Contracts lasting
1
2019-2020
03014936
Law
Portuguese
Face-to-face
15.0
Elective
3rd Cycle Studies
Recommended Prerequisites
General Theory of Civil Law; The Law of Obligations; Civil Contracts.
Teaching Methods
Teaching methodologies:
Participaton in the seminar classes;
Presentation of the students’ research work.
Methods of evaluation:
Participation in the seminars (50 %);
Research work and paper (50 %).
Learning Outcomes
The purpose is to deepen and problematize some specific aspects of the legal regime of successive execution contracts (long-term contracts), insofar as their term and ending or termination is especially concerned. Critical argumentation and personal research skills will be promoted by means of oral discussions 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 the broader sense
B. Long-term contracts, complex contractual relationship and contractual purpose
C. Contract duration
D. Ways of ending 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
Head Lecturer(s)
Francisco Manuel de Brito Pereira Coelho
Assessment Methods
Evaluation
Participation in the seminars (50 %): 50.0%
Research work and paper (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