Class Contract Law

This Curriculum Unit aims at imparting the students essencial knowledge regarding the legal regime of the main civil  and commercial contracts, taking into account the specific regime of contracts celebrated with consumers. The theoretical and practical issues related to the syllabus contents will be analysed by resort to critical thinking and presented according to the relevant legal, jurisprudential and case law sources, aiming at conveying to the students solid legal knowledge, with a view to preparing them for the future fulfilment of legal professions.  

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I. Contracts in general 1. Contracts in law, economics and society 2. Civil contracts, commercial contracts and consumer contracts 3. Typical and atypical contracts  4. Mixed contracts 5. International contracts 6. Formation of contracts 7. Interpretation, variation, efficacy, and validity of contracts 8. Performance and non-performance of contracts 9. European contract law   II.Specific contracts 1.Translative contracts: Sales (civil, commercial and consumer sales, international sale of goods); Donation 2. Financing contracts: Loan 3. Services contracts (mandate, deposit, work, etc.) 4. Contracts concerning the use of a good, service or property (renting) 5. Distribution contracts: (agency, franquia, concessão)

Contract drafting, simulation/role-playing contractual litigation. Analysis of the subject matter in light of domestic law, international commerce, and European contract and consumer law.

Luís Menezes Leitão, Direito das Obrigações Vol. III - Contratos em especial, Almedina, Coimbra, 4.ª Ed: 2022 Maria Olinda Garcia/ Sandra Passinhas; Contratos Civis, Casos Práticos Resolvidos,  Almedina, Coimbra, 4.ª Ed: 2022