Criminal Law (ADVANCED)

The aim of the course is to provide students with the following competences:
A comprehensive understanding of the most important offences provided by Italian Criminal Law, selected on the basis of their practical relevance.
The knowledge of the most relevant case-law concerning both selected offences and general concepts cross-cutting different areas of Criminal law.
The ability to interpret provisions related to specific offences and to identify their fundamental relations with the so called "general part" of the Criminal Law.
The ability to properly handle the Italian Penal Code.
The abilities to address, discuss and solve both simple and more complicated practical cases in accordance with Italian Criminal Law.
The ability to understand and to use the appropriate legal terminology.

At the end of the course, students who have successfully learned the subject will have a strong knowledge of the special part of Italian Criminal Law, with reference to a catalogue of offences selected on the basis of their practical relevance, and to the related interpretative issues addressed in case-law and doctrine. In addition, they will have developed a method that will enable them, independently, to handle the Italian Criminal Code, identify and interpret the relevant rules for the solution of both simple and more complicated practical cases, as well as to develop and explain legal reasoning with appropriate terminology.