Contracts of relationship
1
2017-2018
03220497
Law
Portuguese
Face-to-face
15.0
Elective
3rd Cycle Studies
Recommended Prerequisites
General Theory of Civil Law, Law of Obligations, Civil Contracts.
Teaching Methods
Teaching methodologies:
Participaton in the seminar classes;
Presentation of works that result from an investigation of the pupils.
Methods of evaluation:
Participation in the seminars (50 %);
Work of investigation (50 %).
Learning Outcomes
The purpose is to deepen and problematize some specific aspects of the legal regime of successive execution contracts (long-term contracts), mainly related to their term and their ending or termination. Critical argumentation and investigation ability will be promoted by means of oral discusions and a written paper/article.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
1. General part
A. Concept(s) of successive execution contracts (long-term contracts), stricto sensu and in broader sense
B. Long-term contracts, complex contractual relationship and contractual purpose
C. Contract duration
D. Ways of ending of a long-term contract
E. Contract modification and renegotiation
2. Special part: particular types of long-term contracts
A. Association, partnership contracts
B. Lease contract
C. Employment contract
D. Mandate, agency
E. Service, work contract
Assessment Methods
Evaluation
Work of investigation (50 %): 50.0%
Participation in the seminars (50 %): 50.0%
Bibliography
António Pinto Monteiro, Contratos de distribuição comercial, Coimbra, 2009
António Pinto Monteiro, Contrato de agência – Anotação, Coimbra, 2010
Luís Menezes Leitão, Direito das obrigações – Vol. III – Contratos em especial, Coimbra, 2010
Pedro Romano Martinez, Da cessação do contrato, Coimbra, 2006
Pedro Romano Martinez, Direito das Obrigações (Parte especial) – Contratos, Coimbra, 2010
João Baptista Machado, «Pressupostos da resolução por incumprimento», in Obra dispersa, I, Braga, 1991
Paulo Videira Henriques, A desvinculação unilateral ad nutum nos contratos civis de sociedade e de mandato, Coimbra, 2001
Manuel Januário Gomes, Em tema de revogação do mandato civil, Coimbra, 1989
Hartmut Oetker, das Dauerschuldvertrag und seine Beendingung: Bestandaufnahme..., Tübingen,1994