Law and Ethics

Introductory knowledge of ethics and legislation, covered in the Curricular Unit of Introduction to Environmental Health.

The approach to the syllabus will have a concern for justified simplification given the fact that the recipients of this curricular unit do not have legal training.

Provision of legislative, doctrinal and jurisprudence documentation illustrating the themes addressed.

Objectives:

• Know the genesis of Environmental Ethics and its applicability to the Environmental sector.
• Know the Law, in its generality, and its application to the Environment.
• Know the origin and evolution of Environmental Law at national and international level.
• Know some specific areas of Environmental Law, and its links to Constitutional, Criminal, and Tax Law

Skills:

• Respect for the ethical principles of the environment
• Orientation to problem solving based on ethical and legal principles
• Ability to relate practical matters and the underlying legal issues
• Effective communication skills
• Ability to adapt
• Continuous learning

Competences to be Developed:

• Understand the application of key legal-philosophical frameworks from an environmental perspective.
• Apply the legal reasoning and knowledge of the discipline, identifying the application of its content to the social, legal, political, economic reality and the various environmental contexts.

environment, ethics and law

1.1 General considerations

1.2 Conceptual boundaries

1.3 Object of study

1. Elementary notions of introduction to the study of Law

1.1 General considerations

1.2 Concept of Law

1.3 Sources of Law

1.4 Branches of Law

1.5 Law in space and time

1.6 The legal norm

1.7The legal relationship

1.8The protection of rights and guarantees of rights

1.9 Interpretation and integration of laws

2. Environment and law. A brief historical perspective and the moment current.

3. Environmental ethics

3.1 The new paradigms of environmental ethics

3.2 Environmental ethics dilemmas (case study)

4. Environmental Law

4.1 General considerations

4.2 The sources of Environmental Law

4.3 Constitutional principles on the environment

4.3.4 Polluter Pays Principle

4.4 The right to the environment as a fundamental right

4.5 The multilateral legal relations of Environmental Law

4.10 Environmental litigation

4.11 Green Taxation

4.12 Arbitration in Environmental Matters

NAO

Primary Bibliography

Moreno, Armando – Ética em tecnologias da saúde. Lisboa : Medilivro, D. L. 2004. 305 p

; Nunes, Rui ; ; Melo, Helena Pereira de, ed. lit. – A ética e o direito no ínicio da vida humana. Coimbra : Gráfica de Coimbra, 2001. 244 p.. ISBN 972-603-231-8

Gard, Gunvor ; Sundén, Bente Thrane – Life-views of physiotherapy students compared to medical and nursing students. . Vol. 86, nº 11 (November 2000)

Parente, Paulo [et al.] – Ética nos cuidados de saúde. 1ª ed. Coimbra : Formasau, 1998. 65, [3] p. ISBN 972-8485-04-2

Singer, Peter – Ética prática. 2ª ed. Lisboa : Gradiva, 2002. 411 p.. ISBN 972-662-723-0

Bibliografia Primária

Osswald, Walter – Um fio de ética : (exercícios e reflexões). Coimbra : Instituto de Investigação e Formação Cardiovascular, 2001. 183 p.. ISBN 972-98721-0-4

Savater, Fernando – Ética para um jovem. 5ª ed. Lisboa : Editorial Presença, 1998. 128 p.. ISBN 972-23-1657-5

Marcos, Badeia – Ética e profissionais de saúde. 1ª ed. São Paulo : Livraria Santos Editora, 1999. XIV, 238 p

Varandas, Maria José – Ambiente : uma questão de ética. 1ª ed. Lisboa : Esfera do Caos Editores, 2009. 106 p.. ISBN 978-989-8025-96-8

Frei Bernardo – Bioética e saúde. Porto : Torre da Marca, [s.d.]. 493 p

Smith, Denis – As empresas e o ambiente : implicações do novo ambientalismo. Lisboa : Instituto Piaget, D. L. 1997. 324 p. ISBN 972-8407-15-7

Secondary Bibliography

1.Consciência, Eurico Heitor, 2012, 5ª Edição, “Breve Introdução ao Direito”,Almedina, Coimbra
2.Conjunto de legislação, doutrina e jurisprudência de suporte dos assuntos leccionados a fornecer pela discente
dada a recente alteração de vários diplomas legislativos e a ausência de colectâneas actualizadas sobre essas
matérias.
3.Bibliografia suplementar:
a) Antunes, Luis Filipe Colaço, ” O procedimento administrativo de avaliação do impacto ambiental: por uma tutela
preventiva do ambiente!
b) Santos, Claúdia Maria Cruz, “Introdução ao Direito do Ambiente”
c) Direito do urbanismo e do ambiente: estudos comparados: estudos compilados
d) Smith, Denis, “As empresas e o ambiente: implicações do novo ambientalismo. Lisboa : Instituto Piaget, D. L. 1997. 324 p. ISBN 972-8407-15-7