Family Law and Inheritance Law II

Code:

D407 II

Acronym:

DFS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

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	137	Oficial Study Plan LD	4	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

It is intended that students should acquire solid and deep knowledge of the juridical regime applicable to establishment of affiliation and its effects (law of affiliation) and to the post-mortem destiny of the de cuius`juridical relations . (Inheritance law).
It is also intended that, whilst learning the material that will enable them to soundly resolve the various real-life cases which come under its jurisdiction, students will also develop their powers of reasoning, as young jurists.
It will be given information about important judicial decisions.

Program

I - LAW OF AFFILIATION
1. Affiliation as a legal and social problem. The moment of conception. Artificial reproduction technologies.
2. Establishment of affiliation: maternity and paternity.
3. Effects of affiliation. Name. Reciprocal rights and duties. Paternal authority.

II - INHERITANCE LAW
1- Notion and justification for succession phenomenon.
2- Concept of succession. Succession in life and succession through death. Succession as translative derivative acquisition. Reference to sharing in life.
3- Kinds of succession mortis causa.
4- Death as presupposition for succession. Simultaneous death and presumed death.
5- Opening of succession. Concept, time and place.
6- Title to inheritance. Concept.
7- Acquisition by inheritance.
8- Division of inheritance.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The theoretical classes provide a systematic presentation of all the material in the programme with use of examples and references to jurisprudence pertaining to each issue and.
At practical classes will be analysed and resolved real-life cases, usually chosen from amongst the most significant jurisprudence in our courts.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

According to the rules enforced in Faculty

Calculation formula of final grade

According to the rules enforced in Faculty

Examinations or Special Assignments

None

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the rules enforced in Faculty

Classification improvement

According to the rules enforced in Faculty

Observations

I - LAW OF AFFILIATION
- COELHO, F. M. Pereira e OLIVEIRA, Guilherme de – Curso de Direito da Família - Volume II - Direito da Filiação - Tomo I, 2006 - Coimbra Editora
- MORAIS, R.; MENDES, O.; NEVES, C. - Filiação, Ed. Policopiada, Coimbra, 1978
- OLIVEIRA, Guilherme de – Estabelecimento da Filiação, Coimbra, Liv. Almedina, 2003, 7.ª Reimpressão.
- PIMENTA, José da Costa – Filiação, 4.ª ed., Lisboa, Livraria Petrony, 2001.
- SILVA, Tomás Oliveira e – Filiação – constituição e extinção do respectivo vínculo, Liv. Almedina, 1989.


II - INHERITANCE LAW
- ASCENSÃO, José de Oliveira – Direito Civil – Sucessões, Coimbra, Coimbra editora, 2000
- CAMPOS, Diogo Leite de – Lições de Direito da Família e das Sucessões, 3.ª reimpressão da edição de 1997, Coimbra, Liv. Almedina, 2005.
- COELHO, F. M. Pereira – Direito das Sucessões, edição policopiada, Coimbra, 1992.
- CORTE-REAL, Carlos Pamplona – Lições de Direito da Família e das Sucessões, Vol. II Sucessões, Lex – Edições Jurídicas, Lisboa, 1993
- LIMA, Pires de e Varela, J. Antunes – Código civil Anotado, Vol. VI, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 1992
- SOUSA, R. Capelo de – Lições de Direito das Sucessões, Vol. I, 4ª edição ren., Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 2000.
- SOUSA, R. Capelo de - Lições de Direito das Sucessões, Vol. II, 3ª edição renovada, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 2002.
- TELLES, Inocêncio Galvão – Direito das Sucessões – Noções fundamentais, 6ª edição revista e actualizada, Coimbra Editora
- TELLES, Inocêncio Galvão - Sucessão Legítima e Sucessão Legitimaria, Coimbra, Coimbra editora, 2004.
- TELLES, Inocêncio Galvão - Sucessão Testamentária, Coimbra, Coimbra editora, 2006.
- TELLES, Inocêncio Galvão - Sucessões - Parte Geral, Coimbra, Coimbra editora, 2004.

Other bibliographical references on special subjects will be provided in the class summaries.