Procedural systems; Constitutional Principles Subject of the criminal acts and phases of the trial; The general principles on the evidence; Exclusionary rules; means to prove; interceptions, inspections, searches and seizures.
Course Content - Part B
Procedural systems; Constitutional Principles Subject of the criminal acts and phases of the trial; The general principles on the evidence; Exclusionary rules; means to prove; interceptions, inspections, searches and seizures.
Course Content - Part D
Procedural systems; Constitutional principles; Subjects and documents of the criminal proceedings; The general principles of proof; Inability to use the test; means of proof; means of seeking evidence
P. TONINI-C. CONTI, Outlines of criminal procedural law, 19th ed., Milan, 2021, ed. Giuffrè.
Learning Objectives - Part A
The aim of the course is to allow the student’s achievement of ability to comprehend the principle subjects of the trial with particular regard to the role and to the functions of judiciary police and public prosecutor. Awareness of the judge decisional schemes, with particular reference to the rules deriving from the experience and to the scientific laws that support the evidence reasoning. The course also aims at introducing the evidence rules, which is really a sort of sub-proceedings in the criminal trial. We intent to explain the ratio of legal rules, depending also on the framework they are part of. The course will allow the students to address the major legal issues on evidence. Students will be able to understand the link between preliminary investigation’s activities and hearing’s function.
Learning Objectives - Part B
The aim of the course is to allow the student’s achievement of ability to comprehend the principle subjects of the trial with particular regard to the role and to the functions of judiciary police and public prosecutor. Awareness of the judge decisional schemes, with particular reference to the rules deriving from the experience and to the scientific laws that support the evidence reasoning. The course also aims at introducing the evidence rules, which is really a sort of sub-proceedings in the criminal trial. We intent to explain the ratio of legal rules, depending also on the framework they are part of. The course will allow the students to address the major legal issues on evidence. Students will be able to understand the link between preliminary investigation’s activities and hearing’s function.
Learning Objectives - Part D
The course aims to introduce students to the rules that regulate the main subjects of criminal proceedings, developing the predisposition to understand the problems that arise in the process, with particular reference to the role and functions of the judicial police and the public prosecutor. We want to guarantee the ability to know and evaluate the ways in which the decision-making function of the judge is implemented, with particular reference to the maximum of experience and the scientific laws that integrate the probative reasoning. The course also intends to introduce the discipline of evidence, which constitutes a real sub-proceeding within the criminal trial.
There is a tendency to communicate the ability to understand the ratio of the institutes also according to the system in which they are located.
The competence is attributed to address the main legal issues that emerge with reference to the static part of criminal procedural law. Students will be enabled to grasp the link between the preliminary investigation activity and the function of the trial.
Teaching Methods - Part A
Lectures. The course will adopt all the teaching methods allowed by the new structure of the classrooms. In particular, we will use diagrams, flow charts, examples of acts, films that represent key moments of the criminal trial. Power point presentations and other materials handed out during the lessons, will be available through the Moodle Platform.
Teaching Methods - Part B
Lectures. The course will adopt all the teaching methods allowed by the new structure of the classrooms. In particular, we will use diagrams, flow charts, examples of acts, films that represent key moments of the criminal trial. Power point presentations and other materials handed out during the lessons, will be available through the Moodle Platform.
Teaching Methods - Part D
Frontal lessons. All the teaching methods allowed by the new classroom structure will be adopted. In particular, diagrams, flow diagrams, examples of acts, films that represent fundamental moments of the criminal proceedings will be used. Attending students will be distributed the slides of each lesson and the material connected to them through the Moodle platform.
Further information - Part A
None
Further information - Part B
None
Further information - Part D
None
Type of Assessment - Part A
The exam is divided in two parts. The first part consists in a multiple-choice test, that will take place in the classroom. The second part consists in an oral test concerning the remaining part of the program, which was not examined in the written test.
Type of Assessment - Part B
The exam is divided in two parts. The first part consists in a multiple-choice test, that will take place in the classroom. The second part consists in an oral test concerning the remaining part of the program, which was not examined in the written test.
Type of Assessment - Part D
The exam is divided into two parts. The first part consists of a multiple choice test that will take place in the classroom. The second part consists of an oral exam on the program remaining with respect to the one covered by the written test.
