Constitutional Law

Code:

MD102

Acronym:

DCT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Public Law

Instance: 2012/2013 - 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	22	Plano Oficial de MD	1	-	10	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Paulo Ferreira da Cunha (PFC): Advanced studies in Constitutional Law. Students should not only master the canonic basis of the subject, but also deeply mature it, and made research in the program issues, classified as deserving a master level.

Cristina Queiroz (CQ): 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.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is aimed particularly at students who wish to apply to the judiciary, the Bar, legal aid, diplomacy and research, both internally and internationally.

Working method

Presencial

Program

PFC: Constitutional Values, Republican Principle 0. Constitucional Law basics - a revision 1. Values in the axiolocical-politica and constitutional context 2. Constitutional Values in different constitutions 3. Republican principle and similar principles 4. Republican principle and law in action.

CQ

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

Mandatory literature

Paulo Ferreira da Cunha; Direito Constitucional Geral, Quid Juris, 2006
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha; Direito Constitucional Anotado, Quid Juris, 2008
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha; O Essencial Sobre a I República e a Constituição de 1911, IN-CM, 2011
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha; Para uma Ética Republicana, Coisas de Ler, 2010
Queiroz Cristina 1957-; Direito constitucional internacional. ISBN: 978-972-32-2004-9
Queiroz Cristina 1957-; Federalismo e democracia
Queiroz Cristina 1957-; Direito internacional e relações internacionais. ISBN: 978-972-32-1709-4

Complementary Bibliography

Paulo Ferreira da Cunha; Filosofia Jurídica Prática, Quid Juris, 2009

Teaching methods and learning activities

PFC : Those usual in Master courses.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	28,00	40,00
paper	Trabalho escrito	0,00	60,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study	Estudo autónomo	75
	Total:	75,00

Eligibility for exams

PFC: To be combined with students.

Calculation formula of final grade

PFC holistic evalution of all the elements of participation

Examinations or Special Assignments

according to regulations

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

according to regulations

Classification improvement

according to regulations

Observations

Please see portuguese version