Introduction to Law

Presentation

The Curricular unit of introduction to the study of law, aims to provide a formation in basic matters of the theory of Law, the methodology of law and the philosophy of law. In its teaching, theoretical and practical, it seeks to develop and improve in the student the faculties of analysis, abstraction and realization that are proper to legal reasoning in resolving cases with legal relevance.

Part of this Programme

European Studies and International Relations

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

| Semestral | 5

Year | Type of course unit | Language

1 |Mandatory |Português

Code

ULHT450-177

Recommended complementary curricular units

HISTORY OF LAW

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

PHILOSOPHY OF LAW

METODOLOGY OF LAW

Prerequisites and co-requisites

n/a

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

 -INTRODUCTION

1. Legal order and law

2. The legal order as normative order

3. Other non-normative legal orders

4. The characteristics that make the legal order a normative order

4.1. The imperativity of the legal order

4.2. The coercibility

4.3. Coercibility and law

4.4. Sanction. Concept and typology

5. Legal order and state

§ 1 ¿ THE SOURCES OF LAW

§ 2 ¿ NON-NORMATIVE PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING THE RIGHT

§ 3-THE BRANCHES OF LAW

Objectives

The objective of the Curricular unit is pursued through the treatment of themes that import a reflection both on the legal order considered in its entirety, as well as on the sources of the legal rules. The methodological aspects related to the interpretation of the sources of law and the application of the legal rules are considered, and some elements are mentioned on the values and legitimation of the law.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

The study of the law calls for reflection and understanding. Knowing law is much more than knowing a catalog of laws; Being a jurist is to be able to perceive the content of any source of law and to extract the rule contained therein and be able to apply this rule in resolving concrete cases.

Evaluation methodologies:
¿ Continuous evaluation

The evaluation of the students is carried out based on objective elements namely:
¿ Attendance to classes = 15%
¿ Participation in class = 10%
¿ Intermediate Evaluation test = 15%
¿ Final Evaluation test = 60%
(Attendance and participation in classes; individual and group oral interventions; individual and group written interventions; individual tests; calls; participation in colloquia and other scientific initiatives; quality of written and oral intervention; Argumentation capacity, etc.)

References

O conhecimento de algumas partes das obras abaixo indicadas é indispensável para uma boa preparação nas matérias ensinadas nas Unidades Curriculares de Introdução ao Direito:

¿ GAMEIRO, ANTÓNIO e JANUÁRIO, RUI, Introdução e Teoria Geral, Vol I, Cosmos, Lisboa, 2013;

¿ ASCENSÃO, JOSÉ DE OLIVEIRA: O Direito / Introdução e Teoria Geral, Coimbra:

Almedina, 2005;

¿ ENGISCH, KARL: Introdução ao Pensamento Jurídico (trad. port., Lisboa: Fundação

Calouste Gulbenkian 2001);

¿ LARENZ, KARL: Metodologia da Ciência do Direito (trad. port., Lisboa: Fundação

Calouste Gulbenkian 1997).

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