Methodology and Philosophy of Law

Code:

D500

Acronym:

MFD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Philosophy

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	112	Official Study Plan - LD	5	-	13	-

Objectives

GROUP A
1. To develop a critical attitude in law students, instilling in them the kinds of knowledge and methods to determine the creative activity of thinking.
2. To locate legal thought in relation to the major systems of thought.
3. To identify the paradigms and large issues of the philosophy of contemporary law.
4. To create mechanisms for self-learning and personal development to permit students to take possession of their legal experience.

Group B
This program aims to question the Law, to consider it beyond the strictly technical domain, helping students to acquire the essential critical tools for the exercise of autonomous reflection, sensitive to the general dimensions of ethical, cultural and value judgments.
This opening up to other concerns, besides being the touchstone of university studies, is vital to the training of a lawyer, who must be more than just a technocrat: he/she is, as has been said before (paraphrasing mutatis mutandi a timeless formula “he who only knows Law, not even the Law knows”.
So the aim is not only to outline a panorama of topics nurtured in many varied areas of legal-philosophical and methodological spheres of reflection, but also to open a dialogue of legal knowledge with different manifestation of thinking and culture, and, further, to encourage personal and group research at a deeper level. That is the specific function of the research topics of program (B), which, the acquisition the theoretical bases (A), ought to be focused on, especially, in the theory-practical classes in the second semester.

Program

Group A
1. Human knowledge and its methods
2. Philosophical Thought and the Law
3. The Philosophy of Contemporary Law
4. Modernity, Post-modernity, Justice and Law
5. The Philosophy of Punishment as Analyser of the Philosophy of Law.

Group B

A/ Theoretical basis

I Introduction to the Philosophy of Law

1.Paideia and the Philosophy of Law
2.On Philosophy, Philosophies and Philosophers
3.On Law, Philosophy and the Law, Philosophy of Law
4.Theory, Practice and Research in Philosophy of Law
5.Major trends, problems and stages in the philosophy of Law
6.Timbre, topics and profiles of Philosophy of Luso-Brazilian Law

II Philosophical Foundation and juridical Praxis: theory and exemplification

1. Human Nature
2. Natural Law
3. Human Rights

III Introduction to Juridical Methodology

1.Juridical Methodology and Philosophy Law
2.Juridical Methodology and Natural Law
3.Hermeneutics and juridical Rhetoric
4.Juridical categories: from values to the practical realisation of the Law.

B/ Research Topics

I.Analysis of classical texts on Juridical Philosophy
II.The Law, Laws and Justice in Portuguese language literature
III.The Law, Laws and Justice in Western Painting and Sculpture
IV.Analysis of juridical documents

Main Bibliography

Group A
ARENDT, H. (1983). Condition de l'homme moderne. Paris: Calmann-Lévy.
CABRAL DE MONCADA, L. (s.d.). Filosofia do Direito e do Estado. Coimbra: Coimbra Editora.
CASTANHEIRA NEVES, A. (1993). Metodologia Jurídica. Problemas fundamentais. Coimbra: Coimbra Editora.
DEL VECCHIO, G. (1979). Lições de Filosofia do Direito. Coimbra: Arménio Amado, Editora.
FOUREZ, G. (1995). La construction des sciences. Bruxelas: De Boeck Université.
GADAMER, H.-G. (1996). Vérité et Méthode. Paris: Éd. Seuil.
HABERMAS, J. (1998). Droit et démocracie. Entre faits et normes. Paris: Gallimard.
KELSEN, H. (1984). Teoria Pura do Direito. Coimbra: Arménio Amado, Editora.
BAPTISTA MACHADO, J. (1993). Obra Dispersa, II. Braga: Scientia Ivridica.
MACINTYRE, A. (1985). After virtue. Londres: Ducworth.
MACINTYRE, A. (1993). Quelle justice? Quelle rationalité? Paris: PUF.
MARTÍNEZ, S. (1995). Filosofia do Direito. Coimbra: Almedima.
RADBRUCH, G. (1997). Filosofia do Direito. Coimbra: Arménio Amado, Ed..
RAWLS, J. (1999). A theory of justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
RENAUT, A. & SOSOE, L.(1991). Philosophie du droit. Paris: PUF.
RICOEUR, P. (1995). Le juste. Paris: Éd. Esprit.
VILLEY, M. (1984). Philosophie du droit, I e II. Paris: Dalloz.
Group B
Textbooks:
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha, Lições Preliminares de Filosofia do Direito, 2nd edition.;
Lições de Filosofia Jurídica. Natureza & Arte do Direito;
O Ponto de Arquimedes. Natureza Humana, Direito Natural, Direitos Humanos;
O Século de Antígona - os primeiros de Coimbra, Almedina, 1998-2002; the last in press.
b>Specific studies:
Idem, Temas e Perfis da Filosofia do Direito Luso Brasileira, Lx., Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 2000 – especialmente para os pontos A/ I. 6 and B/ II.
Idem, Teoria da Constituição, II. Direitos Humanos, Direitos Fundamentais, Lisbon, Verbo, 2000 (historical and philosophical part) – for point A / II
Idem, Faces da Justiça, Coimbra, Almedina, 2002 (philosophical part) – especially for certain aspects of A/I. 5.

