The Social and Economic Rights on the Booksand in Action
Year
1
1
Academic year
2019-2020
2019-2020
Code
03015293
03015293
Subject Area
Law
Law
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
15.0
15.0
Type
Elective
Elective
Level
3rd Cycle Studies
3rd Cycle Studies
Recommended Prerequisites
Constitutional Law (Fundamental Rights and Constitutional Justice), and foreign languages proficiency (French, English, Italian, Spanish, German).
Teaching Methods
Each Professor will lecture on the main topics of his/her module. Then, students will make short presentations on specific points of the theme and a discussion facilitated by the Professor will follow.
Learning Outcomes
The general theme of the course will include the following modules:
- Economic and social rights in a time (or in times) of crisis: a “theory of scarcity” and/or a “theoretical scarcity”? Some contributions toward an analysis of the principles of sustainability and intergenerational justice in the social welfare field – by Prof. João Loureiro;
- Social Rights Enforcement by the Constitutional Court – by Prof. Fernando Alves Correia;
- The Right to Health – by Prof. Vera Lúcia Raposo
- The Enforcement of the Right to Housing by the Constitutional Court – by Prof. Fernanda Paula Oliveira
The Social and Economic Rights on the Books and in Action. The tax limits of the welfare state – by Prof. José Casalta Nabais.
Work Placement(s)
NoAssessment Methods
Assessment
Research work: 100.0%