17652 - Principles of Law and Criminal Procedure

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to explain the constitutional principles and the basic knowledge of criminal law, the structure and the notion of general principles of the criminal code. Further, the course means to explain the structural features and the fundamental principles of the criminal procedure.

Course contents

The first part of lectures will deal with following topics of criminal law: aims and functions of the criminal law; the sources of the criminal law and the constitutional principles; the concept of protected interest; the elements of crime (conduct, excuses, culpability); attempt; complicity; penalties; the offences.

The second part of lectures will deal with following topics of criminal procedure: basic principles of criminal procedure; structural elements of the trial (in particular subjects and proofs); dynamics of the ordinary proceeding; defensive investigations; elements of special proceedings; appeals and revision.

 

Readings/Bibliography

 

Diritto penale:

A. Cadoppi – P. Veneziani, Elementi di diritto penale, III. Edizione, Padova, Cedam, 2007, limitatamente alle seguenti parti:

Introduzione, cap. I; parte prima, cap. I, II, III e IV; parte seconda, cap. I e II; parte terza, cap. I (tutto), sezione I (tutta), sezione II (tutta), sezione III, cap. I, II, III, IV (solamente paragr. 1 e 2), V, VI e VII; parte quarta, cap. III; parte quinta, cap. I.

Procedura penale:

P. Tonini, Lineamenti di diritto processuale penale, VI. edizione, Milano, Giuffrè, 2008, limitatamente alle seguenti parti:

parte prima, capp. I e II; parte seconda, capp. I, III, IV, V e VI (solamente i paragr 1a., 1b., 1c. e 2a., 2b., 2c. e 2d.); parte terza, capp. I, II, III, IV e V; parte quarta, capp. I e II; parte quinta, cap. I.

Students have to read the examined norms of the criminal code and of the criminal procedure code.

Teaching methods

The course will be held by lectures.

Assessment methods

The exam will consist in two mid-term exams and an end of term oral exam.

 

During the course there will be two intermediate written tests or/and short answers about specific parts of the program; these tests have the target to evaluate the level of knowledge of the topics explained during the lessons.

For their evaluation will be taken into consideration especially the capacity to summarize and to organize the topic into the system.

The evaluation will be given above 30 points: the sufficient mark is 18/30.

The final test will be exclusively an oral exam.

Teaching tools

During the lectures jurisprudence will be indicated in reference to relevant issues.

Office hours

See the website of Giorgia Pavani

See the website of Antonio Bonfiglioli