Urbanism and Environmental Law

Code:

D311

Acronym:

DUA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S (since 10-02-2020 to 15-05-2020)

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	193	Novo Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2016	3	-	6	-

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The objectives of this course are to provide students with a solid, broad, up-to-date and critical education in the subjects that are the subject of the UC, with a view to their training to adequately respond to the needs and challenges that they are likely to face as future lawyers.

Learning outcomes and competences

The objectives of this course are to provide students with a solid, broad, up-to-date and critical education in the subjects that are the subject of the UC, with a view to their training to adequately respond to the needs and challenges that they are likely to face as future lawyers..

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Solid knowledge of constitutional law and administrative law in general.

Program

Introduction
1. Genesis and historical evolution of urbanism and urban law.
2. Concept, object and nature of urban planning law.
3. Urban law and related legal disciplines.
4. Urban and environmental law as an administrative law in particular
5. The law of urbanism and environment as a right of order or right of administrative police

Part I. Constitutional foundation of urban and environmental law
Part II.  Public administration of city planning
1. Government,
2. Coordination and Regional Development Commissions (CCDR’s),
3. Inter-municipal entities and communities,
4. Municipalities and parishes

Part III. General bases of public soil policy, spatial planning and urbanism
Part III. Territorial management instruments

Chapter 1. Territorial programs and plans
1. Concept of program and territorial plan
2. Legal nature of programs and territorial plans
3. Programs
3.1. Concept and function
3.2. Typology
4. Plans
4.1. Concept and function
4.2. Typology
4.3. Conforming principles of urban plans
4.4. Procedure for approving urban plans
4.5. Alteration of urban plans.

Chapter II. Legal-urbanistic principles
Chapter III. Planning discretion: characterization and limits
1. Characterization and limits of planning discretion.
2. Equality and proportionality in urban planning law.
3. The guarantee of private property and its social link.

Part IV. Legal regime for urbanization and building (RJUE)

1. In general
2. Dimensioning, parceling, reparceling
3. Prior control of works and buildings
4. Subsequent monitoring and control: inspection
5. Illegalities and irregularities
6. Sanctions
Part V
Urban rehabilitation

Part VI. Expropriation for public utility

Part VII. Public international environmental law and
european union environmental law

Part VIII. General legal regime for the environment (LBA)
 
1. Genesis of environmental law
2. Sources of environmental law
5. Environmental law in the Portuguese Constitution
6. Environmental law as an administrative law in particular
7. Fundamental principles of environmental law
7.1. Principle of human dignity
7.2. Principle of the prevalence of public interest
7.3. Principle of unavailability of the environmental good
7.4. Principle of the State's obligation to protect the environment
7.5. Principle of environmental education
7.6. Principle of environmental precaution
7.7. Principle of prevention
7.8. User-pays principle
7.9. Polluter pays principle
7.10. Principle of sustainable development
7.11. Recovery principle
7.12. Principle of intra and intergenerational responsibility

Part IX. Environmental sectoral legal regimes
 
1. Environmental responsibility
3. Public water domain and water law
4. Conservation of nature and biodiversity
5. Waste management

Mandatory literature

Raquel Carvalho; Introdução ao Direito do Urbanismo, Universidade Católica, 2017. ISBN: 9789898835178
Gomes Carla Amado 1970-; Introdução ao direito do ambiente. ISBN: 5606939007155
Gomes Carla Amado 1970-; Textos dispersos de direito do ambiente
Correia Fernando Alves; Manual de direito do urbanismo. ISBN: 978-972-40-3571-0
Correia Fernando Alves; As^garantias do particular na expropriação por utilidade pública
Moreno Molina Ángel Manuel; Derecho comunitario del medio ambiente. ISBN: 84-9768-305-6
Fernando dos Reis Codesso; Direito do Ambiente - Ambiente e Território. Urbanismo e Reabilitação Urbana, Almedina, 2017. ISBN: 9789724068169
António Francisco de Sousa; A^estrutura jurídica das normas de planificação administrativa
António Francisco de Sousa; Recurso de vizinhança
António Francisco de Sousa; Conceitos indeterminados no direito administrativo

Complementary Bibliography

António Francisco de Sousa; Administração Pública e direito administrativo - novos paradigmas
António Francisco de Sousa; Direito administrativo europeu
António Francisco de Sousa; Direito administrativo em geral
António Francisco de Sousa; A discricionariedade administrativa

Comments from the literature

Detailed bibliography will be registered in the summaries.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical teaching. Expository, interactive methods and case studies.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	100,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Not applicable.

Calculation formula of final grade

 Final exam - 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Classification improvement