00815 - Criminal Procedure

Academic Year 2020/2021

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Law (cod. 9233)

Course contents

The models: inquisitorial; accusatorial, mixed.

The Constitutional principles. The European Convention of Human Rights.

The key players: the judge; the public prosecutor; the defendant and his counsel; the victim.

The proceedings: general issues.

The preliminary investigations.

The preliminary hearing.

The trial.

The special proceedings.

The preventive measures.

The invalidities.

The appeals.

The irrevocable sentence.

The double jeopardy principle.

Readings/Bibliography

It is suggested the following handbook:

G. Conso-V. Grevi-M. Bargis, Compendio di procedura penale, X ed., Cedam, Padova, 2020 (chapters XI, XII, XIII and XIV are excluded).

AA. VV., Fondamenti di procedura penale, Cedam, Padova, 2019. (paragraphs after 5.3 chapters XIX are excluded).

It is necessary to use the most recent version of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Come segnalato a lezione, è consigliata la lettura del testo del Professor Glauco Giostra, Prima lezione sulla giustizia penale, Laterza, Bari, 2020.

Teaching methods

The classes will take place during the first and the second semester.

They will be focused on the provisions which regulate the criminal proceedings, with regard to both general principles and specific issues. Attention will be also given to the case law.

 

Read more:

https://dsg.unibo.it/en/teaching/projects-and-teaching-methodologies/teaching-modes-at-dsg-on-i-semester-a-y-2020-2021

Assessment methods

Students will be evaluated by an oral examination.Before taking it, students shall have passed the examination of Criminal Law.

Teaching tools

With regard to specific issues, useful materials will be indicated during the course.They could be downloaded on the website http://campus.cib.unibo.it [http://campus.cib.unibo.it/]

Office hours

See the website of Elena Valentini