Class Legal Methodology and Research

This curricular unit has the following objectives: 1)The sharing of knowledge and experiences that allow students to plan, prepare and present a working-paper. 2)Reflect on the complex relationships between Law and Legal Methodology and providing students useful tools.

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Part I/ Research methods (oficina juris) . Some problems: 1. Research planning: the choice of the subject-matter and the bibliographical research. 2. The general scheme (internal and external configuration) and the choice of the subject-matter; the circularity of the text. 3. The bibliographic treatment. 4. The ethical dimension of the intended insvestigation. The originality and the problem of plagiarism. 5. Ethics in the commentary on jurisprudence.   Part II/ Introduction/ Law and the discours of Methods. Legal methodology and the challenges of contemporary legal thinking: 1. Is a ' Legal Method ' today possible? And useful and necessary?... 2. The plurality of legally relevant interpretative communities and the types of rationality. 3. The problem of jurisdictional adjudication methodologically conceived. The outcomes of interpretation.

According to the sequence of topics to be covered, the classes evolve through the following phases (in-person): Phase 1) The presentation by the professor and students is oriented to the subject to be taught. Phase 2) The theoretical and dialogue models follow each other. Phase 3) Class direction is inspired by the principles of applied group psychology and the Flipped Classroom model. Phase 4) Presentation and discussion of curricular working-papers projects. Phase 5) Working-papers are uploaded to the Moodle platform and evaluated.

Parte I: POÇAS, Luís. (2022). Manual de Investegação em Direito: Metodologia da Preparação de Teses e Artigos Jurídicos (2.ª ed.ª). Almedina. COSTA, José de Faria. "Minimae Leges Artis Jurisprudentiae", Texto não publicado, mas já disponibilizado, em formato PDF pelo seu autor Parte II: NEVES, António Castanheira. (2013). Metodologia Jurídica: Problemas Fundamentais (reimpr.). Coimbra Editora. BRONZE, Fernando Pinto (2020). Metodologia do Direito. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra LINHARES, José Aroso (2017). O binómio casos fáceis/casos difíceis e a categoria de inteligibilidade sistema jurídico. Um contraponto indispensável no mapa do discurso jurídico contemporâneo? Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra.