Thesis in Criminal Law Sciences

Recommended Prerequisites

Only students whose Thesis Project is approved will qualify to write a thesis.

Teaching Methods

The thesis will be completed under the advisor’s supervision, whose role is to widen up the student’s research horizon and foster autonomous reflection on the legal topic selected.

Final assessment of the thesis will be held in a public discussion format before an examining board.

Learning Outcomes

PhD candidates are expected to submit an original thesis, one written for this specific purpose and properly addressing a topic within the broad scope of legal sciences.

After completion of the thesis, students are expected to prove they have gained enough training to pursue in-depth research on a topic within his/her own specific area of expertise. The following skills are especially important: in-depth knowledge of legal doctrine and court decisions (both at the domestic and, for certain cases, the international levels); ability to reflect on doctrinal and case law  currents; ability to formulate and solve legal issues, both at the dogmatic and the positive law levels.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Not applicable.

Head Lecturer(s)

Jorge Manuel Coutinho Abreu

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Thesis: 100.0%

Bibliography

Não aplicável / Not applicable.