Course program - Part A
The course encompasses the following themes: inquisitorial, adversarial and mixed procedural systems; constitutional principles (eg, due process, presumption of innocence; mandatory prosecution); subject of the trial; news of crime, prosecution, civil action for compensation for damages; fundamental acts of criminal proceedings, general principles on evidence. The course will examine the rules of evidence in criminal trial with particular reference to the evolution of the concept of science and to the introduction of new investigation techniques. It will build on the judge approach and analyze the basic steps of the judicial syllogism and of the evidentiary inference, the principle of free convincement, the reasonable doubt as a rule in evidence development and trial. During the course the problems of cross-examination will be discussed. The central part of the course will deal with exclusionary rules and the discipline of declarations in a criminal trial. All subjects called to give statements (witnesses, consultants and technical experts) will be duly studied. Particular attention will be paid to the defendants connected or linked, whose discipline has been the focus of subsequent reforms inspired by different principles, till the Law 63 of 2001 which attempted to implement the standards of due process with a vigorous reform of the evidence system. A particular in-depth analysis will be dedicated to the means of proof’s research: interceptions, inspections, searches and seizures.
PROGRAM
PAOLO TONINI – CARLOTTA CONTI, Lineamenti di diritto processuale penale, XIX ed., Giuffrè, Milano, 2021.
Parte Prima - EVOLUZIONE STORICA DEL PROCESSO PENALE. Capitolo I - I SISTEMI PROCESSUALI
1.Diritto penale e diritto processuale penale
2.Il sistema inquisitorio
3.Il sistema accusatorio
4.Il sistema misto
Capitolo II - DALLA COSTITUZIONE AL CODICE DI PROCEDURA PENALE
1.I princìpi del processo penale nella Costituzione del 1948
2.Dalla legge-delega al codice di procedura penale
3.Le linee generali del processo penale
4.I princìpi del "giusto processo"
5.I princìpi attinenti ad ogni processo
6.I princìpi inerenti al processo penale
Parte Seconda - PROFILI GENERALI DEL PROCEDIMENTO PENALE - Capitolo I
I SOGGETTI DEL PROCEDIMENTO
1.Procedimento e processo
a.Il processo penale sul fatto, sull'autore e sulle conseguenze
b.L'azione penale
c.I soggetti e le parti
2.Il giudice
a.Giudici ordinari e speciali
b.Giurisdizione e "giusto processo"
c.La competenza per materia e per funzione
d.La competenza per territorio
e.La competenza per connessione - Riunione e separazione dei procedimenti
f.Il principio del giudice naturale (.)
m.L'imparzialità del giudice
n.L'incompatibilità del giudice
o.Astensione e ricusazione del giudice
p.La rimessione del processo
3.Il pubblico ministero
4.La polizia giudiziaria
5.L'imputato
escluso: e. Sospensione per incapacità
6.Il difensore
Escluso solo difensori diversi
da imputato e offeso.
7.La persona offesa dal reato e la parte civile.
Escluso da “doveri della parte civile” in avanti.
Capitolo II - GLI ATTI
1.Gli atti del procedimento penale
a.Considerazioni generali
b.Gli atti del giudice
c.Gli atti delle parti
e.La documentazione degli atti
f.La notificazione: solo artt. 148, 151, 157, 161, 168, 171.
g.La traduzione degli atti: l'interprete
2.Le cause di invalidità degli atti
a.Considerazioni generali
b.Il principio di tassatività
c.L'inammissibilità
d.La decadenza; la restituzione nel termine: soltanto il rimedio in generale.
e.La nullità: escluso da “rinnovazione" fino alla fine.
f.L'inutilizzabilità
Capitolo III - PRINCÌPI GENERALI SULLA PROVA
1.Sistema processuale e norme sulla prova
2.Il ragionamento del giudice: la sentenza
3.Prova e indizio
4.Il procedimento probatorio e il diritto alla prova
5.La presunzione di innocenza
6.L'ambito di applicabilità delle norme sulle prove
7.Oralità, immediatezza e contraddittorio
Capitolo IV - I MEZZI DI PROVA
1.Mezzi di prova tipici ed atipici
2.La testimonianza
3.L'esame delle parti:
escluso f. La testimonianza assistita.
4.Confronti, ricognizioni ed esperimenti giudiziali
5.La perizia e la consulenza tecnica di parte:
escluso f. Riepilogo.
6.La prova documentale
escluso: d. L'uso di atti di altri procedimenti.
Cenni su documento e dossieraggio illecito art. 240.2.
Capitolo V - I MEZZI DI RICERCA DELLA PROVA
1.Profili generali
2.Le ispezioni
3.Le perquisizioni
4.Il sequestro probatorio
5.Le intercettazioni di conversazioni o comunicazioni
Escluso: c. La vecchia normativa sulle intercettazioni
Parte Terza - IL PROCEDIMENTO ORDINARIO
Capitolo I - LE INDAGINI PRELIMINARI
1.Le disposizioni generali sulle indagini
2.La notizia di reato. Pubblici ufficiali e incaricati di pubblico servizio. Medici.
Capitolo II - LA CONCLUSIONE DELLE INDAGINI PRELIMINARI
2.L'azione penale
Appendice - PSICOLOGIA DELLA TESTIMONIANZA
Course program - Part B
The course encompasses the following themes: inquisitorial, adversarial and mixed procedural systems; constitutional principles (eg, due process, presumption of innocence; mandatory prosecution); subject of the trial; news of crime, prosecution, civil action for compensation for damages; fundamental acts of criminal proceedings, general principles on evidence. The course will examine the rules of evidence in criminal trial with particular reference to the evolution of the concept of science and to the introduction of new investigation techniques. It will build on the judge approach and analyze the basic steps of the judicial syllogism and of the evidentiary inference, the principle of free convincement, the reasonable doubt as a rule in evidence development and trial. During the course the problems of cross-examination will be discussed. The central part of the course will deal with exclusionary rules and the discipline of declarations in a criminal trial. All subjects called to give statements (witnesses, consultants and technical experts) will be duly studied. Particular attention will be paid to the defendants connected or linked, whose discipline has been the focus of subsequent reforms inspired by different principles, till the Law 63 of 2001 which attempted to implement the standards of due process with a vigorous reform of the evidence system. A particular in-depth analysis will be dedicated to the means of proof’s research: interceptions, inspections, searches and seizures.
PAOLO TONINI, Lineamenti di diritto processuale penale, 18^ ed., Milano, 2020, ed. Giuffrè.
-Parte I, Cap. 2, § da 1 a 6: giusto processo.
-Parte II, Cap. 2, gli atti.
a, b,c: atti del giudice e delle parti (no d).
e. La documentazione degli atti
f. La notificazione; in particolare:
artt. 148 organi,
151 richieste dal PM,
157 prima notificaz. a imputato,
161 domicilio dichiarato o eletto,
168 relazione di notificaz.
g. La traduzione degli atti. L'interprete:
chi è e chi lo nomina.
2. Le cause di invalidità degli atti
b. Il principio di tassatività
c. L'inammissibilità
d. La decadenza; la restituzione nel termine
in generale.
e. La nullità (escluso da "rinnovazione
dell'atto nullo" fino alla fine).
f. L'inutilizzabilità: patologica e fisiologica.
-Cap. 3. La prova in generale.
1. Sistema processuale e norme sulla prova
2. Il ragionamento del giudice: la sentenza
3. Il ragionamento inferenziale:
-prova rappresentativa
- prova indiziaria.
4. Il procedimento probatorio
e il diritto alla prova
a. La ricerca della prova
b. L'ammissione della prova
c. L'assunzione della prova
d. La valutazione della prova.
e. La formulazione della migliore
ipotesi ed il tentativo di smentita
5. Presunzione di innocenza; onere
della prova.
6. Ambito di applicabilità delle norme.
8. Oralità, immediatezza, contraddittorio.
-Cap. 4. Mezzi di prova, esclusi 3 f, 5 f, 6 d:
1. Mezzi di prova tipici ed atipici
2. La testimonianza. a, b: la deposizione.
c. La testimonianza indiretta
d. L'incompatibilità a testimoniare
e. Il privilegio contro l'autoincriminazione
f. Il testimone prossimo congiunto
dell'imputato
g. La violazione degli obblighi del testimone
h. Il segreto professionale
i. Il segreto d'ufficio e di Stato;
gli informatori di polizia
3. L'esame delle parti; a. considerazioni gen.
b. L'esame dell'imputato
d. L'esame di persone imputate in
procedimenti connessi o collegati
e. Il riscontro delle dichiarazioni rese
dall'imputato connesso o collegato
g. Il collaboratore e il testimone di giustizia.
4. Il confronto, la ricognizione,
l'esperimento giudiziale
5. La perizia.
Il consulente tecnico di parte
all'interno della perizia
e fuori della perizia
La valutazione della perizia e della
consulenza tecnica di parte
La perizia che richiede atti idonei
ad incidere sulla libertà personale
6. La prova documentale
a. Documento e "documentazione"
b. Il documento anonimo
c. La disciplina di determinati documenti
Cenni di: e. I documenti illegali; art. 240.2
-Cap. 5. Mezzi di ricerca della prova.
1. Prova informatica: particolarità.
2. Le ispezioni
3. Le perquisizioni
4. Il sequestro probatorio
5. Le intercettazioni di conversazioni
o comunicazioni
a. I princìpi costituzionali.
b. I requisiti per disporre le intercettazioni.
c. La vecchia normativa sulle intercettazioni.
d. La nuova normativa sulle intercettazioni.
6. I nuovi strumenti della tecnica:
- I mezzi atipici di ricerca della prova.
