Portuguese-Brazilian Public Law

Recommended Prerequisites

Constitutional Law I and II, Administrative Law I, II and III.

Teaching Methods

Lectures and tutorials. 

Learning Outcomes

- A good grasp of the public law matrices which Portuguese Law and Brazilian Law have in common.

- Comparative knowledge of the sources of Law, the doctrinal trends and the transformations undergone in both legal systems by their legal and public institutions.

- Case resolution, drawing upon Portuguese Law and Brazilian Law.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

 

Part I: A comparison of Portuguese and Brazilian Public Law

1. Public law in Portugal and Brazil: legal and dogmatic branches
2. Key concepts

Part II. Branches of special public law

1. Comparative Luso-Brazilian Constitutional Law

a) Constitutionalism

b) Political power structure

c) Basic rights

d) Constitutional review

2. Comparative Luso-Brazilian Administrative Law

a) Administrative structure

b) Sources

c) Forms of administrative action.

Head Lecturer(s)

Jorge André Carvalho Barreira Alves Correia

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

AMARAL, Diogo Freitas do, Curso de Direito Administrativo, 2 vols., Coimbra, 2006 e 2011.

ANDRADE, José Carlos Vieira de, Lições de Direito Administrativo, Coimbra, 2014.

BONAVIDES, Paulo, Direito Constitucional, São Paulo, 2015.

CANOTILHO, J. J. Gomes, Direito Constitucional e Teoria da Constituição, Coimbra, 2003.

CAUPERS, João/ANDRADE, Érico, Dicionário Jurídico Luso-Brasileiro, Lisboa, 2015.

DI PIETRO, Maria Sylvia Zanella, Direito Administrativo, São Paulo, 2014.

FERREIRA, Gilmar Mendes/BRANCO, Paulo Gustavo Gonet Branco, Curso de Direito Constitucional, São Paulo, 2014,

MELLO, Celso Antônio Bandeira de, Curso de Direito Administrativo, São Paulo, 2014.

MIRANDA, Jorge, Manual de Direito Constitucional, 3 vols., Coimbra, 2014.