History of Law I

Code:

D101 I

Acronym:

HD I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	History

Instance: 2011/2012 - 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	215	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

Mandatory literature

Justo António Santos 1962-; Direito privado romano. ISBN: 978-972-32-1435-0
Cruz Sebastião 1918-; Direito romano

Complementary Bibliography

Pinto Eduardo Vera-Cruz 1961-; Curso de direito romano. ISBN: 978-989-8131-61-4
Iglesias Juan; Derecho romano. ISBN: 84-344-1628-X
Hervada Javier; Crítica introdutória ao direito natural
Kaser Max; Direito privado romano. ISBN: 972-31-0850-X
Cunha Paulo Ferreira da 1959-; História do direito. ISBN: 972-40-2643-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

Evaluation:
Continuous evaluation is offered, after a division between the lessons: mainly theoretical and mainly practical lessons. The 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. The courses of Law History I and Law History II have been unified (Resolution of the “Conselho Científico”, July, 2011).

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	0,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Observations

Bibliography:

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

Eduardo Vera-Cruz Pinto, Curso de Direito Romano, 1º vol., Cascais, Principia, 2009

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

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

Max Kaser, Direito Privado Romano, Lisboa, Fundação Gulbenkian, 1999

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 (reference book)



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