Philosophy of Law and Legal Methodology I

Code:

D400 I

Acronym:

FDMJ

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Philosophy

Instance: 2020/2021 - 1S (since 21-09-2020 to 18-12-2020)

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	175	Novo Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2016	4	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The course aims to help provide students the necessary tools to a critical, autonomous and sustained reflection on the law and a personal research and deepening of the themes.

These objectives will be pursued through study, reflection and questioning around some issues, more or less "classic", of the field of philosophy of law and political philosophy, using the contribution of various currents of thought, authors and  works, as well as with openness to interdisciplinarity.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students are expected to acquire knowledge in topics addressed in the discipline and develop basic and specific skills, including skills of independent research, analysis capability and critical reflection on the addressed issues, applicable in academic and professional context .

Working method

Presencial

Program

I. Law from the perspective of Philosophy (Tiago Ramalho)
1. Introduction to Philosophy of Law
2. Modernity as paradigm
3. Framework (s) of Philosophy of Law in the universe
of Philosophy
4. Undestanding Law as an Ethichs

II. Old and new issues (Anabela Leão)
1. Law and justice
2. The Law, the individual and the community
3. Pluralism and Law  
4.  State, Law, Power(s) 

Mandatory literature

Kaufmann Arthur 340; Introdução à filosofia do direito e à teoria do direito contemporâneas. ISBN: 972-31-0952-2
Rosas João Cardoso; Concepções da justiça. ISBN: 978-972-44-1673-1
Kaufmann, Arthur; Filosofia do direito, 5ª ed.. ISBN: 9789723110630
Lamego José 1953-; Elementos de metodologia jurídica. ISBN: 978-972-40-6737-7
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha; Filosofia do direito. ISBN: 978-972-40-7587-7

Complementary Bibliography

Brito António José de 1927-; Introdução à filosofia do direito
Bronze Fernando José 1947-; Lições de introdução ao direito. ISBN: 972-32-1378-8
Castignone Silvana; Introduzione alla filosofia del diritto. ISBN: 88-420-5564-6
Coleman Jules; The^Oxford handbook of jurisprudence and philosophy of law. ISBN: 0-19-829824-2
Cunha Paulo Ferreira da 1959-; O^essencial sobre filosofia política moderna. ISBN: 972-27-1460-0
Habermas Jurgen 1929-; Direito e moral. ISBN: 972-771-201-0
Hart Herbert L. A. 1907-1992; O^conceito de direito. ISBN: 972-31-0692-2
Hespanha António Manuel 1945-; Cultura jurídica europeia. ISBN: 978-972-40-4810-9
Kelsen Hans 1881-1973; A^justiça e o direito natural. ISBN: 972-40-1536-X
Lamego, José; Caminhos da filosofia do direito kantiana, 1º volume: de Kant ao Neo-kantismo. ISBN: 5606939007773
Larenz Karl 1903-; La^filosofía contemporánea del derecho y del Estado
Larenz Karl 1903-; Metodologia da ciência do direito. ISBN: 972-31-0770-8
Neves António Castanheira 1929-; A^crise actual da filosofia do direito no contexto da crise global da filosofia. ISBN: 972-32-1156-4
Rawls John; Justiça como equidade. ISBN: 85-336-1752-6
Rawls John; Uma^teoria da justiça. ISBN: 972-23-1715-6
Rosas João Cardoso 340; Manual de filosofia política. ISBN: 978-972-40-5099-7
Ronald Dworkin; Taking rights seriously. ISBN: 0-674-86711-4
Neves António Castanheira 1929-; Metodologia jurídica. ISBN: 972-32-0630-7
André Santos Campos; Glosas abertas de filosofia do direito. ISBN: 978-972-724-629-8

Comments from the literature

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Teaching methods and learning activities

All the methods used in University teaching, such as lectures, seminars, debates, as well as essay writing for students who choose continuous assessment evaluation regime (see bellow).

Under continuous assessment regime, oral interventions and tests are assessment components (see bellow). 

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	70,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	10,00
Estudo autónomo	40,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Total:	80,00

Eligibility for exams

According to rules enforced in FDUP.

For studentes choosing continuous assessment presence in classes is mandatory under article 33.º RAC. 

Calculation formula of final grade

1. Evaluation through final exam: according to rules in force in FDUP.

2. Besides the evaluation regime through final exam, students will also be able to choose the continuous assessment regime without final exam (optional), according to the regulations governing evaluation in force in FDUP (RAC).

See articles 34.º and 35.º/3

2.1. Under article 36.º and 39.º/1 e 3 RAC, continuous assessment grade results from:


30% - oral presentations (2 of them mandatory) and discussion

70% - written tests (2 tests, one for each seminar, 35% each) 

2.3. Under articles 32.º/2 and 35.º/1 RAC, students will be excluded from continuous assessment regime in case they do not deliver the 2 mandatory oral presentations or do not take the 2 written tests.  

Less then 8 (out of 20) on any of the tests also determines exclusion from continuous assessment. 

See RAC, specially article 35.º/4, for the consequences of exclusion. 

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to rules in force in FDUP.

Classification improvement

According to rules in force in FDUP.

Observations

Besides the evaluation regime through final exam, students will also be able to choose the continuous assessment regime without final exam (optional), according to the regulations governing evaluation in force in FDUP.