The course is divided in two parts. The first one (the general part) is dedicated to the acquisition of the knowledge of the principles of criminal responsibility and institution of the criminal law, in order to give students the tools to understand the second part (the special part). The latter addresses the contents of the employer culpability and the most relevant criminal offences in the matter of health and sqafety workers protection.

General part: study of the Penal Code general part; the principles of criminal responsibility; structure of the offence; the manifestations of crime; the system of sanctions; Special part: the general measures to be adopted to protect health and safety workers and the duties of the actors involved in the company prevention system (employer, supervisors, managers, competent doctor, RSPP) provided by Legislative Decree n. 81/2008, such as the risk assessment and management; the main offences in the field of criminal labor law provided by artt. 437, 451, 589 e 590 of Penal Code, and Legislative Decree n. 81/2008.

Constitutional Law

Knoledge and understanding: to understand the general principles of criminal law; the rules and institutions of criminal law; relations with European and international systems; legitimation of criminal law policy and the purpose of the penalty and criminal policy; the risk assessment and management; main offences against the health and safety workers; Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: to put into practice the knowledge acquired; to analyse judgements and case law; Communication skills: to acquire a strong command of the legal language; Learning skills:to develope 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

Lessons, practice exercises, analyse of some judgements of Corte di Cassazione. Mentorin activities will accompany the entire course of the lessons and will be carried out by the Ph.D. Dott.ssa Chiara Battaglini.

Teaching

Lessons, practice exercises, analyse of case law. The lessons will take place each week on Monday and on Friday from 9:30 to 11:30 .

Attendance

None

Course books

General part: G. FLORA, Appunti di diritto penale, CEDAM, 2015, 110 pp. 

Special part: D.CASTRONUOVO - F. CURI - S. T. CAGLI - V. TORRE - V. VALENTINI, Diritto penale della sicurezza sul lavoro, Bononia University Press, 2016, (esclusa la Parte Quarta); Le nuove regole per la salute e la sicurezza dei lavoratori, a cura di L. ZOPPOLI, P. PASCUCCI e G. NATULLO, IPSOA, 2008, limitatamente alle pagine da 228 a 242 e da 454 a 512;T. Padovani , Il nuovo volto del diritto penale del lavoro,in Riv. trim. dir.pen. econ., 1996, pp. 1157-1171;D. Pulitanò, Igiene e sicurezza del lavoro (tutela penale), in Dig. disc. pen., vol. VI, Torino, 2006, 102-118. 

Assessment

The verification will take place in oral form. The exame will be addressed to ensure the learning of the arguments.

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

Lessons, practice exercises, analyse of case law. The lessons will take place each week on Monday from 9:30 to 12:30 and on Friday from 9:00 to 11:00

Attendance

None

Course books

 General part: G. FLORA, Appunti di diritto penale, CEDAM, 2015, 110 pp. 

Special part: D.CASTRONUOVO - F. CURI - S. T. CAGLI - V. TORRE - V. VALENTINI, Diritto penale della sicurezza sul lavoro, Bononia University Press, 2016, (esclusa la Parte Quarta); Le nuove regole per la salute e la sicurezza dei lavoratori, a cura di L. ZOPPOLI, P. PASCUCCI e G. NATULLO, IPSOA, 2008, limitatamente alle pagine da 228 a 242 e da 454 a 512;T. Padovani , Il nuovo volto del diritto penale del lavoro,in Riv. trim. dir.pen. econ., 1996, pp. 1157-1171;D. Pulitanò, Igiene e sicurezza del lavoro (tutela penale), in Dig. disc. pen., vol. VI, Torino, 2006, 102-118. 

Assessment

The verification will take place in oral form. The exame will be addressed to ensure the learning of the arguments.

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.

In the Department is active "Olympus", the Observatory for permanent monitoring of legislation and case law on health and safety in the workplace work. The Observatory carries out various activities including, in particular: - the management of a website with legislative databases, case law databases and databases of contracts, all concerning the safety at work, - depth articles, specialized reviews and thematic focus; - the management of an online scientific journal - "The Working Papers of Olympus", soon destined to mutate into "Law of occupational Safety and Health" (DSL) - in the field of security rights in the workplace, with ISSN, that employs a wide international scientific committee and refereeing procedures for the identification of essays to be published; - The organization of congresses and seminars including international ones. This observatory, whose website is freely accessible to all in a logic of public service, allows students of the CdS to find useful materials and documentation for their course of study and useful to draft their dissertation. It offers, also, through the mentioned congresses and seminars, the opportunity to meet the leading experts in the field and to analyse the most sensitive issues relating to it. http://olympus.uniurb.it/