Portuguese Brazilian Constitutional Law II

Recommended Prerequisites

History/Philosophy/Portuguese Brazilian Constitutional Law I.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical and practical classes.  

Learning Outcomes

Luso-Brazilian Constitutional Law II is a curricular unit to be taught in the 2nd semester of the 1st year. Facing students who are interested in a comparative law perspective, but who do not yet have a depth knowledge of Constitutional Law, their main objectives are the organization of power within the framework of the Portuguese and Brazilian constitutions (Part I) and the increasing importance of constitutional justice within the two systems (Part II).

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Art I - Organizational-functional structures

1. Brief approach to fundamental concepts and principles of organizational functional constitutional law (forms of state and forms of government)

2. The form of government in crp 1976 and cfb 1988 - parlamentarismo vs. presidentialism

3. Brazil and north american influence (presidentialism and federalism)

Part II - Constitutional justice

1. Preliminary concepts and fundamental models of constitutional justice

2. Constitutionality control system in portugal and brazil - coincidences and differences.

Head Lecturer(s)

António Eduardo Baltar Malheiro Magalhães

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Slides da Unidade Curricular da autoria da docente, a disponibilizar na plataforma electrónica da Universidade de Coimbra (NONIO)

J. J. Gomes Canotilho, Direito Constitucional e Teoria da Constituição, Almedina, Coimbra, 7ª ed., 2003

Fernando Alves Correia, Justiça Constitucional, Almedina, Coimbra, 2016

Paulo Bonavides, Curso de Direito Constitucional, Malheiros Editores, 34.ª ed., 2019.