Class Citizenship and Fundamental Rights

This Curricular unit to provide thorical knowledge and develop the critical sense of students in the areas of Citizenzhip and fundamental Rights, as well as new soxcial trends and corrent risks for the Democratic Rule of Law.

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    Part I – Citizenship in a global world       1.      Globalization and citizenship The concepts of citizen and foreigner What is “European citizenship”? CPLP citizenship   Part II – Fundamental Rights       1.      Hobbes, Locke and human rights The meaning of the state of fundamental rights Related concepts and categories of fundamental rights The dignity of the human person The strength of fundamental rules Legal restrictions     Part III - The allocation and ownership of fundamental rights  Universality Equality Equivalence The protection of foreigners Introduction to the problem of future generations

Theoretical-practical classes. The evaluation of students is done according to the university's rules, including continuous assessment, that is, attendance, participation in classes and presentation of individual works (40%), as well as a written test of frequency (60%) .  

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