History of Law I

Code:

D101 I

Acronym:

HD I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	History

Instance: 2009/2010 - 1S

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	222	Oficial Study Plan LD	1	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

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, unavoidable cultural foundation, due to the Global and European context of juridical institutions.

Program

Law History: personal understanding

Introduction

PART I – ELEMENTS OF ROMAN LAW HISTORY

Chapter 1 – Essential concepts

Chapter 2 – Political organization

Chapter 3 – The Sources of Ius Civile

Chapter 4 – Compilations

Chapter 5 – The survival of Roman Law

Teaching methods and learning activities

Evaluation:
Continuous evaluation is offered, after a division between the lessons: mainly theoretical and mainly practical lessons. Final evaluation is compulsory. See the “Regulamento de Avaliação de Conhecimentos”, at the Faculty’s site, on line. Before the final examinations, a detailed program will be available. Following numbers 6 and 9 of article 4 of the “Regulamento”, the courses of Law History I and Law History II have been unified (Resolution of the “Conselho Científico”, July, 2008).

Evaluation Type

Observations

Bibliography:

A. Santos Justo, Direito Privado Romano I, 3ª edição, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 2000 (reference book)

Juan Iglesias, Derecho Romano, 13ª edição, Barcelona, Editorial Ariel, 2001

Javier Hervada, Crítica Introdutória ao Direito Natural, Porto, Rés-Editora, s/d

Paulo Ferreira da Cunha/Joana Aguiar e Silva/António Lemos Soares, História do Direito - Do Direito Romano à Constituição Europeia, Coimbra, Almedina, 2005

Sebastião Cruz, Direito Romano (Ius Romanum), I, Introdução. Fontes, 4ª edição, Coimbra, 1984

Additional reading reference material will be given during the course of lessons.