Constitutional Law I

Code:

D102 I

Acronym:

DC I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2014/2015 - 1S (since 15-09-2014 to 19-12-2014)

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	197	Oficial Study Plan LD	1	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Scientific and pedagogical Education. Introduction to Constitutional Law and Theory of the Constitution.

Learning outcomes and competences

Knowledge transfer. Training and evaluation of students.

Working method

Presencial

Program

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW I


Introduction


CHAPTER I

LAW OF THE STATE AND THE THEORY OF THE CONS-TITUTION

§ 1. Law of the State as political law
§ 2. The construction of the constitutional order
§ 3. The autonomy of the constitutional law
§ 4. Constitutional law and the theory of the constitution


CHAPTER II

THE CONCEPT OF THE STATE

§ 1. Origin
§ 2. Constitutive elements
§ 3. Forms of the State
§ 4. The internal organization of the political power
§ 5. Its relations with the European Union and International Law


CHAPTER III

THE CONCEPT OF THE CONSTITUTION

§ 1. Origin
§ 2. Functions and substance
§ 3. Forms of the constitution
§ 4. The structure of the constitutional norms
§ 5. The theory of the “constituent power”
§ 6. The reform of the constitution


CHAPTER IV

THE SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT


§ 1. Forms of government, systems of government and political re-gimes
§ 2. The presidential system
§ 3. The parliamentary system
§ 4. The mixed systems
§ 5. The semi-presidential system


CHAPTER V

THE PORTUGUESE CONSTITUTIONS

§ 1. The Constitutions of the monarchy
§ 2. The republican Constitution of 1911
§ 3. The autocratic Constitution of 1933
§ 4. The Constitution of 1976

Mandatory literature

Queiroz, Cristina; Direito Constitucional. As instituições do Estado democrático e constitucional, Coimbra Editora, 2009

Teaching methods and learning activities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Prova oral	50,00
Teste	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	5,00
Total:	5,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Faculty rules and regulations.