Family Law and Inheritance Law

Code:

D410

Acronym:

DFS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2004/2005 - A

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
D	139	Official Study Plan - LD	4	-	13	-

Objectives

General introduction to family law and inheritance law.

Program

I - FAMILY LAW

INTRODUCTION
1. Notion and aim of Family Law. Family legal relations.
2. The family as a normative problem. Parafamily legal relations. Marriage and de facto union.
3. The family as social group. Composition of the family. Functions of the family.
4. The family as a legal institution. The family, the Church and the State.
5. Historical evolution of Family Law.
6. Constitutional principles of Family Law..
7. Sources of Family Law.
8. Characteristics of Family Law (and family rights.

PART ONE - PORTUGUESE MATRIMONIAL LAW
1. Constitution of matrimonial relations: the act of marriage.
2. Effects of marriage.
3. Modification of matrimonial relations
4. Extinction (“dissolution”) of matrimonial relations

PART TWO - LAW OF AFFILIATION
1. Affiliation as a legal and social problem. The moment of conception. Artificial reproduction technologies.
2. Establishment of affiliation: maternity and paternity.
3. Effects of affiliation. Name. Reciprocal rights and duties. Paternal authority.

II – INHERITANCE LAW

1- Notion and justification for succession phenomenon.
2- Concept of succession. Succession in life and succession through death. Succession as translative derivative acquisition. Reference to sharing in life.
3- Kinds of succession mortis causa.
4- Death as presupposition for succession. Simultaneous death and presumed death.
5- Opening of succession. Concept, time and place.
6- Title to inheritance. Concept.
7- Acquisition by inheritance.
8- Division of inheritance.

Main Bibliography

Family Law

COELHO, F. M. Pereira e OLIVEIRA, Guilherme de - Curso de Direito da Família, 2nd edição, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 2001

VARELA, J. Antunes - Direito da Família, Vol. I, 5th Ed., Lisbon, Liv. Petrony, 1999

CAMPOS, Diogo Leite de - Lições de Direito da Família e das Sucessões, 2nd Ed. rev, Coimbra, Liv. Almedina, 2001

MENDES, J. Castro; SOUSA, Miguel Teixeira de - Direito da Família, Lisbon, A.A.F.D.L, 1991

OLIVEIRA, Guilherme de - Estabelecimento da Filiação, Coimbra, Liv. Almedina, 1979

MORAIS, R.; MENDES, O.; NEVES, C. - Filiação, Cyclostyled edition, Coimbra, 1978

LIMA, Pires de e VARELA, Antunes - Código Civil Anotado, Vol. IV and V, 2nd Ed., Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 1992

Inheritance Law

COELHO, F. M. Pereira - Direito das Sucessões, cyclostyled edition, Coimbra, 1992

SOUSA, R. Capelo de - Lições de Direito das Sucessões, Vol. I, 4th edition, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 2000

SOUSA, R. Capelo de - Lições de Direito das Sucessões, Vol. II, 3rd edition, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora

CAMPOS, Diogo Leite de - Lições de Direito da Família e das Sucessões, 2nd edition rev, Coimbra, Liv. Almedina, 2001

CORTE-REAL, Carlos Pamplona – Lições de Direito da Família e das Sucessões, Vol. II Sucessões, Lex – Edições Jurídicas, Lisbon, 1993

TELLES, Inocencio Galvão – Direito das Sucessões – Noções fundamentais, 6th edition, revised and updated, Coimbra Editora

ASCENSÃO, José de Oliveira – Direito Civil – Sucessões, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 2000

LIMA, Pires de e Varela, J. Antunes – Código civil Anotado, Vol. VI, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 1992

Complementary Bibliography

(other bibliographical references will be provided in the class summaries)

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes: Exposition of the contents of the discipline, use of case-studies.
Practical classes: The students have to solve practical exercises

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

The marks the student must get have to be equal or higher than 10, in a scale of [0,20] in one of the following hypotheses:
a)Average between the two examinations (“frequencies”);
b)Oral examination (if the student obtained in a) a mark between 7 and 9);
c)Written final examination;
d)Oral final examination (if the student obtained in c) a mark between 7 and 9.

Calculation formula of final grade

Are the marks obtained in the examinations referred in “Frequency Attaining” a), b), c) or d).

Examinations or Special Assignments

None

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

General Law and rules enforced in FDUP.

Classification improvement

Is obtained by doing a written or an oral examination