Class Citizenship and Fundamental Rights

This curricular unit aims to provide theoretical knowledge and develop the critical sense of students in the areas of Citizenship and Fundamental Rights, as well as new social trends and consequent risks for the Democratic Rule of Law.

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Part I Citizenship in a global world 1. Globalization and citizenship 2. The concepts of citizen and foreigner 3. What is ¿European citizenship¿? 4. CPLP citizenship Part II Fundamental Rights 1. Hobbes, Locke and human rights 2. The meaning of the state of fundamental rights 3. Related concepts and categories of fundamental rights 4. The dignity of the human person 5. The strength of fundamental rules 6. Legal restrictions Part III The allocation and ownership of fundamental rights 1. Universality 2. Equality 3. Equivalence 4. The protection of foreigners 5. Introduction to the problem of future generations

The content is not particularly suited to the use of new technologies. Exemption is given to the use of AI, within the limits established below. Classes are taught with theoretical explanations based on practical situations (current events) in order to establish a direct connection between theory and the reality to which it should be applied.

Miranda, Jorge, Direitos Fundamentais, Almedina, 2ª Edição, 2020.  Pereira da Silva, Jorge , Direito Fundamentais. Universidade Católica Editora, 20218. Gouveia, jorge Bacelar, Direitos Fundamentais - Teoria Geral e Dogmática da Constituição Portuguesa" (Almedina, Coimbra, 2023)