Fundamental Rights

Code:

MD110

Acronym:

DF

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Law

Instance: 2016/2017 - 1S (since 19-09-2016 to 16-12-2016)

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
MD	14	Plano Oficial de MD	1	-	7,5	-
		Plano Oficial MD do ano letivo 2016	1	-	7,5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

TOPICS

FUNDAMENTAL SOCIAL RIGHTS

Functions, scope, content, interpretive questions and issues of justiciability

1. The structure of fundamental social rights
2. The diversity of “status” of fundamental social rights
3. The protection of fundamental social rights through legal binding rules
4. Forms of protection
5. The limits of constitutional interpretation

Students will be stimulated to discuss some specific fundamental rights, deepening previously acquired knowledge and developing problematic thought.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

Reflecting the increased importance of a basic understanding of Constitutional, European and International Law to legal education and practice, the benefits of this Master’s Course program is most obvious for students intending to specialize in the area of Fundamental Rights, theory and practice, but even individuals who anticipate a career anchored principally in their own nation’s legal system.



The course aims to help provide students the necessary tools to a critical, autonomous and sustained analysis and systematization of issues and problems, as well as to develop personal research skills.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Competences and kowledge previously acquired in the Law Degree - mainly in Constitutional Law, Fundamental Rights and International Law - are relevant.

Program

FUNDAMENTAL SOCIAL RIGHTS

(Prof.ª Doutora Cristina Queiroz)

DEVELOPMENT

1. THE STRUCTURE OF FUNDAMENTAL SOCIAL RIGHTS

• 1. Functions, scope and content


• 2. The distinction between positive rights, equality rights and negative rights


• 3. The distinction between protection rights, social rights and procedure and organizational rights

1. THE DIVERSITY OF “STATUS” OF FUNDAMENTAL SOCIAL RIGHTS

• 1. The different “strategies” or “methods” of positive recognition


• 2. Rights, entitlements and expectations


• 3. Social rights and public policies


• 4. Enforcement questions


• 5. Progressive enforcement


• 6. Social irreversibility

III. THE PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL SOCIAL RIGHTS THROUGH LEGAL BINDING RULES

• 1. The concept of “norm” of fundamental social rights


• 2.The constitution’s concept as a framework order and fundamental order


• 3. The “subjectivity” of fundamental social rights


• 4. The question of justiciability

1. FORMS OF PROTECTION

• 1. The margin of structural action and the Legislature


• 2. The margin of epistemic action and the Constitution


• 3. The praxis of the Constitutional Court

1. THE LIMITS OF CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION

• 1. The interpretation of fundamental social rights

II. Law, religion and society, 5TH edition (Prof. Doutor Paulo Adragão - pauloadragao@gmail.com) (see the developed program in the Portuguese version)

Mandatory literature

Cristina Queiroz; O Tribunal Constitucional e os Direitos Sociais, Coimbra Editora, 2014
Cristina Queiroz; Direitos Fundamentais Sociais, Coimbra Editora, 2006
Paulo Pulido Adragão; "Uma Concordata de cooperação, dez anos depois", «Forum Canonicum», Vol. XI/2, 2014
Miranda Jorge 1941- 340; Constituição Portuguesa anotada. ISBN: 978-972-32-1822-0
Adragão Paulo Pulido 1962-; A^liberdade religiosa e o Estado
Canotilho José Joaquim Gomes 1941- 212; Constituição da República Portuguesa anotada. ISBN: 972-32-1462-8

Complementary Bibliography

Cristina Queiroz; O princípio da não revisibilidade dos direitos fundamentais sociais, Coimbra Editora, 2006
Adragão Paulo Pulido 1962-; A^lei da liberdade religiosa portuguesa
Adragão Paulo Pulido 1962-; Crucifixos e minaretes
Adragão Paulo Pulido 1962-; O^direito à objecção de consciência por parte do chefe de estado, em questão
Adragão Paulo Pulido 1962-; Ordem jurídica portuguesa e ordem jurídica canónica
Gouveia, J.B.,Loja, F.S. e Gomes, S. ; Direito da Religião, INCM, 2015
Machado Jónatas Eduardo Mendes; Liberdade religiosa numa comunidade constitucional inclusiva dos direitos da verdade aos direitos do. ISBN: 972-32-0729-X
Mazzola Roberto 340; Diritto e religione in Europa. ISBN: 978-88-15-23400-1
Adragão Paulo Pulido 1962- 340; Atas do I Colóquio luso-italiano sobre a liberdade religiosa

Teaching methods and learning activities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

According to Faculty rules and regulations.

Calculation formula of final grade

According to Faculty rules and regulations.

I. Designation: "Fundamental Social Rights" (Prof.ª Doutora Cristina Queiroz)

Evaluation:


II. Law, religion and society, 5TH edition (Prof. Doutor Paulo Adragão) 

Evaluation: by final exam, which is 50% of the final grade.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to Faculty rules and regulations.

Classification improvement

According to Faculty rules and regulations.