Fundamental Rights

Code:

D206

Acronym:

DF

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S (since 10-02-2025 to 31-07-2025)

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	0	Novo Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2016	2	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. Theoretical and practical preparation in the field of legal and political sciences, with the aim of providing specialised training in the field of fundamental rights theory and, in particular, the contextualisation of certain fundamental rights in line with the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.


2. Support for individual "creativity" (or, exceptionally, that of small groups) with the aim of promoting the deepening of scientific knowledge and, as far as possible, research with results that tend to be autonomous.

Learning outcomes and competences

Theoretical and practical preparation in the area of Legal and Political Sciences with the aim of providing specialised training in the field of Fundamental Rights theory and the contextualisation of certain fundamental rights in particular.

Working method

Presencial

Program

GENERAL PART
1. Problems and the meaning of fundamental rights
2. Related concepts and categories of fundamental rights
3. The entitlement of fundamental rights: in articular, legal persons as holders of fundamental rights
4. Regime of fundamental rights

SPECIAL PART
1. The Principle of the Dignity of the Human Person: New Challenges
2. People, planet, prosperity, partnerships, peace: from the MDGs to SDGs
3. The declination of the SDGs into fundamental rights
4. Guarantee and effectiveness of the SDGs and related fundamental rights: from state multi-level protection duties to corporate due diligence

Mandatory literature

Alexandrino José Alberto de Melo 1959-; Direitos fundamentais. ISBN: 978-989-7160-32-5
Miranda, Jorge; Manual de Direito Constitucional, Tomo IV - Direitos Fudnamentais, Coimbra Editora, 9ª edição, 2012 (The book exists in the library)
Neto Maria Luísa Alves da Silva 1971-; Novos direitos ou novo[s] objecto[s] para o direito?. ISBN: 978-989-8265-28-9
José Carlos Vieira de Andrade; Os^direitos fundamentais na Constituição Portuguesa de 1976. ISBN: 978-972-40-7922-6

Complementary Bibliography

Queiroz Cristina 1957-; Direitos fundamentais sociais. ISBN: 972-32-1428-4
Novais Jorge Reis 1953-; As^restrições aos direitos fundamentais no expressamente autorizadas pela constituição. ISBN: 972-32-1177-7
Miranda Jorge 1941- 220; Constituição Portuguesa anotada (Tomo I)
ALEXANDRINO, José de Melo; A estruturação do sistema de direitos, liberdades e garantias na Constituição Portuguesa, 2 vol., Almedina, 2006
Canotilho José Joaquim Gomes 1941-; Direito constitucional e teoria da constituição. ISBN: 972-40-2106-8
Canotilho José Joaquim Gomes 1941-; Estudos sobre direitos fundamentais. ISBN: 978-972-32-1593-9
Neto Maria Luísa Alves da Silva 1971-; Educação e(m) democracia. ISBN: 978-989-746-073-9

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures, dialogued classes, case studies, etc.

keywords

Social sciences > Juridical sciences > Public law > Constitutional law

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

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

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	40,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	30,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Distributed evaluation with final exam.

Calculation formula of final grade

Distributed evaluation with final exam.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

General Law and rules enforced in FDUP.

Classification improvement

According to the rules enforced in Faculty

Observations

APPOINTMENT HOURS FOR STUDENTS: To be indicated at the beginning of the 2nd semester