Texts and other materials will be indicated during the course.
Learning Objectives
Lerning objectives: to interpret and justify the argued solutions;
to identify and solve the main juridical issues; to search and use the statutes and the case law.
Prerequisites
Students must have passed: Constitutional Law (Diritto costituzionale generale), Private Law (Diritto Privato I). It is strongly recommended to attend the lessons only having passed the exam in Criminal law (Diritto penale I).
Teaching Methods
Lectures: total 48 hours.
Type of Assessment
Oral examination. 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.
Grade is 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 some judge or 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.