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Presentation
Presentation
The Curricular Unit of Political Science and Constitutional Law is a discipline of general formation of the law course that is divided into two parts: one, of Political Science, where, through the study of the history of political ideas, we will try to identify the origin of political power, the State and its subordination to law, analysing the historical types of State, the forms of government and the fundamental principles of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic and, in particular, that of the separation and interdependence of powers, introducing basic understandings of the fundamental rights regime. In a second part, that of Constitutional Law, we will carry out the individualized study of the organs of the State and of the organ of sovereignty President of the Republic.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 7
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
1 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT500-1215
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
1. History of Political Ideas.
2. The political phenomenon and the State;
3. The political phenomenon and the law;
4. The subordination of the State to law;
5. The elements of the State;
6. The historical types of States;
7. Characterization of Constitutionalism Portuguese;
8. The Economic and Financial Constitution;
9. The organs of the State;
10. The organs of sovereignty;
11. The President of the Republic;
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Objectives
Objectives
Provide students with the means of understanding the fundamental order of the Portuguese Republic, namely fundamental rights, the economic and constitutional model, the constitutional legal regime of state and sovereignty institutions, underlining the functions of the Constitutional Court as a matrix of a Democratic State, ruled by the law.
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
N/A
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References
References
- Alexandrino, José Melo ( 2017), Lições de Direito Constitucional, Livros 1 e 2, Lisboa, AAFDL;
- Amaral, Diogo Freitas (2013), História do Pensamento Político Ocidental, Coimbra, Almedina;
- Canotilho, J.J (2015), Direito Constitucional e Teoria da Constituição, Coimbra, Almedina;
- Gouveia, Jorge Bacelar (2016), Teoria da Constituição. Coimbra, Almedina;
- Miranda, Jorge (2020), Curso de Direito Constitucional, Livros 1 e 2, Lisboa, Universidade Católica, Editora;
- Miranda, Jorge (2013), Manual de Direito Constitucional, Tomo II, 7ª Edição, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora e Tomo V, 4ª Edição, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora;
- Miranda, Jorge e Medeiros, Rui (2018), Constituição Portuguesa Anotada, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa;
- Novais, Jorge Reis (2017), Direitos Fundamentais e Justica Constitucional, AAFDL, Lisboa;
- Otero, Paulo (2010), Direito Constitucional Português (volumes I e II), Coimbra, Almedina.
- Schmidt, Carl (2008), Constituional Theory, Duhram, Duke University Press.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No