business Administration
    • Gaming Law
    • Business Law I and II
    • Hospitality and Tourism Law

Research Profile

  • Supervisor of a large number of master theses on topics of gaming law, anti-money laundering law, hospitality and tourism law.

Books Published

  • Os casinos de Macau. História do maior mercado de jogos de fortuna ou azar do mundo, Almedina, Coimbra, 2019 [The casinos of Macau. History of the world’s largest market for games of chance] (518 pages).
  • Direito do jogo [Gaming law], vol. I, Fundação Rui Cunha, Macau, 2016 (350 pages).
  • (editor) Studies in Macau civil, commercial, constitutional and criminal law, LexisNexis, Hong Kong, 2010.
  • Macau business law and legal system, LexisNexis, Hong Kong, 2007 (207 pages).
  • Do crime de «branqueamento» de capitais. Introdução e tipicidade [The crime of money laundering. Introduction and elements of crime], Almedina, Coimbra, 2001 (278 pages).

Articles and Book Chapters

  1. ‘Casino gaming in Macau and other Asian jurisditions’, in Ihno Gebhardt and Stefan Korte (eds.), Glücksspiel: Ökonomie, Recht, Sucht, second edition, Berlin, de Gruyter, 2018, 1023 ff.
  2. ‘Uma soberania, dois sistemas sociais, três tradições jurídicas: o sistema jurídico de Macau e a família romano-germânica’, in Leonel Alves, Tong Io Cheng e Paulo Cardinal, Terceiras Jornadas de direito e cidadania da Assembleia Legislativa da RAEM. Sentido e importância do direito comparado no âmbito do princípio ‘um país, dois sistemas’, Assembleia Legislativa, Macau, 2016, pp. 101 ss.
  3. ‘Do Fantan ao Bacará: a evolução dos jogos de fortuna ou azar em Macau’ [From Fantan to Baccarat: the evolution of games of chance in Macau], in Fernanda Frazão, Jorge Nuno Silva e Lídia Fernandes (orgs.), Jogos em perspectiva: de Lisboa a Macau, Apenas Livros, Lisboa, 2014, pp. ; also in Legisiuris de Macau em Revista, issue 6, 2015, pp. 11 ff. (bilingual Portuguese/Chinese publication).
  4. ‘A abertura de casinos no Japão: um desafio para Macau?’ [The opening of casinos in Japan: a challenge to Macau?], in Legisiuris de Macau em Revista, year 2, issue 4, 2014, pp. 29 ff. (bilingual Portuguese/Chinese publication).
  5. ‘Casino gaming in Macau: evolution, regulation and challenges’, in UNLV Gaming Law Journal, vol. 5(1), 2014, pp. 1 ff.
  6. ‘Electoral reform and political representation in Macau’, in Eilo W. Y. Yu and Ming K. Chan (eds.), China’s Macao Transformed: Challenge and Development in the 21st Century, City University of Hong Kong Press, 2014, 43 ff.
  7. Jorge Godinho and Paulo Cardinal, ‘Macau’s Court of Final Appeal’, in Simon Young e Yash Ghai (eds.), Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal: the Development of the Law in China’s Hong Kong, Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 608 ff.
  8. ‘As proibições de entrada nos casinos’ [the prohibitions of entry into casinos], in Legisiuris de Macau em Revista, year 1, issue 2, November 2013, pp. 11 ff.
  9. ‘A nova lei do tabaco’ [the new anti-smoking law], in Legisiuris de Macau em Revista, issue 1, April 2013, pp. 148 ff.
  10. ‘A prevenção do branqueamento de capitais nos casinos em Macau’, in Legisiuris de Macau em Revista, issue 1, April 2013, pp. 15 ff.
  11. ‘A History of Games of Chance in Macau: Part 2 — The Foundation of the Macau Gaming Industry’, in Gaming Law Review and Economics, vol. 17(2), March 2013, pp. 107 ff.
  12. ‘The prevention of money laundering in Macau casinos’ in Gaming Law Review and Economics, vol. 17(4), May 2013, pp. 262 ff.
  13.  ‘Para uma reforma do tipo de crime de branqueamento de capitais’, in Manuel da Costa Andrade, José de Faria Costa, Anabela Miranda Rodrigues, Helena Moniz, Sónia Fidalgo (Orgs.), Direito Penal. Fundamentos dogmáticos e político-criminais. Homenagem ao Prof. Peter Hunerfeld, Coimbra Editora, Coimbra, 2013, 995-1011.
  14. ‘A History of Games of Chance in Macau: Part 1 – Introduction’, in Gaming Law Review and Economics, vol. 16(10), October 2012, pp. 552 ff.
  15. ‘One sovereignty, two social systems, three legal traditions. The high degree of autonomy of the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions of the People’s Republic of China’ / ‘Une souveraineté, deux systèmes sociaux, trois traditions juridiques: Le degré élevé d’autonomie de Macao et de Hong-Kong, Régions Administratives Spéciales de la République Populaire de Chine’, in Jean-Yves Faberon, Viviane Fayaud and Jean-Marc Regnault (orgs.), Destins des collectivités politiques d’Océanie. Peuples, populations, nations, États, territoires, pays, patries, communautés, frontiéres, vol. I, Théories et pratiques, Aix-Marseille, Presses Universitaires d’Aix-Marseille, 2011, pp. 309 ff.
