Maria del Pilar Hernando Serra

Maria del Pilar Hernando Serra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Financial Law at the Faculty of Law, Universitat de València. Her academic work is centered on the History of Law and Institutions, with a particular focus on Spanish legal history during the 19th century and the liberal era.

Her research interests include constitutional history, parliamentarism, municipal governance, public history, and the role of law professors in Spanish academia. She is a member of the research group PEPL (Spanish Parliamentarism in the First Liberalism), contributing extensively to the historiography of legal institutions and practices.

Her recent publications show a strong trend in analyzing historical legal figures, electoral rights, penitentiary systems, and the intersection of disability and law. She has also explored public history as a methodological and outreach tool in legal scholarship.

• Transiciones, cambios y retos en la Historia del Derecho (2024)
• Derecho Ex Cathedra. Diccionario de Catedráticos Españoles (2024)
• El Código penal de 1822 y su sistema penitenciario (2024)
• Regionalisme valencià i universitat (2024)
• La Historia Pública como herramienta de investigación (2024)

She has not received any scientific awards mentioned in the text. There is no information about grants or student supervision provided, though her senior academic role suggests advisory responsibilities. She is actively involved in research projects related to legal memory, historical institutions, and university history.

She is part of the research group PEPL, which focuses on Spanish parliamentarism during the early liberal period, contributing to collective volumes and academic conferences.