Case Law History

Recommended Prerequisites

Legal History

Teaching Methods

Seminar-like teaching methods suit better a Masters degree course. Classes will promote dialogue, problematizing and reflection. Continuous assessment, with presentations and discussion on the topics and on students' research work. Care will be taken to ensure that in-class discussions are nurtured by students' individual research.

Learning Outcomes

The Case Law History course aims at explaining Case Law's historicity and its specific meaning. The overwhelming educational potential of this subject matter is at the service of integral jurists willing to critically reflect about the contingent character of the different historical and cultural implementations of the Law. Hence the purpose of illuminating current mainstream law. The curricular unit aims at providing the students competences in order to critically evaluate the progress of case law related to several juridical institutions.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

I. Case law history models

1. Roman case law

2. Medieval case law

3. Modern enlightened case law

4. Positivist case law

II. Evolution of case law in a legal branch across 20th and 21st centuries

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research work: 100.0%

Bibliography

COSTA, Mário Júlio de Almeida, História do Direito Português, 5.ª ed., com a colaboração de Rui Manuel de Figueiredo MARCOS, Coimbra, Almedina, 2014.

NEVES, António Castanheira, Metodologia Jurídica: Problemas Fundamentais, Coimbra Editora, Coimbra, 1993.

NEVES, António Castanheira, "Escola da Exegese", in: Digesto. Escritos acerca do Direito, do Pensamento Jurídico, da sua Metodologia e Outros, vol. 2.º, Coimbra Editora, Coimbra, 1995, pp. 181 e ss.

NEVES, António Castanheira, “Escola do Direito Livre”, in: Digesto…, cit., pp. 193 e ss.

NEVES, António Castanheira, “Escola Histórica do Direito”, in: Digesto…, cit., pp. 203 e ss.

NEVES, António Castanheira, “Jurisprudência dos Interesses”, in: Digesto…, cit., pp. 215 e ss.

NEVES, António Castanheira, “Método Jurídico”, in: Digesto…, cit., pp. 283 e ss.