Public Law

Objectives

I. Specific training in research methodologies based on inter-active conferences, seminars and workshops.

II. Objectives and competences defined taking into account the choices and the profile of the candidates.

III. Reports of the inter-active conferences, seminars and workshops prepared by the students and participants in the Course.

IV. Techniques of investigation and writing of texts.

V. Guidance and other non-technical support in the preparation of research projects.

VI. To promote, advise and facilitate relations between students and participants in the Course, assisting in the interaction and relationship with other services of the Faculty, in particular, with the technical research team within the CEDIS and the Library of the Faculty of Law of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

General characterization

Code

22108

Credits

20

Responsible teacher

Helena Pereira de Melo

Hours

Weekly - 2

Total - 26

Teaching language

English

Prerequisites

Not Applicable

Bibliography

 

I. National

QUEIROZ, Cristina, Direito Constitucional Internacional, 2ª ed., Petrony, 2016.

QUEIROZ, Cristina, Direito Público Comparado, Filosofia do Direito e Relações Internacionais, Tomo I, Lisboa: Petrony, 2018.

MEDEIROS, Rui, A Constituição Portuguesa num contexto global, Lisboa: Universidade Católica, 2015.

MOREIRA, Vital, "Respublica" Europeia. Estudos de Direito Constitucional da União Europeia, Coimbra: Coimbra Editora, 2014.

II. International

BOGDANDY, Armin v., e BAST, Jürgen (eds.), Principles of European Constitutional Law, 2ª ed., Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2010.

DELBRÜCK, Jost, Exercising Public Authority Beyond the State: Transnational Democracy and/or Alternative Legitimation Strategies, in: 10 "Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies", 1 (2003), pp. 29 ss.

GRIMM, Dieter, Sovereignty. The Origin and Future of a Political and Legal Concept, Nova Iorque: Columbia University Press, 2015.

ISENSEE, Josef, e KIRCHHOF, Paul (eds.), Handbuch des Staatsrechts der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Tomo XI ("Internationale Bezüge"), 3ª ed., Heidelberga, 2013.

LOUGHLIN, Martin, e DOBNER, Peter (eds.), The Twilight of Constitutionalism?, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.

MÖLLERS, Christoph, The Three Branches. A Comparative Model of Separation of Powers, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.

MÖLLERS, Christoph, Pouvoir Constituant. Constitution. Constitutionalisation, in: BOGDANDY/BAST (eds.), "Principles of European Constitutional Law", 2ª ed., OxCHARford: Hart Publishing, 2010, pp. 169 ss.

OFFE, Claus, Europe Entrapped, Cambridge: Polity, 2016.

SCHARPF, Fritz W., Legitimacy in the Multi-level European Polity, in: DOBNER/LOUGHLIN (eds.), "The Twilight of Constitutionalism", Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 89 ss.

SCHARPF, Fritz W., Governing in Europe: Effective and Democratic (trad. franc. ?Gouverner l?Europe?), Presses de la Foundation Nationale de Sciences Politiques, 2000.

TUORI, Kaarlo, e TUORI, Klaus, The Eurozone Crisis. A Constitutional Analysis, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.

III. Legislation

Portuguese Republic Constitution

National Defense Statute

National Defense Strategic Concept 

Emergency Powers

IV. Jurisprudence

I. Constitutional Court

II. Court of Justice of the European Union

III. German Federal Constitutional Court/english version

V. Internet sites

Verfassungsblog: https://verfassungsblog.de.

Social Europe: www.socialeurope.eu.

The European Republic: https://europeandemocracylab.org.

 

 

 

Teaching method

In accordance with the objectives and competences defined in the Faculty rules and regulations, students should prepare a final evaluation scientific report.

Evaluation method

In accordance with the objectives and competences defined in the Faculty rules and regulations, students should prepare a final evaluation scientific report.

Subject matter

 

CONSTITUTIONAL INTERNATIONAL LAW

Introduction

I. Constitutional International Law

II. Universalism, particularism and the legitimacy of the public order beyond the state

III. Strategies to respond to the challenges of globalization

IV. Constitutional Law in the European and global context

V. Constitutional dimensions of Foreign Policy

Programs

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