Fundamental Rights

Code:

MD110

Acronym:

DF

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Law

Instance: 2017/2018 - 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
MD	21	Plano Oficial de MD	1	-	7,5	-
		Plano Oficial MD do ano letivo 2016	1	-	7,5	-

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Students will be stimulated to discuss some specific fundamental rights, deepening previously knowledge and by means of a problematic thought, within a contextual insight on the General Theory of Fundamental Rights in a national, european and global perpsective.

Learning outcomes and competences

The choice of "Specific Fundamental Rights" aims at the discussion of current issues related do the right of intimacy and freedom of religion.
It is particularly adressed to students and graduates who wish to enter careers in research, the judiciary, the bar, diplomacy and legal advice, both internally and internationally.

Working method

Presencial

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

We take aknowledge of the competences acquired in COnstitutional Law and Fundamental Rights in the 1st cycle of study.

Program

Module I - Law, Religion and Society (Prof. Paulo Adragão)
Module II - Right to privacy: new contexts and new challenges (Prof. Luísa Neto) 

Development of Module I - Law, Religion and Society (Prof. Paulo Adragão) 
1. Law, Religion and Society: General introduction to the Law of Church-State Relations
2. History of ideas on Church-State relations
3. The Right of Church-State Relations in Foreign Legal Systems
4. Tools of the Portuguese Order on Church-State Relations (1): History, Constitution and International Law
5.Places of the Portuguese order regarding Church-State relations (2): The Holy See Concordat / Portuguese State of 2004
6. Portuguese Order on Church-State Relations (3): Religious Freedom Act 2001 (LLR)
7. The Right of Church-State Relations and religious freedom, fundamental right. In particular, conscientious objection 

Development of Module II - Right to privacy: new contexts and new challenges (Prof. Luísa Neto)  
0.Right to privacy: new contexts and new challenges
1. From Right to privacy to genetic intimacy 
2. Right to privacy and physical integrity 
2.1. Assumptions 
2.2. Case studies: a) Medical treatment b) Experimentation c) Harvesting organs for transplantation 
2.3. In particular, the refusal of treatment 
3. Right to privacy and the protection of personal data
4. Right to privacy and freedom of information / communication

Mandatory literature

Neto Maria Luísa Alves da Silva 1971-; Novos direitos ou novo[s] objecto[s] para o direito?. ISBN: 978-989-8265-28-9
Neto Maria Luísa Alves da Silva 1971-; New fundamental rights. ISBN: 978-3-8416-6333-7
Adragão Paulo Pulido 1962-; A^liberdade religiosa e o Estado. ISBN: 972-40-1767-2
Adragão Paulo Pulido 1962-; A^lei da liberdade religiosa portuguesa
Adragão Paulo Pulido 1962-; Uma^concordata de cooperação, dez anos depois
Adragão Paulo Pulido 1962-; O^direito à objecção de consciência por parte do chefe de estado, em questão
Paulo Adragão; Levar a Sério a Liberdade Religiosa. – Uma refundação crítica dos estudos sobre Direito das Relações Igreja-Estado, Almedina, 2012

Teaching methods and learning activities

Seminar.

keywords

Social sciences > Juridical sciences > Public law > Constitutional law

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	0,00
Teste	100,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Evaluation with final exam