Labour Law and Legal Medicine

Recommended Prerequisites

Holders of a graduation degree, 1^st. Cycle studies or legally equivalent qualifications.

Teaching Methods

Expository and narrative method, using computer support and always based and illustrated with practical case studies.

Learning Outcomes

Provide the knowledge of the national legislation related to work accidents and occupational diseases and the knowledge and skills for a proper monitoring and counseling of workers victims of such situations, as well as of the aspects related to the medico-legal evaluation and compensation of damages in theses fields.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

- Work and risk.

- The contributions of the Law under Labor Law .

- Presentation of health and safety work norms - Basic regulatory framework, with particular emphasis on the Labour Code approved by Law 7/2009 and Law 102/2010 .

- Concepts of work accident and occupational disease and their practical importance; duties and obligations related to the employer , the injured worker and the insurance company .

- The medical-legal assessment of post traumatic damage in Labour Law

- From eveluation to compensation.

- Damage parameters in Labor Law

- The médico-legal report.

- Differences in the forensic assessment of damages in the various branches of law.

- The National Table of Disabilities for the evaluation of Work Accidents and Occupational Diseases, his use and the differences in relation to other tables

- Case studies .

Head Lecturer(s)

Duarte Nuno Pessoa Vieira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Payne-James, J; Byard, R.W; Corey, T.; Henderson, C. (Eds): Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine. Amsterdam,  Elsevier, 2005.

Madea, B (Ed.): Handbook of Forensic Medicine, Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.

Magalhães, T.; Corte-Real, F., Costa Santos, J., Vieira, D.N.: Recomendações gerais para a realização de relatórios periciais de clínica forense relativos ao dano pós-traumático. Revista Portuguesa do Dano Corporal, 2010, 20: 53-61.

Vieira, DN;  Quintero, J.A.: Aspectos práticos da Avaliação do Dano Corporal em Direito Civil, Biblioteca Seguros/IUC, Coimbra, 2008

Legislação e  jurisprudência / jurisprudence and legislation.