- l’agente segreto attrezzato per il suono
- i tabulati telefonici
- Le videoriprese.
Parte III, Cap. I. § 1 (Indagini preliminari
in generale).
2. Notizia di reato; pubblico ufficiale e incaricato
di pubblico servizio.
Cap. II. § 2. L’azione penale.
Appendice: Psicologia della testimonianza.
Course program - Part D
The following issues are addressed in the course: inquisitorial, accusatory and mixed procedural systems; constitutional principles (e.g. due process; presumption of innocence; mandatory prosecution); subjects of the procedure; crime report; prosecution; exercise of civil action for compensation for damages deriving from the crime; fundamental acts of the criminal proceedings; general principles on criminal evidence. In addition, the course will examine the law of evidence in criminal proceedings with particular reference to the evolution of the concept of science and the introduction of new investigation techniques. We will start from the examination of the judge's reasoning, analyzing the fundamental passages of the judicial syllogism and evidential inference, the principle of free conviction, reasonable doubt as a rule of evidence and judgment. The problems of the cross-examination will be dealt with within the course. The central part of the course will focus on the usability of evidence and the discipline of registrants in the criminal trial. All the figures of the subjects called to make statements will be examined, from the witness, to the technical consultants and experts. Particular attention will be devoted to the means of finding evidence: wiretapping, inspections, searches, seizures.
PROGRAM:
PAOLO TONINI - CARLOTTA CONTI, Outlines of criminal procedural law, XIX ed., Giuffrè, Milan, 2021.
Part One - HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE CRIMINAL PROCESS. Chapter I - PROCESS SYSTEMS
1. Criminal law and criminal procedural law
2.The inquisitorial system
3.The accusatory system
4. The mixed system
Chapter II - FROM THE CONSTITUTION TO THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
1.The principles of the criminal trial in the 1948 Constitution
2.From the law-delegation to the code of criminal procedure
3. The general lines of the criminal trial
4. The principles of "due process"
5. The principles pertaining to each process
6. The principles inherent in the criminal trial
Part Two - GENERAL PROFILES OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS - Chapter I
THE SUBJECTS OF THE PROCEDURE
1.Procedure and process
a) The criminal trial on the fact, on the perpetrator and on the consequences
b) Criminal action
c. The subjects and the parties
2.The judge
a) Ordinary and special judges
b. Jurisdiction and "due process"
c. Competence by subject and function
d) Territorial jurisdiction
e) Jurisdiction by connection - Meeting and separation of proceedings
f) The principle of the natural judge (.)
m The impartiality of the judge
n.The incompatibility of the judge
o) Abstention and recusal by the judge
p. The postponement of the trial
3.The prosecutor
4.The judicial police
5.The accused
excluded: e. Suspension due to incapacity
6. The defender
Excluding only different defenders
from accused and offended.
7. The person offended by the crime and the civil party.
Excluded from "duties of the civil party" onwards.
Chapter II - THE ACTS
1.The documents of the criminal proceedings
a. General considerations
b) The acts of the judge
c. The acts of the parties
e. the documentation of the acts
f) Notification: only Articles 148, 151, 157, 161, 168, 171.
g) The translation of acts: the interpreter
2. The causes of invalidity of the acts
a. General considerations
b) The principle of taxation
c. Inadmissibility
d. forfeiture; restitution within the term: only the remedy in general.
e. The nullity: excluded from "renewal" until the end.
f. unusability
Chapter III - GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TEST
1.System of trial and rules of proof
2.The reasoning of the judge: the sentence
3. Evidence and clue
4 The evidentiary procedure and the right to proof
5. The presumption of innocence
6.The scope of applicability of the testing rules
7.Orality, immediacy and contradictory
Chapter IV - THE MEANS OF PROOF
1.Typical and atypical test media
2. The testimony
3.The examination of the parties:
excluded f. Assisted testimony.
4. Comparisons, reconnaissance and judicial experiments
5.The expertise and technical advice of a party:
excluded f. Summary.
6. Documentary evidence
excluded: d. The use of acts of other proceedings.
Notes on illegal document and file art. 240.2.
Chapter V - THE MEANS OF SEARCHING FOR THE PROOF
1.General profiles
2. Inspections
3.The searches
4.The evidentiary seizure
5.The interception of conversations or communications
Excluded: c. The old legislation on wiretapping
Part Three - THE ORDINARY PROCEDURE
Chapter I - PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS
1.The general provisions on investigations
2.The crime report. Public officials and persons in charge of public service. Doctors.
Chapter II - CONCLUSION OF THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS
2.The criminal action
Appendix - PSYCHOLOGY OF TESTIMONY