History of Portuguese Law

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

A theoretical and practical method is adopted, where lessons will be presented as seminars and will be based on dialogues. The assessment will be continuous, emphasizing work discussion and work presentation.

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit aims at explaining the peculiar concept of legal historicity, providing students with skills for better understanding and applying current law considering its origins and historical conformation.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Portuguese Law on the First Republic

1. The republican constitutionalism

2. The republican colonial law

3. Criminal law on the First Republic

4. Vicissitudes of the administrative law on the First Republic

5. The republican public finances and the “break law”

6. The First Republic and the private law

7. The legal-labor universe and the First Republic

8. Notes on the republican commercial law

9. The Reform of Legal States in 1911

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Raquel Gonçalves Moniz

Assessment Methods

Assessment
The evaluation is continuous, favoring the discussion and presentation of works: 100.0%

Bibliography

MÁRIO JÚLIO DE ALMEIDA COSTA/RUI MANUEL DE FIGUEIREDO MARCOS, A Primeira República no Direito Português, Coimbra, Almedina, 2010