Constitutional Justice

Code:

DO411

Acronym:

JC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S (since 19-02-2018 to 18-05-2018)

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	65	Novo Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2016	4	-	6	-
		Plano Transitório do ano letivo 2016	4	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The course aims to provide students with a multidimensional knowledge, both theoretical and practical, of various realities of Constitutional Justice. In view of the inevitable limitations of time, it will be sought that those who attend the course will become acquainted with the constitutional case law, constitutional jurisprudence, constitutional process, and other relevant aspects (and in post-disciplinary dialogues) either at the national level (privileged, of course), or internationally and globally. It is not intended that the student only assimilates theoretical knowledge about procedures, or know by heart a few decisions, but that he or she may incorporate the dimension of Constitutional Justice in its multiple facets in its general knowledge of Law. This will call for active student participation and a comprehensive program.

Learning outcomes and competences

The student should have a knowledge of the theoretical issues of the program, be able to interpret in depth constitutional jurisprudential decisions, be able to elaborate hypothetical constitutional jurisprudential decisions, and be able to comment such decisions. In addition to lecturing with ease on the themes of the program. Knowledge skills (acquisition of contents - programmatic), hermeneutics, dissertation (with a naturally rhetorical component), jurisprudential technique, etc.

Working method

Presencial

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

Not special ones

Program

CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE

A. Theoretical Basis

1. Epistemology and Conceptualization: Several senses and ways of approaching "Constitutional Justice" and its contextualization.
2. Brief History of the Paradigm and Constitutional Jurisprudential Activity
3. Methodology and Postdisciplinarity: Constitutional Jurisprudential Rationality. Constitutional Justice in the context of the Constitutional State in dialogue with various elements of today's theory and constitutional reality and other legal and transjuridical issues.

B. Portuguese, Comparative and Global Constitutional Justice
and Constitutional Jurisprudence

1. Comparison of Juridical Systems: Constitutional Justice in the various constitutional systems.
2. Process: Epitome of Constitutional Process
3. Principle matters: Grand Principles of Constitutional Law in Constitutional Jurisprudence
4. Multilevel Constitutionalism: From the dialogue between Jurisprudence to the supranational Courts and to the project of an International Constitutional Court.

C. Practical Analysis of Jurisprudence

1. Constitutional Hermeneutics and Constitutional Jurisprudential Hermeneutics
2. Concrete analysis of constitutional judgments
3. Elaboration of doctrinal articles of critical jurisprudence with students.

Mandatory literature

Queiroz, Cristina; Justiça Constitucional, Petrony, 2017. ISBN: 9789726852384
Morais Carlos Blanco de 1957-; Justiça constitucional. ISBN: 978-972-32-1438-3

Comments from the literature

Further bibliographic references in a future text of the professor and also to be selected from the professor's constitutional books, such as Direito Constitucional Geral and Direito Constitucional Anotado.

Teaching methods and learning activities

All methodes in use at the University, mainly case study and seminar.

keywords

Social sciences > Juridical sciences > Public law > Constitutional law

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

50% scientific work on constitutional jurisprudence (including oral presentation) and 50% activities in class (continuous  evaluation)