Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Faculty of Law :: International Relations

DIREITO CONSTITUCIONAL - 2016/2017

2º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 6

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutor Luís Barbosa Rodrigues
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutor Fausto Ferreira

Class type and School hours

Orientação Tutorial : 1 Horas
Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

Introduction to Constitutional Law

Specific Aims/Objectives

General Introduction to Constitutional Law, the Constitutional Comparative Law, Constitutional Law at the Portuguese Historical and current Portuguese Constitutional Law

Skills to be acquired

Preliminary knowledge of the legal and constitutional terminology
Synthetic knowledge of foreign constitutional law
Synoptic knowledge portuguese constitutional history
Large knowledge about the Portuguese Constitutional Law

Teaching Procedures

Lecture sessions of both theoretical and practical nature, including the completeness of syllabus

Sessions aimed tutorials for monitoring the investigation and intervention of students, focusing on preselected part of the syllabus

Programme

Introduction
A - The Power
B - The Law

Part I - General Constitutional Law
1. State
2. Constitution
3. Government systems
4. Electoral Systems
5. Party Systems

Part II - Comparative Law Constitutional
1. United Kingdom
2. Germany
3. Spain
4. France
5. Italy
6. Switzerland
7. United States of America

Part III - Historical Portuguese Constitutional Law
1. Before Liberalism (1820 ...)
2. Liberalism (1820-1926)
3. Anti-Liberalism (1926-1982)
4. PostLiberalism (1982 ...)

Part IV - Portuguese Constitutional Law in force
1. State
2. Constitution
3. Domestic political-administrative organization
3.1. President of the Republic
3.2. Assembly of the Republic
3.3. government
3.3.1. Prime Minister
3.3.2. Council of Ministers
3.3.3. Ministers
4. Regional political-administrative organization
5. Systems of government
6. Electoral legal systems
7. Party Systems
8. Sub-constitutional legal and public acts
8.1. Governative acts
8.2. Legislative acts
9. Fundamental Rights and Duties
9.1. General system of rights
9.2. System of rights and freedoms
10. Constitutional law exception
11. Examination of constitutionality and legality
12. Constitutional Review and constitutional transition

Evaluation Type

Achievement, mandatory, two written tests and an oral intervention

Teaching Resources

All existing in University

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

State
Constitution
Political and administrative organization
System of government

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography