Cursos / 3º Ciclo / Faculty of Law :: Law

PODER, ESTADO E CONSTITUIÇÃO - 2017/2018

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 10

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutor Luís Barbosa Rodrigues

Class type and School hours

Seminário : 1 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

Develop advanced studies in the matter of general Constitutional Law and Portuguese Constitutional Law.

Specific Aims/Objectives

Particular focus on themes of Power, State and Constitution.

Skills to be acquired

Enable doctoral students to conduct independent scientific work and solve problems that present high degree of difficulty in their expertise fields.

Teaching Procedures

Teaching is developed in theoretical aspects and applied research, promoting individual learning by tutorial monitoring.

Programme

1. POWER
1.1.Concept and nature
1.2.Public, political and administrative power
2. STATE
2.1. THEORY OF THE STATE
2.1.1.Concept
2.1.2.Assumptions
2.1.3.Purposes
2.1.4.Evolution
2.1.5.Models
2.1.6.Organs
2.1.7.Acts
2.1.8.Functions
2.1.8.1.Concept
2.1.8.2.Typology
2.2. THE PORTUGUESE STATE
2.2.1.Semi-sovereign
2.2.2.United
2.2.3.Rule of Law
2.2.4.Personalist
2.2.5.Democratic
2.2.6.Post-social
3. THE CONSTITUTION
3.1. THE THEORY OF THE CONSTITUTION
3.1.1.Concept
3.1.2.Written Constitution
3.1.2.1.Genesis
3.1.2.2.Typology
3.1.2.3.Interpretation, inference, integration and application
3.1.2.4.Changes
3.1.2.5.Warranty
3.1.3.Customary law
3.1.3.1.Concept, assumptions and typology
3.1.4.Hierarchy of the sources of constitutional
3.2. THE PORTUGUESE CONSTITUTION
3.2.1.Written Constitution
3.2.1.1.Material
3.2.1.2.Formal
3.2.1.3.Rigid
3.2.1.4.Agreeded
3.2.1.5.Compromised
3.2.1.6.Democratic-representative and democratic-immediate
3.2.1.7.Programmatic
3.2.2.Customary law
3.2.3.Hierarchy of constitutional sources

Evaluation Type

Relevant elements are the active participation in the educational sessions, as well as the preparation, presentation and defense of research works.

Teaching Resources

All existing in the University Library

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Power
State
Constitution

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography