Texts and other materials will be provided during the course.
Students who do not attend the classes may contact the professor in order to discuss a possible program.
Learning Objectives
Learning goals:
- to interpret and justify the argued solutions;
- to identify and solve the main legal issues;
- to develop a legal sensibility and an ability to reason on the main pillars of criminal law;
- to research and use the statutes and the case law.
Prerequisites
Students must have passed following exams: Constitutional Law (Diritto costituzionale generale), Private Law (Diritto Privato I). It is strongly recommended to only attend the lessons if having passed the exam in Criminal law
Teaching Methods
Lectures: total 48 hours.
Further information
Analysis of case-law.
Type of Assessment
Oral exam. Attending students should work on texts and other materials used during the lessons; non-attending students should work on alternative materials indicated at the beginning of the course.
Grades are assigned according to the following parameters: knowledge of texts and other materials;
- capability to organize discursively the
knowledge and quality of
exposition;
- use of proper legal language;
- ability of critical reasoning.
Course program
The course will focus on some of the fundamental issues of Italian criminal law (e.g. interpretation, causation, negligence, recklessness and intention).
It will start with some opening lectures given either by the Professor or by a judge or an attorney. Then, students will deal with further materials, mainly case-law. During the final part of the seminar, the students will have to come up with a report regarding one or more of the topics that they will have dealt with during the course.
Sustainable Development Goals 2030
This course contributes to the achievement of the goals of the UN 2030 Agenda for a Sustainable Development, with particular reference to goal nr. 16 – Peace, justice and strong institutions.