Judicial Organization

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Lectures on the subject matters of the syllabus will be accompanied by «PowerPoint» slideshows. In particular, analysis of jurisprudence and practical exercises will be performed  through the participative method.

Learning Outcomes

The course aims to contribute to the clarification of some problems raised by the existence of jurisdiction pluralism in Portugal – namely conflicts of jurisdiction –, encourage the discussion on the judicial courts specialization and its consequences, the distribution of competence and the conflicts between them, as well as in relation to the competence of the administrative and tax courts (or its sections) and their conflicts.

Students are expected to appreciate critically legal solutions about the above mentioned subjects.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

I. Pluralism of jurisdictions in Portugal - Jurisdiction of each jurisdictional order, conflicts of jurisdiction and its resolution – analysis of the jurisprudence

II. Judicial courts and their specialization under the «2016 reform»

 1. Types of judicial courts and hierarchization

 2. The specialization vs. proximity dilemma of justice to citizens

 3. Competence conflicts and resolution – analysis of the jurisprudence

 III. Administrative and Tax Courts

 4. Types of Administrative and Tax Courts and hierarchization

 5. The specialization of those courts

 6. Competence conflicts and resolution – analysis of the jurisprudence       

Head Lecturer(s)

Márcio Albuquerque Nobre

Assessment Methods

Assessment
The evaluation will be carried out through an annotation project : 100.0%

Bibliography

CURA, António Alberto Vieira, Curso de Organização Judiciária, 2.ª edição (Coimbra, 2014).

Outra:  indicada nos sumários / Other: indicated in the summaries.