Administrative Law I

Code:

D200 I

Acronym:

DA I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

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	180	Oficial Study Plan LD	2	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Administrative Law I – a subject of the 2nd year of the degree in Law – studies the Administrative Law in general. The program, presented by the Course Coordinator, Professor Colaço Antunes, develops the following major points: an approach to the notion of public administration, administrative law, administration systems, genesis and development of Administrative Law.
The discipline has also to deal with and to explain the administrative organization.

Program

I – Introduction

1. Public Administration: notion
2. Administration’s systems: executive and judiciary administration
3. Administrative function in the context of State’s functions
4. Genesis and development of the Administrative Law
5. Administrative Law: notion
6. Constitutionals basis of the Portuguese Administrative Law
7. The Administrative Law sources


II – The administrative organization

1. Administrative organization: notion
2. Constitutionals principles of the administrative organization
3. The administrative organization’s elements
4. Attributions and abilities
6. Types of Administration
7. The private exercise of the public functions
8. The independent administrative authorities


III – Public interest, administrative power and administrative function

1. Public interest, proportionality and merit
2. Administrative activity’s types
3. The major principles of the administrative activity
4. The administrative discretionarity as the distinguish element of the Administrative Law
5. The procedure’s role in the administrative activity
6. Administrative procedure’s legal regime
7. Act and administrative procedure
8. The administrative guarantees
9. The jurisdictional guarantees

Mandatory literature

COLAÇO ANTUNES; Para um Direito Administrativo de Garantia do Cidadão e da Administração – Tradição e Reforma, Coimbra, 2000
COLAÇO ANTUNES ; O Direito Administrativo sem Estado. Crise ou Fim de um Paradigma?, Coimbra, 2008
FAUSTO DE QUADROS; A Nova Dimensão do Direito Administrativo Português na Perspectiva Comunitária, Coimbra, 2001
H. MAURER; Allgemeines Verwaltungsrecht, 13.ª ed., München, 2000 (há tradução parcial francesa)
M. REBELO DE SOUSA; Lições de Direito Administrativo, I, 2.ª ed., Lisboa, 1999
PAULO OTERO; Legalidade e Administração Pública, Coimbra, 2003
VIEIRA DE ANDRADE ; O Dever da Fundamentação Expressa de Actos Administrativos, Coimbra, 1991
VITAL MOREIRA; Administração Autónoma e Associações Públicas, Coimbra, 1997
FREITAS DO AMARAL; Curso de Direito Administrativo, I, 3.ª ed., Coimbra, 2007; II, Coimbra, 2001
GARCÍA DE ENTERRÍA / TOMÁS-RAMÓN FERNÁNDEZ; Curso de Derecho Administrativo, I, 13.ª ed.; II, 10.ª ed., Madrid, 2006
SÉRVULO CORREIA; Noções de Direito Administrativo, I, Lisboa, 1982
COLAÇO ANTUNES; O Direito Administrativo e a sua Justiça no Início do Século XXI (Algumas Questões), Coimbra, 2001
ROGÉRIO SOARES; Direito Administrativo, polic., Coimbra, 1978
JOÃO CAUPERS; Introdução ao Direito Administrativo, Lisboa, 2007
M. REBELO DE SOUSA / A. SALGADO DE MATOS; Direito Administrativo, I e III, Lisboa, 2004 e 2007
MARIA JOÃO ESTORNINHO; A Fuga para o Direito Privado, Coimbra, 1996
R. CHAPUS ; Droit Administratif Général, I e II, 15.ª ed., Paris, 2001
S. CASSESE (Coord.); Trattato di Diritto Amministrativo, I, II e II, Milano, 2000, 2005
COLAÇO ANTUNES ; A Teoria do Acto e a Justiça Administrativa, Coimbra, 2006
ESTEVES DE OLIVEIRA ; Direito Administrativo, I, reimp., Coimbra, 1984

Teaching methods and learning activities

The material taught in the theoretical classes is designed to provide a basic understanding of the Administrative Law, with particular emphasis on the structuring principles of the Administrative Law, the basis of the administrative organization and activity.
In the practical classes, in addition to providing clarification and detailed analysis of the specific issues arising from the study of the themes described above, practical cases are resolved, the most relevant jurisprudence is discussed and extracts from procedures are considered with the aim of documenting the practical application of the materials presented in the theory class and stimulating critical reflection on the part of the students.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	70,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Obtained as a result of rules enforced in FDUP.

Calculation formula of final grade

Obtained as a result of rules enforced in FDUP.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not considered.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

General law an rules enforced in FDUP.

Classification improvement

Obtained as a result of rules enforced in FDUP.

Observations

Attending hours.