Philosophy of Law and Legal Methodology I

Code:

D400 I

Acronym:

FDMJ

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Philosophy

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	154	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) “He 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

- Overview of Memories and Systems of Juridical Philosophy
a) - Main Concepts, Subjects and Problems in Juridical Philosophy
b) - History of Juridico-Political Philosophy
c) - Contemporaneous Juridical Philosophy and Thought

- An introduction to Practical Juridical Philosophy
Juridical ethics, politics, and aesthetics (pratical lessons mainly)

- An introduction to Juridical Methodology
Hermeneutics and Rethoric (pratical lessons mainly)

(the sequence of course topics is not rigid, and may be changed for pedagogical reasons)

Mandatory literature

Paulo Ferreira da Cunha; Síntese de Filosofia do Direito, Almedina, 2009
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha; Iniciação à Metodologia Jurídica, Almedina
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha; Filosofia do Direito, Almedina
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha; Filosofia Jurídica Prática, Quid Juris, 2009
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha; Lições Preliminares de Filosofia do Direito, Almedina

Teaching methods and learning activities

All the methods canonically used in University teaching.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

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

Eligibility for exams

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Calculation formula of final grade

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Examinations or Special Assignments

Non Applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

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Classification improvement

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Observations

General laws and Faculty regulations will apply to every aspect of evaluation.