| Year Level: 1 | ||
| Equivalent GE Area(s) in 2011/2012 Model: |
Area 9 – Macao, China and other Societies | |
This course will introduce Macao Law and its applications in real-life.
Due to a history of administration by Portugal, Portuguese Law was transplanted to Macao, which had been gradually localized, and eventually resulted in forming a distinctive Macao Legal System. Macao law is often described as the product of alien legal culture; citizens’ perception and acceptance of Macao Law are very limited. However, citizens’ perception and acceptance establishing public legal culture is the key to ensure the proper implementation of law.
Through introduction of Macau Law and its application, this course aims to strengthen the students’ perception and acceptance of Macao Law, facilitate the establishment of public legal culture.
Since the formal languages in Macao are Chinese and Portuguese, all the legal texts are stated in Chinese and Portuguese, and the language used in the functioning of the court are mainly Chinese and Portuguese as well. Therefore, this course will be taught in Chinese and complemented by terminology in Portuguese.