Class Civil Procedure Law I

This course aims at providing the tools to grasp the fundamental knowledge of procedural law, namelly the understanding of the specificity of the procedural relation and the structural aspects of an action in law, with a strong emphasis on the main concepts of general legal procedural theory, thus allowing students to acquire solid bases not just for further study of civil procedural law but also other branches of procedural law.

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I -- INTRODUCTION A) Notion B) Procedural law §1-Sources of procedural law §2-Interpretation and application of procedural law C)General principles of procedural law §1-Principles arising from the right of access to court §2-Principles arising from the right to a fair trial   §3-Other general principles of procedural law II -- PROCEDURAL REQUISITES A) Notion B) Specific procedural requisites §1-Judicial personality §2-Jurisdiction Rationae Personae §3-Judicial capacity §4-Postulatory capacity §5-Legal standing §6-Procedural interest §7-Jurisdiction §8-Res judicata and overlap of legal actions

Use of IT resources in the context of classroom activities.

BRITO, Wladimir - Teoria Geral do Processo. Coimbra: Almedina, 2019. ISBN: 9789724080000 CASTRO MENDES, João / TEIXEIRA DE SOUSA, Miguel - Manual de Processo Civil, vol. I, 2022. ISBN: 9789726297659 LEBRE DE FREITAS, José - Introdução ao Processo Civil. 4.ª ed. Coimbra: Gestlegal, 2017. ISBN: 9789899982413 PIMENTA, Paulo - Processo Civil Declarativo. 3.ª ed. Coimbra: Almedina, 2020. ISBN: 9789724087153 REMÉDIO MARQUES, J.P. - Ação Declarativa à Luz do Código Revisto. 3.ª ed. Coimbra: Coimbra Ed., 2011. ISBN: 9789723219043 TEIXEIRA DE SOUSA, Miguel - Introdução ao Processo Civil. 2.ª ed. Lisboa: Lex, 2000. ISBN: 9789728634025