Apresentações efectuadas num seminário realizado na Roger Williams University, Ralph R. Papitto School of law, Bristol, Rhode Island, bem como na Southern New England school of law, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, em Outubro de 1998.

Aspects of the Evidence Gathering Process: The Law of Search and Seizure and the Right to Remain Silent. American Constitutional Limitations on the Power of the Police to Search forEvidence and Obtain Statements from a Defendant (Ernest C. Torres). Statements by the Accused in the Preliminary Stages of Criminal Procedure; His or Her Right to Remain Silent and the Principles and Limits of the Means of Obtaining Evidence in Criminal Procedure (Helena Bolieiro). From Suspect to Defendant: The Initiation of Criminal Charges and the Law of Arrest. The Institution of the Criminal Charge. Principles of the Law of Arrest (Armand Fernandes).Indictment and Preventive Custody in Portugal (Manuel Simas Santos).The Structure of the Criminal Trial: The Role of Judges, Prosecutors and Attorneys. Protecting the Accused: A Defense Lawyer´s Perspective (Kevin J. Reddington).A Few Notes on the Structure of Criminal Trials in Portugal: The Role of Prosecutor, Judge and Defense Attorney (Tereza Beleza).Rehabilitating and Controlling Criminal Offenders Through Probation Supervision. Rehabilitating and Controlling Criminal Offenders Through Probation Supervision (Elizabeth Tavares). Reflections on the Criminal Process in Portugal and the United States.Closing Remarks (Phillip Rapoza).Southern New England school of law International Cooperation and the Application of the Immigration Law. Introduction to the Theme of International Cooperation and the Application of the Immigration Law (Mário Serrano). An Overview of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility. Act of 1996 (Leonard I. Shapiro). Cooperation in the Execution of Penal Judgments. The Sentencing of Foreigners (António Henriques Gaspar). International Cooperation and the Application of Immigration Law (Manuel Mota Botelho). The Importance of American Citizenship to the Portuguese Community in the United States. Closing Remarks (Phillip Rapoza).