The criminal law course should be split in three parts.
First part is deputate to explain to the students the most important principles of italian criminal law.
The second part of the course has the purpose to theach the structure of the crimes. In this part will be also treated the difficult theme of the crimes displayning forms.
The third part, at the end, will provide general notions on the discipline of penalities.
F. Palazzo, Corso di diritto penale, Parte generale, Giappichelli, Torino, ultima edizione
Learning Objectives
Lerning objectives is knowledge: a)
the most important principles of italian criminal law;
b)structure of the crimes, with particular attention to the objective and subjective components, to the excusing cases and to the guiltness;
c) general notions on the discipline of penalities.
Prerequisites
Students must have passed the exams in: Constitutional Law (Diritto costituzionale
generale), Private Law (Diritto Privato I)
Teaching Methods
Front lessons: total 72 hours
Type of Assessment
Oral examination.
Grade is assigned according to the following parameters:
- knowledge of criminal law' principles, of crimes' structure, of the "forme di manifestazione del reato", of penalities' discipline;
- ability to organize discursively the
knowledge and quality of
exposure;
- using of proper legal language;
- ability of critical reasoning.
Course program
The criminal law course should be split in three parts.
First part is deputate to explain to the students the most important principles of italian criminal law, with particular regard to the punishment functiones and the principles of naturality, offensivity, typicality and legality. Particular attention will be reserved to the auxiliary of the principle of legality and in particular to the reserve of the production of criminal law, the necessary precision of the law-texts and the irretroactive of new crimes.
The second part of the course has the purpose to theach the structure of the crimes, with particular attention to the objective and subjective components, to the excusing cases and to the guiltness. In this part will be also treated the difficult theme of the crimes displayning forms.
The third part, at the end, will provide general notions on the discipline of penalities.