Class Introduction to Law

 The Introduction to Law Curricular Unit is fundamental in the learning of basic, general and common knowledge to any specific area of Law, whether public or private law. The development and framing of fundamental legal notions and their application are essential tools for understanding the legal universe.

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A. The Law – General characterization: the need for Law; the social order, ethics and law. The State. The Rule of Law. The Law, the Right and Legal Science. Purposes of Law. Law and Justice. Law and morals. Law and Democracy. Rule of Law. Legal Order. Objective law and subjective rights Branches of public and private law: international, European and national. The sources of law. The hierarchy of sources Legal norm - structure and hierarchy of norms. The interpretation and integration of the law. Application of law in time and space. Models of self-protection of Law. Self-defense. State of necessity. direct action. right of resistance

Analysis of practical examples. Reading standards to understand their structure. Games involving subjective rights, structure of the legal norm, interpretation, integration and application in space and time. Support material with dynamic slides - focus on the elements in relation. study support summaries

  Justo, A. Santos – Introdução ao Estudo do Direito, 8.ª edição, Coimbra Editora, Coimbra, 2017. Luís, Sandra Lopes - Introdução ao Estudo do Direito - sumários e hipoteses desenvolvidas, AAFDL, Lisboa, 2023.