Scholarly production
Research on gastronomic law, food, culture and technology.
Transnational Instituteof Law at the TableScience · Culture · Justice · Table
Law is also shaped around the table.
Research, education and transnational dialogue connecting law, gastronomy, culture, food and human experience.
TransnationalKnowledge without bordersInterdisciplinaryLaw, the table and humanity
UNAM · FES Aragón · Mexico
International call for papers1st International Congress: Artificial Intelligence and Contemporary Law
The ethical use of Artificial Intelligence in Law
Academics, researchers, students and legal professionals are invited to discuss the impact of AI on legal education, criminal law and the administration of justice.
0118–20 November 2026
02Papers due by 30 September 2026
03Faculty of Higher Studies Aragón · UNAM
Sérgio Luiz de Almeida Ribeiro serves on the international Organizing Committee.
01 / The Institute
Knowledge that crosses borders and brings people together.
The Transnational Institute of Law at the Table was founded to research, systematize and share knowledge at the intersection of law, gastronomy, food and culture. It is a space for education and exchange among legal scholars, researchers, healthcare professionals, cooks, producers and everyone who understands the table as a place of identity, dignity and social transformation.
Courses and encounters
Accessible, rigorous legal knowledge grounded in reality.
Transnational outlook
Bridges between Brazilian experiences and international perspectives.
02 / The founder
From the track to Law at the Table
Sérgio Luiz de Almeida Ribeiro — Sérgio Lualri
Before making law his intellectual and professional field, Sérgio Lualri built a record of excellence in elite athletics.
A specialist in the 400-metre hurdles and 4 × 400-metre relay, he was a ten-time São Paulo State junior champion, six-time Brazilian junior champion and two-time South American champion. In 1992, he represented Brazil at the World Junior Athletics Championships in Seoul, finishing 12th in the 4 × 400-metre relay and 16th in the 400-metre hurdles.
He holds a law degree, postgraduate qualifications in Civil Law, with an emphasis on Contracts, and Civil Procedure, as well as a master’s degree in Civil Procedure. He was a substitute professor at the National Faculty of Law of UFRJ and is the author of several legal books.
By bringing together law, gastronomy, culture and human experience, he became one of the pioneers in building and systematizing Gastronomic Law in Brazil and founded the Transnational Institute of Law at the Table.
“From clearing hurdles on the track to crossing borders through knowledge.”
03 / Articles
Research and reflection at the table.
An editorial library devoted to Gastronomic Law, culture, food and heritage.
Crônicas à Mesa · Ver coleção completa015 pages · PDF in Portuguese
Article 01 · August 2026
The Feast of Our Lady Achiropita: tradition, law, culture and the history of the Italian community
From a religious celebration to recognition as a Manifestation of National Culture — and the paths toward safeguarding it as intangible cultural heritage.
Sérgio Luiz de Almeida Ribeiro — Sérgio Lualri024 pages · PDF in Portuguese
Article 02 · September 2026
Water at the Table: between the sacred, gastronomy and the human right to food
A reflection on water as a gift, a human right and a foundation of food, gastronomy and dignity.
Sérgio Lualri036 pages · PDF in Spanish
Article 03 · September 2026
Crónicas de un gordo profesional: ¡Un pozol y seguimos, pue!
Through family memories and the flavors of Chiapas and Yucatán, the author presents pozol as food heritage and a starting point for reflecting on the right to adequate food in Mexico.
043 pages · PDF in Portuguese
Article 04 · October 2026
Coffee at the Table: International Coffee Day
From coffee’s legendary origins to the Brazilian table, a reflection on culture, memory, sustainability, dignified work and the foundations of Gastronomic Law.
Sérgio Luiz de Almeida Ribeiro — Sérgio Lualri058 pages · PDF in Spanish
Article 05 · October 2026
Crónicas de un gordo profesional: Bukowski estaba equivocado
Beginning with an early morning in Medellín, the author brings Mexico and Colombia together to reflect on coffee, commensality, cultural identity and a possible binational intangible cultural heritage nomination.
063 pages · PDF in Spanish
Article 06 · October 2026
¿Fronteras o Chimarrão? La mesa que nos une
A chronicle about how the table, chimarrão, tereré, cassava and sharing bring Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay together beyond political borders.
07Autobiographical chronicle · PortugueseChronicle 07 · October 2026
The table where I learned to jump
A memoir about athletics, discipline and the family table as a place of joy, affection, belonging and transmission.
08Cultural chronicle · PortugueseChronicle 08 · October 2026
Tower of éclairs: what seems French crackles in southern Brazil
From French sugar architecture to the sweets of Pelotas, a reflection on rituals, memory, cultural heritage and the hands that keep traditional knowledge alive.
09Autobiographical chronicle · PortugueseChronicle 09 · October 2026
The rooster of Mooca and memory at the table
From the unexpected crowing of a rooster in Mooca to Burgundy’s coq au vin: a chronicle about territory, work, memory, affection and Gastronomic Law.
10Social chronicle · PortugueseChronicle 10 · October 2026
Miguel’s place at the table: inclusion beyond words
A reflection on inclusion, enteral nutrition, belonging and every person’s right to have their place recognized at the table.
04 / Law at the Table Bookshop
Ideas that deserve a place at the table.
Books by Sérgio Luiz de Almeida Ribeiro — Sérgio Lualri. Print editions, future special editions and signed copies.
Lualri Editora
Direito à Mesa
Foundations of Gastronomic Law
A foundational work connecting law, food, cultural heritage and gastronomy to systematize a new legal field.
Buy the e-book on Amazon↗
Lualri Editora
Servidão Digital
When human reason becomes the new oil
A critical inquiry into algorithms, autonomy, human rationality and new forms of dependence in digital society.
Lualri Editora
Direito à Mesa — Sobremesas do Lualri
Memory, affection and culture around the table
Recipes and memories revealing the table as a space of creation, cultural transmission and identity.
The shop is being prepared for card and Pix payments, personalised inscriptions and delivery throughout Brazil.
05 / Law at the Table on YouTube
In preparationConversations that nourish new ideas.
Interviews, analysis and encounters with researchers, legal scholars, healthcare professionals and leading voices in gastronomy.
Visit the channel ↗Dialogues at the Table
Restaurant conversations about law, culture, memory and gastronomy.
Flavours of the World
Experiences and debates that cross countries and traditions.