  16.  ‘Should credit agreements between casinos and patrons be subject to prior Government approval? A note on Wynn Resorts (Macau) S.A. v. Mong Henry’, Gaming Law Review and Economics, September 2010, vol. 14(7), 541 ff.
  17. ‘Crédito para jogo em casino’, in Boletim da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Macau, ano XII, no. 25, 2008, pp. 91 ff.
  18. ‘Underage gambling in Macau: is it necessary to modify the law?’ [Menores em casinos: é necessário alterar a lei?], in Revista de Direito Público, ano II, no. 4, Jul-Dez 2010, pp. 127 ff, and in Boletim da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Macau, no. 29, 2010, pp. 61 ff.
  19. ‘Sobre a punibilidade do autor de um crime pelo branqueamento das vantagens dele resultantes’ [‘On the punishability of the perpetrator of a crime for the laundering of the respective proceeds’], in Manuel da Costa Andrade, Maria João Antunes e Susana Aires de Sousa (orgs.), Estudos em Homenagem ao Prof. Doutor Jorge de Figueiredo Dias, vol. III, Coimbra Editora, Coimbra, 2010, pp. 363-399. Also published in Revista da Ordem dos Advogados, 2011(I).
  20. ‘When worlds collide: enforcing UN SC asset freezes in the EU legal order’, European Law Journal, volume 16, issue 1, January 2010, pp. 67 ff.
  21. ‘Financial strategies of crime control in the Macau SAR’, in Jorge Godinho (ed.), Studies in Macau civil, commercial, constitutional and criminal law, LexisNexis, Hong Kong, 2010, pp. 259 ff.
  22. ‘Estratégias patrimoniais de combate à criminalidade: o estado actual na Região Administrativa Especial de Macau’ [Financial strategies of crime control: the current status in the Macau SAR], in Leonel Alves e Paulo Cardinal (coords.), Primeiras Jornadas de Direito e Cidadania da Assembleia Legislativa de Macau, Coimbra Editora, Coimbra, 2009, pp. 139-177.
  23. ‘Branqueamento de capitais e crime principal: concurso efectivo ou aparente?’ [Money laundering and predicate crimes: should there be accumulation of offences?], in Formação Jurídica e Judiciária – Colectânea, Tomo VI, Centro de Formação Jurídica e Judiciária, Macau, 2009 (pub. 2011), pp. 341-362.
  24. ‘Civil confiscation of proceeds of crime: a view from Macau’, in Simon Young (ed.), Civil forfeiture of criminal property: Legal measures for targeting the proceeds of crime, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2009, pp. 321-334.
  25. ‘Do crime de riqueza injustificada’ [The crime of illicit enrichment], in Boletim da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Macau, no. 24, ano XI, 2007, pp. 17-49; also available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1097243).
  26. ‘The regulation of gaming and betting contracts in the 1999 Macau Civil Code’, in Gaming Law Review and Economics, vol. 11, no. 3, 2007, 572 ff.
  27. ‘Credit for gaming in Macau’, in Gaming Law Review and Economics, vol. 10, no. 4, 2006, 363 ff.
  28. ‘Brandos costumes? O confisco penal com base na inversão do ónus da prova (Lei n.° 5/2002, de 11 de Janeiro, artigos 1.° e 7.° a 12.°)’ [Benign customs? Criminal confiscation on the basis of a reversal of the burden of proof], in Liber Discipulorum para Jorge de Figueiredo Dias, Coimbra Editora, Coimbra, 2003, pp. 1315 ff.
  29. ‘The surrender agreements between the US and the ICTY and ICTR: A critical view’, in Journal of International Criminal Justice, vol. 1, no. 2, 2003, pp. 502 ff.
  30. ‘Sanctions against States versus the enforcement of criminal law against individuals: a note on UN Security Council Resolutions freezing the assets of alleged terrorists’, in Boletim da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Macau, year VII, issue 15, 2003, pp. 145 ff.
  31. ‘Recursos admitidos na jurisdição cível de Macau e seu campo de aplicação’, in Revista Jurídica de Macau, 1/1998, pp. 97 ff.
  32. ‘Algumas considerações sobre a tutela penal da privacidade’, in Boletim da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Macau, 4/1997, pp. 139 ff.
  33. ‘A Lei Básica e o Direito Penal’, in Administração. Revista da Administração Pública de Macau, no. 19/20, April 1993, pp. 153-169.

