José Ricardo Ferreira Cunha is an associate professor at the Faculty of Law at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. He holds a Bachelor of Law from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1993), a Master’ Law from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (1996), and a doctorate in law from the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2003). His research has an emphasis on the philosophy of law and he works mainly on the subjects of human rights, judiciary, ethics, and law theory. He is Editor of the Law and Praxis Journal.
