Constitutional Law I

Code:

D102 I

Acronym:

DC I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2010/2011 - 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
LDB	190	Oficial Study Plan LD	1	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Theoretical and practical preparation in the area of Juridical and Political Sciences in order to perform a specialising training in the field of Constitutional Law.

To encourage individual creativity (or, exceptionally, of small groups) in order to deepen scientific knowledge and, where possible, to achieve autonomous research results.

Program

CHAPTER I

LAW OF THE STATE AND THE THEORY OF THE CONSTITUTION

§ 1. Law of the State as political law
§ 2. The construction of the constitutional order
§ 3. The autonomy of the constitutional law
§ 4. Constitutional law and the theory of the constitution


CHAPTER II

THE CONCEPT OF THE STATE

§ 1. Origin
§ 2. Constitutive elements
§ 3. Forms of the State
§ 4. The internal organization of the political power
§ 5. Its relations with the European Union and International Law


CHAPTER III

THE CONCEPT OF THE CONSTITUTION

§ 1. Origin
§ 2. Functions and substance
§ 3. Forms of the constitution
§ 4. The structure of the constitutional norms
§ 5. The theory of the “constituent power”
§ 6. The reform of the constitution


CHAPTER IV

THE SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT


§ 1. Forms of government, systems of government and political re-gimes
§ 2. The presidential system
§ 3. The parliamentary system
§ 4. The mixed systems
§ 5. The semi-presidential system


CHAPTER V

THE PORTUGUESE CONSTITUTIONS

§ 1. The Constitutions of the monarchy
§ 2. The republican Constitution of 1911
§ 3. The autocratic Constitution of 1933
§ 4. The Constitution of 1976


BIBLIOGRAPHY:

QUEIROZ, Cristina, Direito Constitucional. As instituições do Estado democrático e constitucional, Coimbra, 2008.


SELLECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Long bibliographical lists may be consulted in the file "Documents".

Teaching methods and learning activities

According to the rules enforced at the Faculty.

Evaluation Type

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	70,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

According to the rules enforced at the Faculty.

Calculation formula of final grade

According to the rules enforced at the Faculty.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not considered.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the rules enforced at the Faculty.

Classification improvement

According to the rules enforced at the Faculty.

Observations

BIBLIOGRAPHY

QUEIROZ, Cristina, Direito Constitucional. As instituições do estado democrático e constitucional, Coimbra, 2008.


Selected
Anex