This course unit introduces students to key foreign constitutional experiences, namely from North America, England, France, Germany, Italy and from the Portuguese-speaking countries.
Law Political Constitutions Political Systems Organization of Political Power
Students are expected to be able • to feature the main systems and constitutional families; • to point out the most relevant similarities and differences among the main constitutional systems.
1 – Constitutional Systems 2 – The British Constitutional System and its diffusion 3 – The North-American Constitutional System and its projection 4 – The French Constitutional System and its projection 5 – Other European Constitutional Systems 6 – From the Soviet Constitutional System to the new Russian Constitution 7 - Constitutional Systems in Latin America 8 – Constitutional systems of in Asia and Africa
JORGE MIRANDA, Manual de Direito Constitucional – Tomo I, 10.ª Edição, Coimbra Editora.
E-learning.
Continuous assessment is privileged: 2 or 3 digital written documents (e-folios) during the semester (40%) and a
presence-based final exam (p-folio) in the end of the semester (60%). In due time, students can alternatively choose to perform one
final presence-based exam (100%).
