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Course: 2020/2021

Constitutional Law II: fundamental right and guarantees system

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Bachelor in Political Science (Plan: 396 - Estudio: 205)

Coordinating teacher: SANCHEZ SAUDINOS, JOSE MANUEL

Department assigned to the subject: Public State Law Department

Type: Electives

ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course: 4º

Semester:

Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)

Constitutional Law

ObjectivesFurther information on this link

Students should acquire a reasonable level of knowledge regarding: a) the general outlook of the Spanish fundamental rights and public liberties, and its guarantee system b) some particular rights and liberties

Description of contents: programme

GENERAL CONCEPTS AND GUARANTEES SYSTEM 1st Lesson: Fundamental Rights in the Spanish Constitution 2nd Lesson: Guarantees system FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS ANALYSIS 3rd Lesson: Equality and non discrimination 4th Lesson: Right to life and integrity; freedom of thought, conscience and religion; right to respect of private life 5th Lesson: Right to liberty and security; freedom of movement and of residence 6th Lesson: Freedom of expression and information 7th Lesson: Freedom of assembly and of association 8th Lesson: Political rights 9th Lesson: Right to a fair trail 10th Lesson: Economic and social rights

Learning activities and methodology

The program of this course will be developed in lectures and they will be held in large group sessions. Other types of activities will be carried out in small groups. Activities like the resolution of cases studies, based mostly in the Spanish Constitutional Court'cases or the European Human Rights Court' cases, exhibitions of the students, discussions of the work documents... Periodical controls about the subject matter developed in the semester will also be carried out. The aim of this combination of work´s methods is the develope of the capacities and the competences identified between the Bachelor's degree characteristics.

Assessment System

In order to assess students' knowledge it will be taken into account:
a) The works and activities developed in class during the semester (minimum 40% of the total final mark) 
b) A supplementary examination or final exam that will take place at the end of the semester (minimum 40% of the final mark).
In any case, the students have to get in the final exam more than 33% on the maximum mark of this exam, to pass the course.

% end-of-term-examination 60
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 40

Basic Bibliography

FERRERES COMELLA, V.:. "The Constitution of Spain. A contextual Analysis". Hart. Oxford (Reino Unido) and Portland, Oregon (USA), 2013.
GAMBINO, S., LOZANO MIRALLES, J., PUZZO, F. y RUIZ RUIZ, J.J.:. "The Spanish Constitutional System". Eleven International Publishing. The Hague (Países Bajos), 2018.
RUIZ ROBLEDO, A.: . "Constitutional Law in Spain". . Wolters Kluwer. Alphen aan den Rijn (Países Bajos), 2018.

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.