Actualités et agenda
Nos formations
Présentation
The South American legal systems are becoming increasingly relevant, in
particular as they develop their own ways of interpreting and applying constitutional and
human rights. In this scenery, the aim of the course is to provide a panorama of the South
American legal systems from a socio-legal perspective with emphasis in constitutional
law. Following a historical background from the colonization to the constitutional
organization of the South American countries, relevant topics related to human rights
adjudication will be addressed and discussed.
The course will present the common
threads as well as the individual and distinctive features of the South American legal
systems. The students should then be able to identify the adequate generalizations
resulting from the common legal heritage, whilst being aware of the main differences in
structure and content that make each country unique. The course should provide students
with the necessary tools to understand diverse legal settings and to critically analyse legal
solutions with a dialogical approach.
Organization of the classes and themes:
Session 1 –
1. Presentation of the course and introduction – Colonial Background.
2. Peculiarities of Brazil within the South American Group.
3. Constitutional Background: Hard Democracies and Soft Dictatorships.
Session 2
4. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the New Constitutionalism
5. Selected Topics 1: Domestic and International Human Rights Law
Session 3
6. Selected Topics 2: Indigenous Rights and Environmental Rights
Session 4
7. Selected Topics 3: Citizenship and Equal treatment
Session 5
8. Selected Topics 4: Freedom of Expression
amation:
Session 6
9. Selected Topics 5: Transitional Justice and Right to Memory
Session 7
10. Selected Topics 6: Women’s Rights
Session 8
11. Selected Topics 7: Freedom of Religion and Secular State
Session 9
12. Selected Topics 8: Right to Life, Abortion & Eutanasia
Modalités
The course will be based on lectures that will highlight the main issues of
the sessions’ subject and complement the reading materials.
Students are expected to read the materials in advance and to actively participate in each
session by, either presenting and discussing, or only discussing issues related to the
proposed topic.
Assessment: The assessment will comprise in-class interventions + written report + final
exam.
Ressources
session1 :|| - Losano, M. G. Os Grandes Sistemas Jurídicos. Martins Fontes, 2007.|| - Neves, M. Transconstitutionalism. Hart Publishing, 2013.|| - Ribeiro, S.S.M. “The Brazilian Constitutional State” in Democracy after the Internet:, Brazil between Facts, Norms, and Code. Law, Governance and Technologies Series., Springer, 2016. Pp 63-94|| Session 2:|| - Basch, F. and Contesse, J. “International Law and Domestic Adjudication” in Gonzales-, Bertomeu J.F. and Gargarella, R. (orgs.) The Latin American Case Book, Routledge, 2016, - Lutz, E.L. and Sikkink, K. (2000) ‘International Human Rights Law and Practice in, Latin America’, International Organization, 54(3), pp. 633–659|| Session 3:|| - Saulino, M. F. and Asencio L. J. “The Protection of the Environment” in Gonzales-, Bertomeu J.F. and Gargarella, R. (orgs.) The Latin American Case Book, Routledge, 2016, - Ramirez S. and Maisley N. “The Protection of the Rights of Indigenous People” in, Gonzales-Bertomeu J.F. and Gargarella, R. (orgs.) The Latin American Case Book,, Routledge 2016., - Zaffaroni, E. R. “La naturaleza como persona: Pachamama y Gaia”. In Bolivia: Nueva, Constitución Política del Estado. Conceptos elementales para su desarrollo normativo,, 109–132. La Paz: Vicepresidencia del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, 2010.|| Session 4:|| - Clerico, L. et al. “Equal Protection” in Gonzales-Bertomeu J.F. and Gargarella, R., (orgs.) The Latin American Case Book, Routledge 2016., - Bello, E. “O Pensamento Descolonial e o Modelo de Cidadania no Novo, Constitucionalismo Latino Americano” in Revista de Estudos Constitucionais,, Hermenêutica e Teoria do Direito (RECHTD) 7(1):49-61, janeiro-abril 2015|| Session 5:|| - Gagarella, R. and Ugarte R. A. “Freedom of Expression and Social Protest” in, Gonzales-Bertomeu J.F. and Gargarella, R. (orgs.) The Latin American Case Book,, Routledge 2016., - OAS Special Rapporteurship for Freedom of Expression: Chapter 7 “Desacato” Laws and Criminal Defamation|| - Ribeiro, S.S.M. “Freedom of Expression and its limits” in Democracy after the Internet:, Brazil between Facts, Norms, and Code. Law, Governance and Technologies Series., Springer, 2016. Pp 186-200., - Castells, M. Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age (2nd, edition). Polity Press, 2015.|| Session 6|| - Filippini, L. and Cavana, A. “Transitional Justice” in Gonzales-Bertomeu J.F. and, Gargarella, R. (orgs.) The Latin American Case Book, Routledge 2016.|| Session 8:|| - Pereira, C. A. “Law and Religion in Latin America. General Aspects of Law and, Current Concerns”, Law and Justice, the Christian Review, n. 162, 2009, - Alegre, M. and Ugarte, P. S. “Religious Freedom” in Gonzales-Bertomeu J.F. and, Gargarella, R. (orgs.) The Latin American Case Book, Routledge 2016.|| Session 9:|| - Bergallo, P. and Michel, A. R. “Abortion” in Gonzales-Bertomeu J.F. and Gargarella,, R. (orgs.) The Latin American Case Book, Routledge 2016||