The course gives you the tools for knowledge, comprehension, application and evaluation of Offences in General (book I of the Penal Code)

• The principles of criminal responsibility
• The structure of the offence
• The manifestations of crime
• International and European criminal law
• The system of sanctions

Constitutional law

Knowledge and understanding

• legitimation of criminal law policy and the purpose of the penalty and criminal policy
• the General principles of criminal law
• the rules and institutions of criminal law
• relations with European and international systems

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding

• to research, understanding, appling the criminal legislation

Autonomy of judgement

• assess and manage the complexity of legislation and case law

Making judgements

• offer elements for interpreting and creating law

Communication skills

• write comments on judgments and legal opinions 
• application adapting to legislative reforms and jurisprudential and doctrinal changes,

Learning skills

• Basics for permanent updating

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Seminars, lectures, exercises, papers, films, blog, podcasting.

Teaching

Lessons, Mind Mapping 3D, guided discussions (Socratic method), tutorials, videos, papers on jurisprudential issues (maximum 4 pages).

Attendance

Participation in lectures, seminars, tutorials, conferences.

Course books

In the student's choice, one of the following manuals:

• Fiandaca/Musco, Diritto penale. Parte generale, Zanichelli, latest edition
• Fiore/Fiore Diritto penale. Parte generale (Volume unico), Utet, latest edition
• Mantovani, Diritto penale. Parte generale, Cedam,latest edition
• Marinucci/Dolcini, Manuale di diritto penale, Parte generale, Giuffrè, latest edition
• Pulitanò, Diritto penale, Giappichelli, latest edition

For all:

• Alessandro Bondi, Tredici passi nel diritto penale europeo, Aras, 2012

Assessment

Written and oral test.

N.B. Attending students will be able to attend a pre-appeal at the end of the course.

Based on the best vote of the test, will be selected five students. They will be able to take part in a workgroup for 10 new entries in the category "Law" on the project WikiLex of Wikipedia. Wikipedia is "an online encyclopedia, multilingual, free-content, written collaboratively by volunteers and supported by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization" (http://it.wikipedia.org). Joining the project will entitle to CFU ex art. 10/1 letter. f D.M. 509/1999 and for assigning of degree thesis on criminal law issues.

The expected learning results will be evaluated by means of an oral exam, based on three questions or more. The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:

less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.

24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.

27-29: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.

30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

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Attendance

None

Course books

In the student's choice, one of the following manuals:

• Fiandaca/Musco, Diritto penale. Parte generale, Zanichelli, latest edition
• Fiore/Fiore, Diritto penale. Parte generale (Volume unico), Utet, latest edition
• Mantovani, Diritto penale. Parte generale, Cedam,latest edition
• Canestrari/Cornacchia/De Simone, Manuale di diritto penale, Parte generale, il Mulino, ultima edizione

For all:

• Alessandro Bondi, Tredici passi nel diritto penale europeo, Aras, 2012

Assessment

Written and oral test.

Based on the best vote of the test, will be selected five students. They will be able to take part in a workgroup for 10 new entries in the category "Law" on the project WikiLex of Wikipedia. Wikipedia is "an online encyclopedia, multilingual, free-content, written collaboratively by volunteers and supported by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization" (http://it.wikipedia.org). Joining the project will entitle to CFU ex art. 10/1 letter. f D.M. 509/1999 and for assigning of degree thesis on criminal law issues.

The expected learning results will be evaluated by means of an oral exam, based on three questions or more. The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:

less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.

24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.

27-29: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.

30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Corso appoggiato: the student can request to sit the final exam in [English/Germans] with an alternative bibliography.

For more information:

http://www.uniurb.it/docenti/alessandrobondi/Corso_Diritto_Penale_2014_15/Obiettivo_corso.html