Bio Note

Giovanni Damele (Ph.D. Università di Torino, Turin, 2006) works as a researcher and assistant
professor at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. His main
fields of academic interest include philosophy of law, philosophy of politics, argumentation theory and
rhetoric. He is particularly interested in legal argumentation and, more in general, in the persuasive and
strategic dimension of practical argumentation. From this point of view, his interests cover all aspects
connected with legal argumentation, including philosophy and history of law, political philosophy,
history of political thought, law and literature, law and economics, judicial rhetoric.

Academic Expertise and Research interests

Political Philosophy (modern and contemporary political philosophy: political realism, liberalism,
contractualism); Philosophy of Law (legal positivism, legal realism); Rhetoric (legal rhetoric, political
rhetoric)

Publications (selected)

Books

• Damele, G. Herdy, R. Nogueira de Brito, M. Moniz Lopes, P. Silva Sampaio, J. (eds.) (2019). The
Role of Legal Argumentation and Human Dignity in Constitutional Courts. Frankfurt: Franz
Steiner (Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie – Beihefte). ISBN 978-3-515-12248-1

• Damele, G. Rodrigues, M.G.S. Pinto, R. (eds.) (2018). Argumentação à Luz da Racionalidade e da

Emoção. Coimbra: Grácio Editor. ISBN 978-989-54215-3-4.

• Damele G. (2008), Retorica e persuasione nelle teorie dell'argomentazione giuridica. Genova: ECIG.
ISBN 978-88-7544-143-2

Journal Articles

• Damele, G. (forthcoming). Il leader in Joseph Schumpeter: condottiero o venditore? “Quaderni di

Scienze Politiche”

• Damele, G (forthcoming). Hans Kelsen come realista politico: appunti per una classificazione.
“Analisi e Diritto”

• Damele, G. (2019). Argumentative Hypocrisy and Constituent Debates: the Italian Case. “Ethics,
Politics and Society”, 2: 203-219.

• Bonino, G. & Damele, G. (2018). Divergenze teoriche e vite parallele. Gustav Bergmann, Hans
Kelsen e la teoria pura del diritto. "Quaderni Fiorentini per la storia del pensiero giuridico
moderno", 47: 507-539
• Damele, G. (2017). Vincoli di mandato dei parlamentari e carattere democratico dei partiti. Spunti a
partire dall’articolo 160 della Costituzione portoghese. "Forum di Quaderni
Costituzionali" (Rassegna 5/2017)

• Damele, G. (2017). La parabola della rappresentanza: Dal paradigma liberale all’elettore post-
moderno. "Spazio Filosofico", 19: 93-102

• Damele, G. & Pallante, F. (2016). Argomentazione, negoziazione e persuasione nei processi

costituenti. "Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio": 89-102

• Damele, G. (2014). As origens não são (apenas) um mito. O argumento “psicológico”: entre a letra
da lei e a vontade do legislador. “O Direito”, 146.º, IV: pp. 943-958

• Damele, G. (2014). Notas sobre o papel da retórica nas teorias da argumentação jurídica. “Revista
Brasileira de Filosofia”, vol. 240: 222-238

• Damele, G. (2014). La ruche. Une "métaphore vive" du discours politique. “Philosophy Today”, Vol.
58, 4: 679-695

• Macagno, F. & Damele. G. (2013). The Dialogical Force of Implicit Premises: Presumptions in
Enthymemes. “Informal Logic” 33 (3): 365-393.

Book chapters

• Damele, G. Pallante, F. (2018). Arguing, bargaining and persuading in constituent processes. In

António Marques, João Sàágua (eds.), Essays on Values and Practical Rationality – Ethical and
Aesthetical Dimensions. Bern, Peter Lang: 231-250.

• Damele, G. (2016). Adventures of a metaphor: apian imagery and the history of political thought. In
E. Gola-F. Ervas (eds.),  Metaphor and Communication. Amsterdam-Philadelphia, John
Benjamins: 173-188.

• Damele, G. (2016). A interpretação originalista. Prós e contras. In D. Dimoulis (ed.), A  relevância

prática da teoria do direito. Belo Horizonte, Arraes: 163-173.

• Damele, G. (2016). The Bearable Ambiguity of the Constitutional Text. Arguing, Bargaining and
Persuading in The Italian Constituent Assembly. In D. Mohammed & M. Lewinski,
Argumentation and Reasoned Action (Vol. I). Milton Keynes, College Publications: 75-91

• Macagno, F., & Damele, G. (2015). The Hidden Acts of Definition in Law - Statutory Definitions
and Burden of Persuasion. In M. Araszkiewicz & K. Pleszka (Eds.), Logic in the Theory and
Practice of Lawmaking. Cham, Springer: 225–251.

• Damele, G. (2014). Analogia Legis and Analogia Iuris: An Overview from a Rhetorical Perspective.
In H. J. Ribeiro (ed.), Systematic Approaches to Argument by Analogy. Dodrecht, Springer:
243-256

• Damele, G. (2013). Legal Certainty in Europe. The Legal Pluralism and the Argumentative Practices
of the European Court of Justice. In G. De Angelis, P. Barcelos (eds.), The Charter of
 Fundamental Rights: Its Implementation and Political Meaning, Ten Years Later. Frankfurt,
Peter Lang: 157-172.

• Damele, G. Macagno, F. (2012). The dialogical force of implicit premises. Presumptions in legal
enthymemes. In Araszkiewicz, M., et al. (eds.), Argumentation 2012. Brno: Masarykova
UP: 41-53

• Damele, G. et al. (2011). On Legal Argumentation Techniques: Towards a Systematic Approach. In

M.A. Biasiotti-S. Faro (eds.), From Information to Knowledge. On Line Access to Legal
Information Methodologies, Trends and Perspectives. Amsterdam-Berlin-Tokio-Washington
D.C., IOS Press: 105-118

• Damele, G. (2011). Rhetoric and Persuasive Strategies in High Courts’ Decisions. Some remarks on
the recent decisions of the Portuguese Tribunal Constitutional and the Italian Corte
Costituzionale on same-sex marriage. In Araszkiewicz, M. et al. (eds.),