Shorter Pieces

  1. ‘The future of concessions of games of chance in Macau’, in Asian Gaming Lawyer, September 2017, p. 12 ff.‘Gaming promoters in Macau. What changes lie ahead?’, in Asian Gaming Lawyer, May 2016, p. 8 f.
  2. ‘A radical smoke ban for Macau casinos?’, in Asian Gaming Lawyer, September 2015, p. 10 f.
  3. ‘Gaming in Macau: what reforms are needed?’, in Asian Gaming Lawyer, May 2015, p. 6 f.
  4. ‘G2E Asia 2015: a bipolar conference’, in Asia Gambling Brief, May 2015 (available at http://agbrief.com/author/jorge-godinho).
  5. ‘iGaming Congress 2015 round up’, in Asia Gambling Brief, March 2015 (available at http://agbrief.com/author/jorge-godinho).
  6. ‘An Overview of the History of Games of Chance’, in Nuno Mendonça and Christopher Cottrell (eds.), 10 Years of Gaming Success, Plural Media, Macau, 2013, pp. 37 ff.
  7. ‘The Ao Man Long corruption and money laundering case in Macau’, in Freedom from Fear [magazine published by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute – UNICRI, Turin, Italy], 2009 (available at www.freedomfromfearmagazine.org).
  8. ‘Comments’, in Jorge Oliveira and Paulo Cardinal (eds.), One Country, Two Systems, Three Legal Orders. Perspectives of Evolution, Springer-Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2009, pp. 207 ff.
  9. ‘Moving Fast to Regulate the Macau Dragon’, in Casino and Gaming International, 2006, issue 3 (July/August).
  10. ‘Comments’ [to a panel of the International Conference in Legal Education and Foreign Trade Law in the context of China Relation with Portuguese Speaking Countries, held in Macau, October 2006], in Cadernos de Ciência Jurídica (法學論叢), issue 4, 2007, pp. 241 ff.
  11. ‘Sistematização da principal legislação vigente em Macau nos domínios financeiro, bancário e segurador’, in Revista Jurídica de Macau, 1/1996, pp. 225 ff.
  12. ‘Legítima Defesa’, in O Direito, (pub. in Macau), no. 7, year III, January 1993, pp. 4 ff.

Selected Translations

  1. Macau Commercial Code 1999 (1268 articles + introductory law): Portuguese to English (full translation), Imprensa Oficial de Macau, Macau, November 2003 (first reprint February 2004; second reprint June 2007) (available at www.amazon.com, January 2012, updated with the amendments of 2009).
  2. Macau Civil Code 1999: Portuguese to English. Ongoing translation, available at www.ssrn.com, last updated 27 April 2015.
  3. The Macau Penal Code and Other Penal Laws in English Unofficial Translation: Portuguese to English. Ongoing translation. Available at SSRN (http://ssrn.com/abstract=2235536), last updated 26 April 2015.