Civil Procedure Case Law

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Lectures and tutorials.

Learning Outcomes

Providing students aware and access to court decisions relating to Civil Procedure in all of its branches.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Analysis of court decisions related to:

Commencement of proceedings.

Procedure rules.

Preliminary stage. The claim form. Defenses. Reply defense. Counter claims. Time limits. Default Judgment. Summary judgment in the new Civil Procedure Code.

Interim injunctions.

Case management. The court general powers of management.

Evidence. Disclosure and inspection of documents. Witnesses. Experts. Discovery.

Trial. Judgements. Res judicata.

Appeals

Seizure. Object of the seizure. Functions and effects of seizure.

Opposition to seizure.

The call for other creditors. The lodgement of claims.

The sale of the property seized.

The payments.

Extinction and cancellation of execution.

Head Lecturer(s)

João Paulo Fernandes Remédio Marques

Assessment Methods

Assessment
The evaluation will be conducted through a written exam and work : 100.0%

Bibliography

ABRANTES GERALDES, A., Recursos no Novo Código de Processo Civil, 3.ª ed., Coimbra, Almedina, 2016.

COSTA RIBEIRO, V. da/SÉRGIO REBELO, A Ação Executiva Anotada e Comentada, Coimbra, Almedina, 2015.

FERREIRA DE ALMEIDA, F., Direito Processual Civil, vol. II, Coimbra, Almedina, 2015.

FERREIRA DE ALMEIDA, F., Direito Processual Civil, vol. I, Coimbra, Almedina, 2010.

LEBRE DE FREITAS, J., A Ação Declarativa Comum à Luz do Código de Processo Civil de 2013, 3.ª ed., Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 2013 .

LEBRE DE FREITAS, J., A Ação Executiva à Luz do Código de Processo Civil de 2013, 6.ª ed., Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 2014.

PIMENTA, Paulo, Processo Civil Declarativo, Coimbra, Almedina, 2014.

REMÉDIO MARQUES, J. P.., Acção Declarativa à Luz do Código Revisto, 3.ª ed., Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 2011.