Contracts and Tort Law I

Code:

D300 I

Acronym:

DO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2009/2010 - 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	182	Oficial Study Plan LD	3	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Provide the students with a thorough knowledge of the initial part do the Law of obligations (concept, structure and function of the obligation, as well as its sources). We also aim, besides teaching the subject matter, to contribute to the development of the students capacities of legal reasoning.

Program

1. Concept of obligation
2. Function of the obligation
3. Structure of the obligation
4. Sources of obligations
4.1. Contracts
4.2. Negotiorum gestio
4.3. Unjust enrichment
4.4. Obligations arising from unilateral declarations of the debtor
4.5. Delicts (Part I)

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical. Especial use is made of the analysis of judicial decisions

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Observations

Bibliography

Ribeiro de Faria, Direito das obrigações, vols. I e II, Almedina, Coimbra, 1990
Antunes Varela, Das Obrigações em geral, vol. I, 10.ª Almedina, Coimbra, 2000
Almeida Costa, Direito das obrigações, 10.ª ed., Almedina, Coimbra, 2006
Menezes Cordeiro, Direito das obrigações, vols. I e II, AAFDL, Lisboa, edição de 1980, reimpressão de 1990.
Menezes Leitão, Direito das obrigações, vol. I, 4.ª ed., Almedina, Coimbra, 2005