Foundations of Law (2 º Sem 2019/2020)
Objetivos
This course provides an overview of the Portuguese Juridical System. Upon successful completion of this course the student shall inter alia develop a legal vocabulary, explain fundamental legal concepts and discuss topics relating to the Law:
- The concept of Law: Law, Society and Normative Social Orders;
- Branches of Law: International and Internal; Public, Private and Hybrid;
- The State and the Portuguese Constitutional System: the Portuguese Juridical System and the State of Law (Origins, Evolution and Crisis);
- Sources of Law and the Creation of Legal Rules: Law (Hierarchy, Types of Legislative Acts, Review of Constitutionality and Legality. Termination of Laws and Codification, Customs and Practices, Jurisprudence, Doctrine and Equity;
- The Juridical Rule: Features, Structure, Types and Sanctions;
- Interpretation, Integration and Application of Juridical Rules: Interpretation Processes, Integration Processes and Application Processes (Retroactivity);
- The Juridical Relation: Concepts, Types, Subjective Rights and Juridical Duties, Elements (Subjects, Object, Juridical Fact and Guarantee);
- Contracts (Formation Process, Lacks and Vices of the Juridical Will and Contractual Perfection) and Civil Liability (Types, Regime and Consequences).
- The concept of Law: Law, Society and Normative Social Orders;
- Branches of Law: International and Internal; Public, Private and Hybrid;
- The State and the Portuguese Constitutional System: the Portuguese Juridical System and the State of Law (Origins, Evolution and Crisis);
- Sources of Law and the Creation of Legal Rules: Law (Hierarchy, Types of Legislative Acts, Review of Constitutionality and Legality. Termination of Laws and Codification, Customs and Practices, Jurisprudence, Doctrine and Equity;
- The Juridical Rule: Features, Structure, Types and Sanctions;
- Interpretation, Integration and Application of Juridical Rules: Interpretation Processes, Integration Processes and Application Processes (Retroactivity);
- The Juridical Relation: Concepts, Types, Subjective Rights and Juridical Duties, Elements (Subjects, Object, Juridical Fact and Guarantee);
- Contracts (Formation Process, Lacks and Vices of the Juridical Will and Contractual Perfection) and Civil Liability (Types, Regime and Consequences).