Luisa Stella Coutinho

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Luisa Stella Coutinho is a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory in Frankfurt, where she has been based since 2018. Her research focuses on women's legal history, gender studies, and the intersection of law and gender in imperial histories. Her current project explores women's legal history in Japan, with a particular emphasis on Christian Japanese women. Coutinho holds a PhD in Law (Legal History) from the Universidade de Lisboa, as well as a Master's degree in the same field. She holds degrees in both Law and Psychology from Brazil and is also a qualified lawyer in both Brazil and Portugal.