School Administrative Law

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Presentation of the contents, using "power point" and data show and dialogue with master students. Further aid in the preparation of papers/reports by master students and their presentation and discussion in class.

Learning Outcomes

School Administrative Law aims to provide master students basic knowledge of General Administrative Law and administrative organization so that such skills can be updated and applied in the specific context of the School Administrative Law for them. Thus, after the eminently expository lectures on the subject of General Administrative Law students shall prepare their works in the specific area of law and school administrative organization.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

I. General Part

1) Administrative Law

Distinction public law/private law

Public law 

Administrative law.

2) The sources of law

General principles of law

Constitution

European Law

International law

Laws

General principles of administrative activity (Adm.)

Regulations.

3) Administrative Organization

The State: administrative meaning

Distinction between entities and bodies

The difference between duties and responsibilities

The structure of the Portuguese administrative organization

The interorganic and intersubjective functional relations

4) The forms of administrative activity

The regulations (remission)

Administrative acts

Administrative contracts

The material actions of the Administration

Informal action.

5) The administrative procedure

Concept and overview

The Code of Administrative Procedure

Stages of the administrative procedure

The existence of special laws to envisage special procedures.

Themes of School Administrative Law and School Administration

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

FERNANDA PAULA OLIVEIRA/JOSÉ EDUARDO FIGUEIREDO DIAS, Noções Fundamentais de Direito Administrativo, Almedina, Coimbra, 3ª ed. revista e aumentada, 2013

- CATARINA SARMENTO E CASTRO, Administração e Organização Escolar – O Direito Administrativo da Escola, Porto Editora, 2007