Economic Law
2
2019-2020
01621512
Law
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
4.0
Compulsory
1st Cycle Studies
Recommended Prerequisites
Previous contact with law discourse.
Teaching Methods
The adoption of theoretical and practical lessons allow combining moments of theoretical discourse with others in which students actively involved in solving practical exercises to consolidate knowledge. The lectures are organized to encourage students’ active involvement in learning, fostering student/teacher interaction. Theoretical exhibitions are combined with more practical initiatives like problem solving exercises and newspapers analyses.
Learning Outcomes
Overall objectives
Understanding the legal framework of economic activity in Portugal taking into account its connections with European Union law.
Specific objectives
-Identifying the national and EU legal framework to access an economic activity and the exercise thereof;
- Understanding the scope of the State's intervention in the economy, in market regulation, and in provision of goods and services , taking also into account non economic values,;
- Analysing EU an national competition law
Generic competencies
Providing future economists with a framework of reference for business decisions and strategies regarding access to and exercise of economic activity.
Specific competencies
-Promoting the understanding of the technical legal discourse and to encourage its proper use;
- Promoting the comprehension of law in order to deal with economic issues;
- Facilitating the dialogue with legal professionals in a business context.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
Introduction
1. General framework: fundamental principles and standards
2. The Portuguese Constitution and economic regulation to access economic activity and exercise thereof
3. Economic regulation: objectives, actors, techniques and tools
4. The public sector
Public corporations
Nationalizations and privatizations
5. The European Union regulation of the economy
EU institutions
The internal market: fundamental economic freedoms
The EU competition law and the national competition law.
Head Lecturer(s)
Catarina Cláudia Ferreira Frade
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Periodic or by final exam as given in the course information : 100.0%
Bibliography
CAMPOS, João Luiz da Mota de ; CAMPOS, João Mota de - Manual de direito europeu : o sistema institucional, a ordem jurídica e o ordenamento económico da União Europeia. Coimbra : Coimbra Editora, 2010. [BP 341 CAM]
HENRIQUES, Miguel Gorjão - Direito da União : história, direito, cidadania, mercado interno e concorrência. 7ª ed.. Coimbra : Edições Almedina, 2014. [Ed. de 2010: BP 341 HEN]
SANTOS, António Carlos dos ; GONÇALVES, Maria Eduarda ; MARQUES, Maria Manuel Leitão - Direito económico. 7ª ed. rev. e actual.. Coimbra : Edições Almedina, 2014. [BP 351.82 SAN]
SILVA, Miguel Moura e - O abuso de posição dominante na nova economia. Coimbra : Edições Almedina, 2010. [BP 351.82 SIL]
UE. Tratado de Lisboa. Org. Miguel Gorjão-Henriques. 2ª ed.. Coimbra : Edições Almedina, 2010. [BP 341 CE]
WHISH, Richard - Competition law. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. [BP 351.82 WHI]