Law

Diário da República, 2nd series - N. 191 - October 4, 2016. Announcement No. 214/2016

The Law Department created a second cycle, with specialized master's courses by scientific areas. Each course consists of 120 ECTS and takes place over 2 years.

The creation of master's courses is dynamic, there are currently three variants, or areas of specialization:

Master's Specialties:

  • Legal Sciences
  • Legal and Criminal Sciences
  • Legal and Political Sciences
Ministerial authorization order
  • 2nd cycle of studies leading to a Master's degree in Law – in the specialties of Legal Sciences, Legal-Political Sciences and Legal-Criminal Sciences
  • Accredited by A3ES. Diário da República, 2nd series – No. 191 – October 4, 2016, Announcement No. 214/2016

    SYLLABUS

    - Alex Pires

    • Characterize scientific knowledge;
    • To determine the importance of methods and techniques in the construction of knowledge about the Science of Law;
    • Define the importance of the observation-‐perception binomial;
    • Determine the importance of scientific argument over personal opinion;
    • Produce a Hypothetical Research Project.

    - Stella Barbas

    • Deepen knowledge (in the subject matter of the program) in Civil Law for the later elaboration of dissertations in the area;
    • The program covers fundamental topics within the scope of Civil Law, such as fundamental principles of Civil Law, urban leasing, rural leasing, horizontal property, measures to “protect people living in a common economy” (Law n.º 6 / 2001, of 11 May), measures to protect de facto unions, marriage and dissolution by divorce, rules on inheritance sharing.

    - Fernando Jose Silva

    • Consolidation of knowledge of the General Theory of Criminal Offence, in particular the forms of crime;
    • Study of the special part and of some crimes in particular, with the aim of giving the student elements to allow the interpretation of any legal type of crime.

    - Armindo Saraiva Matias

    • To provide students with a deeper understanding of the knowledge acquired in the degree, in contractual matters;
    • It is now intended a broad view of the principles adopted by the Portuguese legal system, in terms of contractual dogmatics, at the same time as it seeks to characterize the nature and regime of the various contractual types.

    - Anja Bothe

    • Know the object and method of Environmental Law as an autonomous branch of Legal Science;
    • Encourage students' interest in some of the most debated issues in Environmental Law, Spatial Planning and Urban Planning;
    • Address some of the most relevant legal texts in Environmental Law, Spatial Planning and Urbanism;
    • Develop the ability to extract from these legal texts relevant knowledge for the professional practice of future jurists;
    • Raise awareness of how to work in Environmental Law from the perspective of interdisciplinary collaborations in the future professional activity of students.

    - Pedro Trovão do Rosário

    Deepen knowledge in the following areas:

    • Fundamental rights;
    • Constitutional and Political Law.

    - Antonio Alfredo Mendes

    • To deepen the knowledge of the structuring principles of the civil law system acquired in the Civil Law course;
    • Identify and select the main sources of information on Civil Law matters;
    • Develop the ability to research and write scientific and legal texts;
    • Develop critical analysis and oral presentation skills;
    • Develop group work skills through participation in seminar sessions.

    - Manuel Guedes Valente

    • To promote the understanding and perception of fundamental concepts related to the specificity of economic criminal law, namely in its relationship with common criminal law;
    • To enable 2nd cycle students to apply research models in the area of economic criminal law, taking into account the specific dogmatic nature;
    • To enhance the apprehension and application of analytical tools that allow a deep analysis of economic and financial crime and its implications of a social and human nature, namely of a transnational nature.

    • To provide students with a deeper understanding of the knowledge acquired in the degree, in contractual matters;
    • It is now intended to provide a broad view of the principles adopted by the Portuguese legal system in terms of private international law, while also seeking to characterize each of the typical clauses of the various contractual models of international trade.

    - Antonio Pedro Pinto Monteiro

    • To know the regimes of the Alternative Means of Resolution of Conflicts or Litigations, especially in Public Law.

    Construction of a presentation model for the dissertation project.

    Dissertation
    26 ECTS

    - Alex Pires

    • Characterize scientific knowledge;
    • To determine the importance of methods and techniques in the construction of knowledge about the Science of Law;
    • Define the importance of the observation-‐perception binomial;
    • Determine the importance of scientific argument over personal opinion;
    • Produce a Hypothetical Research Project.

    - Fernando Jose Silva

    • Consolidation of knowledge of the General Theory of Criminal Offence, in particular the forms of crime;
    • Study of the special part and of some crimes in particular, with the aim of giving the student elements to allow the interpretation of any legal type of crime.

