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

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
• relations with European and international systems

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, 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 on jurisprudential issues, moot court, 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, Moot court

Innovative teaching methods

Flipped lessons based on the reading of sentences and their commentary in the classroom and the viewing of crime reports and videos.

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:

• Fiandaca/Musco, Diritto penale. Parte generale, Zanichelli, ultima edizione
• Fiore/Fiore Diritto penale. Parte generale, Utet, ultima edizione
• Garofoli, Manuale di diritto penale, Parte Generale, Nel Diritto Editore, ultima edizione
• Mantovani, Diritto penale. Parte generale, Cedam, ultima edizione
• Marinucci/Dolcini/Gatta, Manuale di diritto penale, Parte generale, Giuffrè, ultima edizione
• Pagliaro (aggiorn. Militello, Parodi Giusino, Spena), Principi di diritto penale, Parte generale, Giuffrè, ultima edizione
• Padovani, Diritto penale, Giuffrè, ultima edizione
• Pulitanò, Diritto penale, Giappichelli, ultima edizione

and, also at the student's choice, one of the following texts to deepen the themes of criminal law in a European or international context:

• Bondi, Tredici passi nel diritto penale europeo, Aras, ultima edizione
• Manes - Caianiello, Introduzione al diritto penale europeo, Giappichelli, ultima edizione
• Zagrebelsky - Chenal - Tomasi, Manuale dei diritti fondamentali in Europa, il Mulino, ultima edizione
• Aitala, Diritto internazionale penale, Le Monnier, ultima edizione 

Assessment

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

Written test (multiple-choice test) to verify the knowledge of the basics and to offer a gradual approach to passing the exam (you must answer exactly at least 5 questions out of a total of 6).

Oral test to verify understanding of the institutes and the links between them, also assessing the achievement of an adequate expressive capacity and organization of the speech (three or more questions in 'double step': member of the committee and professor of criminal law).

Optional. By enrolling in the 'Logic of Oral and Written Communication in Criminal Law' workshop (s. Note), you will be able to discuss in moot court (confrontation in a simulated trial) the pro veritate opinion you have drafted (max. 4 pages) on a subject that is the subject of a judgment. The pro veritate opinion will be assigned before the Easter holidays and will be corrected. During the course, seminars will be offered to improve your written and oral expository skills. Written and oral presentation of the opinion pro veritate will be assessed by 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.

Teaching

None

Attendance

None

Course books

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

• Fiandaca/Musco, Diritto penale. Parte generale, Zanichelli, ultima edizione
• Fiore/Fiore Diritto penale. Parte generale, Utet, ultima edizione
• Garofoli, Manuale di diritto penale, Parte Generale, Nel Diritto Editore, ultima edizione
• Mantovani, Diritto penale. Parte generale, Cedam, ultima edizione
• Marinucci/Dolcini/Gatta, Manuale di diritto penale, Parte generale, Giuffrè, ultima edizione
• Pagliaro (aggiorn. Militello, Parodi Giusino, Spena), Principi di diritto penale, Parte generale, Giuffrè, ultima edizione

and, also at the student's choice, one of the following texts to deepen the themes of criminal law in a European or international context:

• Bondi, Tredici passi nel diritto penale europeo, Aras, ultima edizione
• Manes - Caianiello, Introduzione al diritto penale europeo, Giappichelli, ultima edizione
• Zagrebelsky - Chenal - Tomasi, Manuale dei diritti fondamentali in Europa, il Mulino, ultima edizione
• Aitala, Diritto internazionale penale, Le Monnier, ultima edizione 

Assessment

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

Written test (multiple-choice test) to verify the knowledge of the basics and to offer a gradual approach to passing the exam (you must answer exactly at least 5 questions out of a total of 6).

Oral test to verify the necessary preparation through the reasoned explanation of the institutes and the links between them, also assessing the achievement of an adequate expressive capacity and organization of the speech (three or more questions in 'double step': member of the committee 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 Law Workshop, includes lessons in the preparation of expert opinions and moot court to improve written and oral communication skills in the field of criminal law.