D140 - ECTS Constitutional Law — a subject of the 1st year of the degree in Law — studies political societies in general, and mainly the State, expressed in its constitutional rules. Thus, it is given importance to the State in history, and to the connections made visible with the Modern Public Law.
There is also place to analyse and typify four major constitutional families or models — Great-Britain, United States of America, France and the ex–Union of the Soviet Socialists Republics — , as well as some considerations concerning the constitutional systems of Brazil and of the portuguese speaking african countries.
Constitutional Law takes also as its subject the evolution of portuguese constitutionalism, from 1822 — the date of the first liberal constitution — till nowadays.
This discipline has also to deal with and to explain concepts such as material and formal constitution, constituent power, constitutional changes and seeks its way through the analyse of the structure of constitutional rules and its interpretation.
In what concerns the portuguese Constitution that applies today, Constitutional Law studies the activity of the State – functions, organs and acts, with special attention to the legislative activity, government system and fundamental rights system.
There’s also an important study of the means of guaranty of the Constitution, both in general as well as in the model displayed in the present Constitution of 1976.

D130 - ECTS

1. Making the students conscious of the need for Law History’s knowledge in order to achieve a firm juridical formation.

2. Providing them an adequate learning of the essential content of Roman Law History, of Iberian Law History and Portuguese Law History, unavoidable cultural foundation, due to the Global and European context of juridical institutions.

D120 - ECTS

D110 - ECTS

The program aims to introduce the student to the study of the Politics in an interdisciplinar and mutildimensional perspective and intends to answer contemporary questions, without forgetting a strong formative component. It aims to provide these skills to future jurists, in the framing of the study subjects in the plan of studies and in the programs of the subjects that are similar, like Constitucional Law. The program studies political societies in general, and mainly the State, expressed in its constitutional rules. Thus, it is given importance to the State in history, and to the connections made visible with the Modern Public Law.
The influence of political institutions on the structure of society in the Western world has become increasingly evident.

Students should also be able to discuss current topics of political debate.

D103 I - ECTS

Economics I (Economia Política I) provides the fundamentals in micro and macroeconomics, to those without background in the subject. This course aims to provide students with methods of microeconomic analysis that can enable them to think about when markets work well, when they are likely to fail and what policies might improve outcomes, (efficiency goals). Macroeconomics is the focus of short-term, which covers questions such as production, unemployment, inflation, natural resources, monetary policy and global economic issues. The analytical methods taught are applied to questions of contemporary importance and the treatment will be non-mathematical, but students are expected to be able to interpret some analytical frameworks of the basic theoretical ideas in economic science.

D109 - ECTS

The main objective in this course is to teach the students the fundamental issues of public international law. It is also intended to make the students aware of some of the challenges that the present international reality poses to 'classic' international law.

D108 II - ECTS

This discipline is based on economics and allows the students to understand: - The intervention of the government in the economy and the associated juridical consequences; - The interaction between public economics and politics and its influence on colective choice. - The links that embody individual choice and colective choice and the shape of institutions. - International economic relations within a globalized world; - The economic approaches to international trade, enhancing the gains from the opening of economies; - The payments among nations and the foreign exchange market; - The international movement of labour and capital and the mechanisms of economic integration and the appearing of trade blocs.

D220 - ECTS

Administrative Law  – a subject of the 2nd year of the degree in Law – studies the Administrative Law in general. The program develops the following major points: an approach to the notion of public administration, administrative law, administration systems, genesis and development of Administrative Law and administrative organization. 
The discipline has also to deal with the scope of administrative jurisdiction, the organization of administrative courts and how they operate and the respective legal procedure. Since this is a reform we are referring to, it is worthwhile and necessary to start with a dogmatic construction that sheds light on and increases understanding of the topics to be discussed. Special attention will be given to studying special administrative action and the string of new questions regarding the object of the administrative procedure, legitimacy and carrying out of sentences. Because administrative justice is guided by the principle of full and effective jurisdictional protection, it is extremely relevant to understand the role played by administrative judge, as well as the proof, namely in the provisional measures

D240 - ECTS

General understanding of Criminal Law and doctrine of crime

D230 - ECTS

This course unit, offered during the 2nd year of the degree, aims at introducing the main legal framework governing Private Law. It prepares the students to the forthcoming subjects within the Private Law field, such as: Law of Contracts, Obligations, Property Law, Family Law and Succession Law, etc. It is focused mainly on the analysis of the First Part of the Portuguese Civil Code (1966), and special effort is done so that students become aware of the Fundamental Principles governing Private Law (eg. Private Autonomy, Civil Liability, Reliance Principle, etc.) and grasp the central role played by "the person" in the (Private) Law.

D250 - ECTS

This course introduces the study of the EU law. It focuses, first, on the objectives, the dynamics of the integration process, the basic principles, the competencies, the institutions, the decision-making procedures and the european legar order, its respective legal acts and the relation with the Member-States legal order and the international legal order. Secondly, in order to help students in developing a critical awareness of the political significance of the EU, a brief description of the various political theories, that since the beginning of the process try to capture this reality, will be presented.

