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Social Security Law

Objectives


  • Understand the purpose of Social Security Law, its historical evolution and its current main challenges;

  • Acquire a global and integrated view of the Portuguese social security system, based on the architecture given to it by the Basic Law on Social Security;

  • Acquire knowledge of the legal framework of the social security system;

  • Contextualize the social security system as a result of the existence of fundamental social rights;

  • Understand the rules governing the various systems that compose the social security system.


General characterization

Code

37083

Credits

6

Responsible teacher

Isabel Valente Dias

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - 0

Teaching language

Available soon

Prerequisites

Available soon

Bibliography

Available soon

Teaching method

Theoretical-practical classes, with high student participation, which stimulate critical thinking and the discussion of practical problems and controversial issues.


Evaluation method


  1. Individual or group work on a topic to be defined jointly with the teacher, which presupposes an oral presentation and discussion in class, as well as the subsequent submission of a written report, until the date to be defined with the teacher.



 



 




  1. Final Exam



The weighting of the exam and the other assessment elements (individual or group work) will be 50%-50%. The system will average the marks for the other assessment elements (individual or group work) and the exam mark, if the marks for the other elements are higher than the exam mark. If the exam mark is higher than the mark for the other elements, the exam mark takes precedence.



Positive consideration will be given to student participation in class, particularly in the discussion of legal issues, analysis of case law, discussion of colleagues’ work, among others. Quality participation may increase the final grade by up to 1 (one) point.


Subject matter

IntroduCTION




  1. Concept and purpose of the Social Security Law

  2. Historical evolution

  3. Current problems and challenges

  4. Basic concepts

  5. Source



 



THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM




  1. General aspects


    1. Objectives and general principles

    2. Composition

    3. Registration

    4. Benefits

    5. Guarantees and litigation

    6. Financing and sustainability



  2. The Contributory System

    1. Objectives, scope e covered schemes

    2. Characterization of the contributory relationship

    3. General scheme for subordinated employees

    4. Employees with categories or special situations

    5. Scheme for members of statutory bodies

    6. Scheme for self-employed workers

    7. Non-compliance with contributory obligations

    8. Benefits of the contributory system



  3. The Citizenship Social Protection System

    1. Objectives and instruments

    2. Subsystems



  4. The Complementary System



THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION OF SOCIAL SECURITY