Constitutional Law

Code:

MD102

Acronym:

DCT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Public Law

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Law

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MD	18	Plano Oficial de MD	1	-	10	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The choice of the topic “International Constitutional Law” intends to offer the students of a Master’s of Law degree a contextual and global perspective of the new challenges facing constitutionalism in the threshold of the XXI century. It is aimed particularly at students who wish to apply to the judiciary, the Bar, legal aid, diplomacy and research, both internally and internationally. The selected bibliography, mostly in English, is available at the Library of the Faculty of Law, University of Porto.

Program

INTRODUCTION

1. Topic presentation
2. Scientific methods and practical purpose

CHAPTER I

CONSTITUTIONAL INTERNATIONAL LAW

1. Concept
2. Its place in the framework of the modern theories of constitutionalism

CHAPTER II

UNIVERSALISM, PARTICULARISM AND THE LEGITIMACY OF THE PUBLIC ORDER BEYOND THE STATE

1. Globalization
2. Legitimacy, in particular the democratic legitimacy
3. Effects of globalization on states and their sources of legitimacy

CHAPTER III

SRATEGIES TO RESPOND TO THE CHALLANGES OF GLOBALIZATION

1. The particularistic approach: the sovereign state as a guiding principle
2. The universal approach: cosmopolitan law v. state-centric law
3. The Constitutional Law “in” and “beyond” the state

CHAPTER IV

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW IN THE EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL CONTEXT

1. The European Union as an association of states and citizens
2. The advantages of constitutionalism at the European level
3. The multi-level constitutional jurisdiction
4. The “constitutional” role of International Law

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	26,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Please see portuguese version

Observations

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