D205 - ECTS The aim of this course is giving the students a global understanding of the public financing phenomenon, in the perspective of the State and other public entities. This understanding departs from the explanation of the need for public financing and the main financial policies the state has to pursue. We then move to the many questions raised by the national budget, including an analysis of public expenditure and income (namely, a first approach to the main principles of the tax system). The last part of the course studies the public entrepreneurial sector, the regional and local finances and the social security system.

D211 - ECTS

To master basic legal principles and concepts in the field of tax law, understanding from an integrated and coherent view the general structure of the portuguese tax system.

D206 - ECTS 1. To understand the general theory of fundamental rights and to understand that they are a "designation" for meaning the dignity of the human being. 2. To understand the reality of fundamental rights and of its ways of enforcment nowadays

D320 - ECTS

This course unit aims to provide students with a thorough knowledge on the central topics relating to the law of obligations, mainly the concept, function and structure of an obligation, the legal framework of its sources, types of obligations, performance, non-performance and transfer of credits and obligations.
It intends to develop the potential of students in terms of their ability to reason and solve legal cases arising in the sphere of economic activities, tort and unjustified enrichment.

D330 - ECTS

D301 I - ECTS

Knowledge of Portuguese employment and labour law framework and its main features. Practical application of acquired knowledge. Development of critical and argumentative skills through statutory and case law.

D306 - ECTS The course covers a range of subjects (the economic constitution, state intervention in the economy, freedom of competition and circulation) traditionally taught in law and economics faculties under the nalme of Economic Law. Its functional separation from other similar courses answers the didactical need of studying some very relevant matters that, for one reason or another, end up not being included in those courses' syllabuses - or, when they are, end up being superficially studied.

D310 I - ECTS

 

 To provide students with the essential frameworks of the discipline,  there included the theoretical and the various institutes, as well as detailed analysis of positive law Portuguese. The combination of theoretical and practical lessons intended to bring about a complete and harmonious education of students with a view to their future inclusion in the various professional careers.

D311 - ECTS Study of a discipline of special administrative Law

D303 III - ECTS

 

 

To provide students with the essential frameworks of the discipline,  there included the theoretical and the various institutes, as well as detailed analysis of positive law Portuguese. The combination of theoretical and practical lessons intended to bring about a complete and harmonious education of students with a view to their future inclusion in the various careers.

 

D309 - ECTS

Communication of basic knowledge concerning the conceptual and legal institutions of property and other real rights; development of analytical skills and practical application of knowledge; stimulate students critical attitude concerning legal outcomes and judicial decisions

D430 - ECTS

1st semester: to supply a first contact with the basic notions of commercial portuguese law, namely in the ambit of the industrial property, bill of exchanges and insolvency law.

2nd semester:  to supply a first contact with the main subjects of the portuguese company law.

 

D420 - ECTS

It is intended that students acquire solid and deep knowledge concerning the core subjects of family law and inheritance law. The programme encompasses three nuclear fields: marital law, affiliation law and succession law.  In the first field, special attention will be given to the constitution of the marital relation, its personal and property effects and the dissolution of marriage. In the second field, it will be analysed the legal framework applicable to the establishment of parenthood and moTherhood and to its effects, considering in particular the case of the under 18 offspring. In the third field, attention will be paid to the legal treatment of the post-mortem destiny of the legal relations entitled by the "de cuius".
It is also intended that, whilst acquiring the knowledge that will enable them to soundly resolve the various real-life cases, students will also develop their abilities of reasoning, as young jurists. It will also be provided information about important judicial decisions.

D402 I - ECTS

The Course on Private International Law (PIL) will present the problems arisen out of the existence of pluri-localized relationships and of the necessity to provide for its regulation, giving an overview of the used methods and the solutions found for such problems.

D405 III - ECTS

Civil Procedure III aims to provide both a theoretical and practical perspective of the law on the enforcement of civil judgements and other enforceable titles in the Portuguese courts.

D400 I - ECTS

The course aims to help provide students the necessary tools to a critical, autonomous and sustained reflection on the law and a personal research and deepening of the themes.

These objectives will be pursued through study, reflection and questioning around some issues, more or less "classic", of the field of philosophy of law and political philosophy, using the contribution of various currents of thought, authors and  works, as well as with openness to interdisciplinarity.

DO409 - ECTS

In this subject will be under intent comment and study the scope of the administrative and tax jurisdiction, the organization and functioning of the administrative and tax courts and how they operate and the respective legal procedure.

DO413 - ECTS

The Private Contracts course is an option taught in the second semester of the forth grade of the First Degree in Law at the FDUP. Its aim is to complement the knowledge already acquired in the subjects taken in the General Theory of Civil Law and the Law of Obligations, in the sphere of civil and commercial contracts. The course is divided into two main parts, namely, the contracts law in general, and the special contracts law. The contracts studied in this second part are those of sale, lease and sub-contracting.

DO430 - ECTS The objectives of this course are to provide students with a solid background, large, updated and critical of the matters that are the subject of discipline, in view of its capacity to respond adequately to the needs and challenges that predictably will face as future lawyers.

DO404 II - ECTS

Provide students with the essential framework of the material, including the theoretical and dogmatic foundations of the various institutes, and to provide a detailed analysis of Portuguese law. It is hoped that the combination of theoretical and practical classes will provide the students with a complete and harmonious training to help them in their future legal careers.

DO411 - ECTS
Theoretical and practical classes concerning constitutional justice.