Philosophy of Law and Legal Methodology I

Code:

D400 I

Acronym:

FDMJ

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	21	Official Study Plan - LD	4	-	6	-
LDB	129	Oficial Study Plan LD	4	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The discipline of Methodology and Philosophy of Law (Jurisprudence) aims at an understanding of Law at a level beyond the strictly technical, having as its object the acquisition, by students, of critical tools indispensable for autonomous reflection upon this institution, which is at the same time attentive to its ethical, political, and general cultural dimensions.

This openness to different concerns, as well as being a touchstone of university study in general, is vital to the education of jurists, who ought properly to be more than mere technocrats: as is often said (to borrow a ?canonical? sentence) ? ?Who knows only the Law, knows not even the Law itself?.

Not only is it our purpose, therefore, to sketch a general outline of a number of topics selected from various areas of methodological and philosophic law, but also to open up an interdisciplinary dialogue between juridical thought and other modalities of thought and culture, as well as promoting personal and group research at a deeper level than has been made so far.

Note: The sequence of course topics is not rigid, and may be changed for pedagogical reasons.

Program

General Part (I)

Foundations of Jurisprudence
Ontophenomenology. Being, Ought and Way-of-being in relation to Law ? Interdisciplinary approaches towards a definition of Law. Fundamental concepts and movements. Contemporary theories.
A Legal-philosophical Introduction to Juridical Methodology, with special emphasis on Hermeneutics and Rhetoric of Law.
General Theory of Law. Ontology and Gnoseology. Dogmatic. Systematic and Axiological matters.

Special Part (II)

I. Law and Power.

II. Steps in the History of Philosophy of Law and Politics

III. Philosophy of Law in Portugal

IV. Law and Literature

Mandatory literature

Cunha Paulo Ferreira da; Filosofia do direito. ISBN: 972-40-2914-X
Cunha Paulo Ferreira da; Temas e perfis da filosofia do direito Luso-Brasileira. ISBN: 972-27-1008-7
Cunha Paulo Ferreira da; O^essencial sobre filosofia política moderna. ISBN: 972-27-1460-0
Cunha Paulo Ferreira da; O^essencial sobre filosofia política da antiguidade clássica. ISBN: 972-27-1502-X
Cunha Paulo Ferreira da; O^essencial sobre filosofia política liberal e social. ISBN: 978-972-27-1536-2
Cunha Paulo Ferreira da; O^essencial sobre filosofia romântica. ISBN: 978-972-27-1537-9
Cunha Paulo Ferreira da; O essencial sobre filosofia política medieval, INCM, 2006

Teaching methods and learning activities

All the "canonic" one at the University.

Evaluation Type

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	44,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

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Calculation formula of final grade

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Examinations or Special Assignments

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Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

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Observations

More informations, after the definitve constitution of the teaching group, waiting for external decisions.