%0 Journal Article %T Liberdade contratual e discrimina£¿£¿o em fun£¿£¿o do sexo: a Lei no 14/2008 %A Loureiro %A Carlos Gabriel da Silva %J T¨¦khne - Revista de Estudos Polit¨¦cnicos %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X this paper describes the private law rules included in law n.o 14/2008, analysing their impact on the freedom of contract, as well as their compliance with directive 2004/113/ce (the latter being transposed into the portuguese law by the first). the legal solutions provided to prevent discrimination based on sex, before and after a transaction takes place, are separately assessed. the foundations of the law and the need of such private autonomy restrictions through infra-constitutional statutory law are also briefly analysed. %K freedom of contract %K private discrimination %K sex discrimination %K private autonomy %K fundamental rights. %U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1645-99112010000100012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en