Constitutional Law I

Code:

D102 I

Acronym:

DC I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2007/2008 - 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
D	3	Official Study Plan - LD	1	-	6	-
LDB	187	Oficial Study Plan LD	1	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Discussing baisc issues about Constitutional LAw.

Program

Introduction


CHAPTER I

LAW OF THE STATE AND THE THEORY OF THE CONS-TITUTION

§ 1. Law of the State as political law
§ 2. The construction of the constitutional order
§ 3. The autonomy of the constitutional law
§ 4. Constitutional law and the theory of the constitution


CHAPTER II

THE CONCEPT OF THE STATE

§ 1. Origin
§ 2. Constitutive elements
§ 3. Forms of the State
§ 4. The internal organization of the political power
§ 5. Its relations with the European Union and International Law


CHAPTER III

THE CONCEPT OF THE CONSTITUTION

§ 1. Origin
§ 2. Functions and substance
§ 3. Forms of the constitution
§ 4. The structure of the constitutional norms
§ 5. The theory of the “constituent power”
§ 6. The reform of the constitution


CHAPTER IV

THE SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT


§ 1. Forms of government, systems of government and political re-gimes
§ 2. The presidential system
§ 3. The parliamentary system
§ 4. The mixed systems
§ 5. The semi-presidential system


CHAPTER V

THE PORTUGUESE CONSTITUTIONS

§ 1. The Constitutions of the monarchy
§ 2. The republican Constitution of 1911
§ 3. The autocratic Constitution of 1933
§ 4. The Constitution of 1976

Evaluation Type

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	55,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Not considered.

Calculation formula of final grade

According to the rules enforced at the Faculty.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the rules enforced at the Faculty.

Classification improvement

According to the rules enforced at the Faculty.