Property Law

Presentation

Property Law introduces the Student to the real dimension of Law and to the various forms of ownership and tenancy in real property and in personal property, contributing to a solid formation of the Student as a future legal practitioner.

Programme

Law

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

| Semestral | 6

Year | Type of course unit | Language

4 |Mandatory |Português

Code

ULP288-7156

Recommended complementary curricular units

Teoria Geral do Direito Civil

Direito das Obrigações

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

1. Property Law: notion and fundamental principles

2. Category of property rights

3. Features of property rights

4. Structuring principles of property rights

5. Structural principles of the Land Registry

6. The Possession Institute: concept, characters and constitutive facts, acquisition and loss of possession, effects, defence of possession

7. Adverse possession

8. Various types of property rights

8.1 Ownership; general regime

8.2 Co-ownership

8.3 The horizontal property

8.4 Right of usufruct

8.5 Right of use and housing

8.6 Surface right

8.7 Building easements

8.8 Periodic housing rights

8.9 Durable housing rights

9. Acquisition Rights. Concept and regime.

10. Guarantee Rights. Concept and regime.

Objectives

It is intended that this course provides the basis for learning and understanding the concepts, principles and legal rules of property rights.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

Lectures of materials and syllabus and its densification through the case study method.

Continuous valuation: 2 written tests of 1h30m hours (50% and 50%).

References

TRIUNFANTE, Armando (2019), Lições de Direitos Reais, Almedina

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