Constitutional Law I

Code:

D102 I

Acronym:

DC I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2012/2013 - 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	233	Oficial Study Plan LD	1	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Familiarize students with the basic foundations of the general part of constitutional law, and the basic structure of the Portuguese Constitution, including the the constitutional state, political regime and political system.

Program

program

Constitutional Law I


A. Foundations of Constitutional Law
I. Historical Introduction to Constitutional Law
II. General Constitutional Law
III. Theory of Constitutional State

B. The Portuguese Constitution, past, present and future
I. Constitutional State in action: Political Regime and Political System, Organs of Sovereignty in the Portuguese Constitution of 1976.
II. The Portuguese Constitution: From Theoretical Foundations to Practical Futures
     Constituent Power, Material Constitution,
     Constitutional Culture, Constitutional and Constitutional Revisions.

Mandatory literature

Paulo Ferreira da Cunha; Direito Constitucional Geral, Quid Juris, 2006
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha; O Estado Constitucional: Teoria e História

Complementary Bibliography

Paulo Ferreira da Cunha; Constituição & Política, Quid Juris, 2012

Teaching methods and learning activities

All canonica at this teaching level

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	65,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

according to regulations

Calculation formula of final grade

according to regulations

Examinations or Special Assignments

according to regulations

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

according to regulations

Classification improvement

according to regulations

Observations

The historical part will be taught by Prof. Luisa Neto, because the Professor in charge of the chair is in his sabbatical. Although, the first class of the year will be given by him.