Complementary Bibliography

Reference works (mostly Dissertations, Manuals, Lectures, Dictionaries)
Michel BASTIT, Naissance de la Loi Moderne, Paris, P.U.F., 1990
Norberto BOBBIO, O Positivismo jurídico. Lições de Filosofia do Direito, compiladas pelo Dr. Nello Morra, Brazilian transl. and notes by Márcio Pugliesi, Edson Bini, Carlos E. Rodrigues, S. Paulo, Ícone, 1995
Albert BRIMO, Les grands courants de la philosophie du droit et de l'Etat, 2.ª ed., Paris, Pedone, 1968
António José de BRITO, Introdução à Filosofia do Direito, Porto, Rés, 1993
Jules COLEMAN / Scott J. SHAPIRO / Keneth HIMMA (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2002
Mário Bigotte CHORÃO, Introdução ao Direito. I. O Concept de Direito, Coimbra, Almedina, 1989
Helmut COING, Grundzüge der Rechtsphilosophie, 5th edition., Berlim, Walter de Gruyter, 1993
Xavier DIJON, Droit naturel, I. Les questions du droit, Paris, P.U.F., 1998
R(onald) M. DWORKIN, (ed.), The Philosophy of Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1977
Guido FASSÒ, Storia della filosofia del diritto, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1970, 3 vols. (ed. esp. Historia de la Filosofía del Derecho, Madrid, Pirámide, 1982, 3 vols.)
John FINNIS, Natural Law and Natural Rights, 7th reprint, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1993
Christopher GRAY (ed.), The Philosophy of Law: an Encyclopedia, New York, Garland, 1999
Paulo Dourado de GUSMÃO, Filosofia do Direito, 2nd ed., Rio de Janeiro, Forense, 1994
Javier HERVADA, Lecciones propedéuticas de filosofía del derecho, Pamplona, EUNSA, 1992
Arthur KAUFMANN, Rechtsphilosophie in der Nach-Neuzeit, 2nd ed., Heidelberg, Decker und Müller, 1992
Karl LARENZ, Metodologia da Ciência do Direito, 2nd ed., Lisbon Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, trad. de José Lamego, revised by Ana de Freitas, 1989
Luigi LOMBARDI-VALLAURI, Corso di filosofia del diritto, Cedam, Padova, 1978, new ed., 1981
Jacques MARITAIN, Natural Law. Reflections on Theory and Practice, ed. E introd. by William Sweet, South Bend, Indiana, St. Augustine’s Press, 2001
João Baptista MACHADO, Obra Dispersa, I. Filosofia do Direito, Direito Público, Outros, Braga, Scientia Iuridica,1993
Ian McLEOD, Legal Theory, Londres, MacMillan, 1999
L. Cabral de MONCADA, Filosofia do Direito e do Estado, II vols., Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, I 2nd ed. 1953, II, 1966 (new ed. combining the two vols. 1995)
Friedrich MUELLER, Discours de la Méthode Juridique, trad. fr., Paris, PUF, 1996
Francisco PUY, Topica Juridica, Santiago de Compostela, Imprenta Paredes, 1984
Idem /Ángeles LÓPEZ MORENO (coords.), Manual de Filosofía del Derecho, Madrid, Colex, 2000
António Castanheira NEVES, Metodologia Jurídica. Problemas Fundamentais, Coimbra, Stvdia Ivridica, Coimbra Editora/Boletim da Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Coimbra, 1993
Miguel REALE, Filosofia do Direito, 19th ed., São Paulo, Saraiva, 1999
Nelson SALDANHA, Filosofia do Direito, Rio de Janeiro, Renovar, 1998
Idem, Da Teologia à Metodologia. Secularização e crise no pensamento jurídico, Belo Horizonte, Del Rey, 1993
Chaïm PERELMAN (collab. L. Olbrechts-Tyteca), Traité de l'argumentation. La nouvelle rhétorique, 4th ed., Bruxelles, Univ. Bruxelles, 1983
António Braz TEIXEIRA, Sentido e Valor do Direito. Introdução à Filosofia Jurídica, 2nd ed., Lisbon, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 2000
Idem, O Pensamento Filosófico-jurídico Português, Lisbon, Instituto de Cultura e Língua Portuguesa, 1983
Juan VALLET DE GOYTISOLO, Metodologia Juridica, Madrid, Civitas, 1988
Idem, A Encruzilhada Metodológica Jurídica no Renascimento, a Reforma, a Contra-Reforma, transl., pref., org. by Fernando Luso Soares (Jr), Lisbon., Cosmos, 1993
Giorgio del VECCHIO, Lições de Filosofia do Direito, 5th Portuguese ed., Coimbra, Arménio Amado, 1979
Michel VILLEY, [Précis de] Philosophie du Droit, I, 3rd ed., Paris, Dalloz, 1982; II, 2nd ed., Ibidem, 1984
Idem, La formation de la pensée juridique moderne, Paris, Montchrestien, 1975.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The combination of theorical and practical classes permits a valuable interchange between theoretical and practical knowledge, and is thus an important part of the learning process, giving the student the chance to experience and ponder in a more considered and thorough way the knowledge that has already been imparted to him/her.

It is meant for the students to practise in-depth and thorough research, texts’ dissection, conceptual reasoning from a comprehensive perspective and critical comments and suggestions.

Evaluation Type

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

Observations

Abundant bibliographical references can be found in Lições Preliminares de Filosofia do Direito organised by topic which, brevitatis causa, we cannot mention here. The lecturer will recommend other works, specific to each point of the program, during the course of classes.