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
• The system of sanctions
• The Law and Order and Public Security Act

Constitutional law

Knowledge and understanding

• the criteria for the legitimacy of criminal law, the purpose of the penalty and criminal policy
• general principles of criminal law
• criminal law rules and institutions
• The Law and Order and Public Security Act

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding

• to research, interpret, enforce criminal law

Autonomy of judgment

• assessing and managing regulatory and jurisprudential complexity

Making judgements

• offer elements of criticism and novelty for interpretation and regulatory creation 

Communication skills

• to draft written and oral comments on judgments and legal opinions
• describe and evaluate the empirical data and its application in the light of legislative, jurisprudential and doctrinal reforms and changes

Learning skills

• basic notions 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 (http://people.uniurb.it/AlessandroBondi/Corso_Diritto_Penale/Obiettivo_corso.html)

Teaching

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

Attendance

Participation in lectures, seminars, tutorials, conferences (unjustified absences max 3 lessons)

Course books

At the student's choice, one of the following textbooks on the general part of criminal law:

• Marinucci/Dolcini/Gatta, Manuale di diritto penale, Parte generale, Giuffrè, ultima edizione  (diagrams and parts in small print are to be considered as opportunities to improve knowledge and competence in the subject matter)
• Padovani, Diritto penale, Giuffrè, ultima edizione
• Pulitanò, Diritto penale, Giappichelli, ultima edizione

Assessment

The test includes an oral examination at the end of both modules.

The exam is intended to test comprehension of the institutes and the links between them, also assessing the achievement of adequate expressiveness and the organisation of discourse (three or more 'double-pass' questions: committee member and professor of criminal law).

Optional. Attendees only may also discuss in Moot court (comparison in a simulated process) the opinion pro veritate (Definition) that they have worked out (max 4 pages) on a subject subject subject of judgment. The pro veritate opinion will be assigned within the month of March and must be delivered one month before the intermediate test. The opinion will be corrected. During the course, seminars will be offered to improve your written and oral presentation skills. Written and oral presentation of the opinion pro veritate will be evaluated, increasing the final grade from 0 to 3 points.

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.

Course books

• Marinucci/Dolcini/Gatta, Manuale di diritto penale, Parte generale, Giuffrè, ultima edizione  (diagrams and parts in small print are to be considered as opportunities to improve knowledge and competence in the subject matter)

Assessment

The test consists of a written test and an oral test.

The exam is intended to test comprehension of the institutes and the links between them, also assessing the achievement of adequate expressiveness and the organisation of discourse (three or more 'double-pass' questions: committee member and professor of criminal law).

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.

The course, as part of the Living Law Workshop, includes lessons in the preparation of expert opinions and moot court in order to improve written and oral communication skills in the field of criminal law.