Methodology and Philosophy of Law

Code:

D500

Acronym:

MFD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Philosophy

Instance: 2006/2007 - 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	103	Official Study Plan - LD	5	-	13	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The discipline of Methodology and Philosophy of Law (Jurisprudence) aims at an understanding of Law at a level beyond the strictly technical, having as its object the acquisition, by students, of critical tools indispensable for autonomous reflection upon this institution, which is at the same time attentive to its ethical, political, and general cultural dimensions.

This openness to different concerns, as well as being a touchstone of university study in general, is vital to the education of jurists, who ought properly to be more than mere technocrats: as is often said (to borrow a ?canonical? sentence) ? ?Who knows only the Law, knows not even the Law itself?.

Not only is it our purpose, therefore, to sketch a general outline of a number of topics selected from various areas of methodological and philosophic law, but also to open up an interdisciplinary dialogue between juridical thought and other modalities of thought and culture, as well as promoting personal and group research at a deeper level than has been made so far.

Note: The sequence of course topics is not rigid, and may be changed for pedagogical reasons.

Program

General Part (I)

Foundations of Jurisprudence
Ontophenomenology. Being, Ought and Way-of-being in relation to Law ? Interdisciplinary approaches towards a definition of Law. Fundamental concepts and movements. Contemporary theories.
A Legal-philosophical Introduction to Juridical Methodology, with special emphasis on Hermeneutics and Rhetoric of Law.
General Theory of Law. Ontology and Gnoseology. Dogmatic. Systematic and Axiological matters.

Special Part (II)

I. Law and Power.

II. Steps in the History of Philosophy of Law and Politics

III. Philosophy of Law in Portugal

IV. Law and Literature

Main Bibliography

Genral Part - I: Paulo Ferreira da Cunha ? Filosofia do Direito, Coimbra, Almedina, 2006.

Special Part - II: Idem ? Repensar a Política, Coimbra, Almedina, 2005; Idem ? O Essencial sobre Filosofia Política?, Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 6 volumes 2005-?; Idem ? Temas e Perfis da Filosofia do Direito Luso-Brasileira, ?, Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 2000; Idem ? Pensamento Jurídico Luso-Brasileiro, ?, Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 2006.

Complementary Bibliography

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, trad. bras. e notas de 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 Conceito de Direito, Coimbra, Almedina, 1989
Maria Clara CALHEIROS, A Filosofia Jurídico-Política do Krausismo Português, Lisboa, IN-CM, 2006
Helmut COING, Grundzüge der Rechtsphilosophie, 5.ª ed., 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, 7.ª reimp., Oxford, Clarendom Press, 1993
Hans-Georg GADAMER, Wahreit und Methode, 3.ª ed., Tuebingen, J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1973 (1.ª - 1960), trad fr. Etienne Sacre, rev. Paul Ricoeur, Vérité et Méthode. Les grandes lignes d?une herméneutique philosophique, Paris, Seuil, 1976
Christopher GRAY (ed.), The Philosophy of Law: an Encyclopedia, New York, Garland, 1999
Paulo Dourado de GUSMÃO, Filosofia do Direito, 2.ª ed., Rio de Janeiro, Forense, 1994
Javier HERVADA, Lecciones propedéuticas de filosofía del derecho, Pamplona, EUNSA, 1992
Arthur KAUFMANN, Rechtsphilosophie in der Nach-Neuzeit, 2.ª ed., Heidelberg, Decker und Müller, 1992
Hans KELSEN, Reine Rechtslehre, trad. port. e prefácio de João Baptista Machado, Teoria Pura do Direito, 4.ª ed. port., Coimbra, Arménio Amado, 1976
Idem, Das Problem der Gerechtigkeit, nova ed., trad. e Prefácio de João Baptista Machado, A Justiça e o Direito Natural, Coimbra, Almedina, 2001
Karl LARENZ, Metodologia da Ciência do Direito, 2.ª ed., Lx. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, trad. de José Lamego, revisão de Ana de Freitas, 1989
Luigi LOMBARDI-VALLAURI, Corso di filosofia del diritto, Cedam, Padova, 1978, nova ed., 1981
João Baptista MACHADO, Obra Dispersa, I. Filosofia do Direito, Direito Público, Outros, Braga, Scientia Iuridica,1993
Jacques MARITAIN, Natural Law. Reflections on Theory and Practice, ed. E introd- de William Sweet, South Bend, Indiana, St. Augustines Press, 2001
Alasdair MACINTYRE, After Virtue. A Study in Moral Theory, reed., Londres, Duchworth, 1985, trad. port. de Jussara Simões, Depois da Virtude, Bauru, São Paulo, EDUSC, 2001
Idem, Whose virtue? Which Rationality?, Londres, Duchworth, 1988
Ian McLEOD, Legal Theory, Londres, MacMillan, 1999
Jacy de Souza MENDONÇA, O Curso de Filosofia do Direito do Professor Armando Câmara, Porto Alegre, RS, Sérgio António Fabris Editor, 1999
L. Cabral de MONCADA, Filosofia do Direito e do Estado, II vols., Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, I 2.ª ed. 1953, II, 1966 (nova ed. reunindo os dois 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
Chaïm PERELMAN (colab. L. Olbrechts-Tyteca), Traité de l'argumentation. La nouvelle rhétorique, 4.ª ed., Bruxelles, Univ. Bruxelles, 1983
Gustav RADBRUCH, Filosofia do Direito, 6.ª ed. port., Coimbra, Arménio Arnado, 1979 ( 4.ª e

Teaching methods and learning activities

All the "canonic" one at the University.

Software

not for the moment

Evaluation Type

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Examinations or Special Assignments

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Observations

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