Labour Law and Legal Medicine

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

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

Evaluation made by a final exam - integrating test type questions, quick answer questions and practical case studies - corresponding to 100% of the grade.

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 avulta e jurisprudência / jurisprudence and legislation.