    - Manuel Guedes Valente

    • To deepen, in relation to the degree, the capacity for reflection and autonomous critical thinking on Criminal Procedural Law, identifying specific problems and pointing out relevant jurisprudential and doctrinal analysis;
    • Promoting the ability to problematize the most relevant problems of contemporary criminal procedural law, namely in terms of guarantees for defendants, evidence regime, coercive measures and appeals system;
    • Focus on the subject of evidence, a decisive matter attentive to its principal and guarantee relevance in criminal proceedings, through a methodological reflection on its scope, nature and scope.

    Criminology
    6 ECTS

    - Maria Joao da Guia

    • Provide students with knowledge, skills and competences that allow them to analyze the phenomenon of crime and the law as reflections of the context of time and social, economic, cultural and political space in order to be able to build a consistent scientific reflection on reality and solution or paths of political and legislative decision-making;
    • Know the history of criminological thought, based on the assumptions of the theoretical models of criminology, as well as the repercussions of scientific knowledge in the current criminology;
    • Study the classical, modern and contemporary theories of criminology within the framework of criminal legal sciences and the deepening of an interdisciplinary perspective of criminology.

    - Manuel Guedes Valente - Bruna Capparelli

    General:

    • Provide master's students with knowledge, skills and abilities in the context of the construction and materialization of a Criminal Investigation Theory in view of the evolution and actuality of the attributions and competences of criminal investigation of each judicial actor.

    Specifics:

    • Provide master's students with academic and scientific elements on the models and organization of criminal investigation;
    • Provide master's students with knowledge, skills and abilities on the design, principles of action, structure, framework, direction, supervision and internal and external coordination of criminal investigation, taking into account the attributions and competences of the various judicial actors, the autonomy of the MP and the independence of the judge;
    • Provide the master's students with instruments that allow them to promote an interpretation of the precepts relating to criminal investigation in accordance with the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic and the European Convention on Human Rights.

    - Pedro Trovão do Rosário

    Deepen knowledge in the following areas:

    • Fundamental rights;
    • Constitutional and Political Law.

    - Bruna Capparelli - Manuel Guedes Valente

    General:

    • Provide master's students with knowledge, skills and abilities within the scope of the theorization of international criminal law, in particular its origin and affirmation in the international and State framework, its relationship with the criminal sovereignty of States and respective influence in the domestic legislative framework.

    Specifics:

    • Provide the master's students with academic and scientific elements on the origins, evolution and affirmation of international criminal law, as well as elucidating the dynamics of the vectors, principles and axioms of international, European and national criminal policy;
    • Provide master's students with knowledge, skills and abilities on the legality and effective jurisdiction of international criminal law;
    • Provide master's students with instruments that allow them to promote an interpretation of international criminal law instruments in compliance with the national legal order.

    - Manuel Guedes Valente

    • To promote the understanding and perception of fundamental concepts related to the specificity of economic criminal law, namely in its relationship with common criminal law;
    • To enable 2nd cycle students to apply research models in the area of economic criminal law, taking into account the specific dogmatic nature;
    • To enhance the apprehension and application of analytical tools that allow a deep analysis of economic and financial crime and its implications of a social and human nature, namely of a transnational nature.

    - Alex Pires

    • Characterize scientific knowledge;
    • To determine the importance of methods and techniques in the construction of knowledge about the Science of Law;
    • Define the importance of the observation-‐perception binomial;
    • Determine the importance of scientific argument over personal opinion;
    • Produce a Hypothetical Research Project.

    - Jónatas Machado

    • Deepening of knowledge in the area of European Union Law;
    • Integration of the themes of European Citizenship, Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of the Internal Market;
    • Analysis and critical discussion of judicial cases of structuring relevance to European Union Law;
    • Development of research skills and production of academic essays and texts of a professional nature.

    - Pedro Trovão do Rosário

    Deepen knowledge in the following areas:

    • Fundamental rights;
    • Constitutional and Political Law.

    - Anja Bothe

    • Know the object and method of Environmental Law as an autonomous branch of Legal Science;
    • Encourage students' interest in some of the most debated issues in Environmental Law, Spatial Planning and Urban Planning;
    • Address some of the most relevant legal texts in Environmental Law, Spatial Planning and Urbanism;
    • Develop the ability to extract from these legal texts relevant knowledge for the professional practice of future jurists;
    • Raise awareness of how to work in Environmental Law from the perspective of interdisciplinary collaborations in the future professional activity of students.

    Construction of a presentation model for the dissertation project.

    Dissertation
    26 ECTS

    Celeste Cardona

    Fernando Jose Silva

    Jónatas Machado

    Luís Filipe de Melo e Silva

    Ricardo Dinis Pedro