Introduction to Law and Labour Law

no basic knowledge required

Teaching methodologies based on student participation in bibliographic and legal research, as well as in solving practical cases, appear to be the most appropriate to achieve the learning objectives of the curricular unit

a) Objectives:

1. Familiarize students with the language, concepts and ways of thinking specific to law, preparing them to understand the subsequent specialized legal matters.

2. Make students aware of the legal-labor relationship, in its individual and collective incidences, and its main aspects of the regime, with practical concerns but without forgetting the respective theoretical framework.

b) Skills to be acquired: The student should be able to identify which legal regulations are applicable to each situation. You should know how to correctly interpret the rule in question and solve the specific situations that you encounter

A) Introduction to Law

PART I - THE LAW - GENERAL CHARACTERIZATION

1. The need for law

2. A first concept of law

3. The law among normative orders: religion, courtesy and ethics

4. Law and related realities: state, society and economy

5. Definition of the concepts of "positive law", "current law" and "natural law"

6. The specific purposes of law: justice and security

PART II - THE LEGAL STANDARD - FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS

1. The legal norm

2. Ways of creating legal norms. The sources of law

3. Protection of legal rules

4. Interpretation of the law

5. Integration of the law

6. The general problem of law enforcement

7. The systematicity of the law

8. The division of the legal system: branches of law

B) Labor Law

PART I - LABOR LAW AND SOURCES

PART II – INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

NAO

COSTA, Manuel Fernandes, Fundamental Notions of Law, ISCAC, Social Welfare Services at the University of

Coimbra (SASUC), Text Service, Coimbra, 2000.

- FALCÃO, José/OLIVEIRA, Sarmento/CASAL, Fernando/DA CUNHA, Paulo F., General Notions of Law,

LEGAL

- AMADO, João Leal, Employment Contract, Coimbra Editora, Coimbra, 2011 (main bibliography).

- LEITE, Jorge, Labor Law, vol. I and II, ed. copied by the Action Services Text Services

University of Coimbra, respectively 2003 and 2004

(main bibliography).

- CORDEIRO, António Menezes, Manuel of Labor Law, Almedina, Coimbra, 2004.

- FERNANDES, António Lemos Monteiro, Labor Law, Almedina, Coimbra, 2004.

– MARTINEZ, Pedro Romano, Labor Law, Almedina, Coimbra, 2004