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.
The textbooks which will be used is:. Palazzo, Corso di diritto penale, Parte generale, Giappichelli, Torino, latest edition.
Learning Objectives
LEARNING 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: Private Law (Diritto Privato I), Principles of public law (Istituzioni di diritto pubblico generale).
Teaching Methods
Lessons: 72 hours.
Further information
You need to use a criminal code
Type of Assessment
There will be oral examination at the end of the course.
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.