Legal Medicine and Insurance Law
A.Y. 2023/2024
Learning objectives
The purpose of the lessons is provide the essentials of legal medicine for the lawyer forensic practice, in order to achieve:
an adequate understanding of the structure of the medico-legal investigation;
a correct use of the technical investigation in the trial;
a critical evaluation of the reliability of the investigation;
an adequate competence in discussion about biomedical items;
the ability to analyze the juridical implications of biomedical problems.
an adequate understanding of the structure of the medico-legal investigation;
a correct use of the technical investigation in the trial;
a critical evaluation of the reliability of the investigation;
an adequate competence in discussion about biomedical items;
the ability to analyze the juridical implications of biomedical problems.
Expected learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide the notions of forensic medicine necessary so that the jurist can usefully orient, in the forensic application field, his questions to those who carry out an interpretative activity with eminently technical characterization, such as the forensic doctor. In other words, it is a matter of dealing with the subject considering that it is a borderline discipline whose purpose is to provide the jurist with the bio-medical elements necessary to frame a biological matter from a juridical point of view; collaterally, those fields in which bio-medical issues question the traditional juridical structures will be deepened.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Teaching methods.
The lessons will take place on Microsoft Teams in synchronous mode, at the set times, and will be recorded and consulted on the same platform. Information on how to access the lessons on Microsoft Teams and other instructions on teaching will be uploaded on the ARIEL site of the course, which is recommended to consult regularly.
If the health situation allows it, in compliance with current regulations, the lessons can also be held in the presence in the classroom (mixed mode); in this case, students will be promptly informed and notified via the ARIEL site of the course.
In any case, the lessons will be recorded and left available to the students for the duration of the semester.
Program and reference material
The program and the reference material of the course are unchanged
Assessment methods and evaluation criteria.
There will be no change in the assessment methods and assessment criteria. The exam will take place in oral form on the Microsoft Teams platform. If the health situation allows it, compatible with the availability of classrooms and compliance with the necessary safety conditions, the examination will take place in the presence of the classroom. students who cannot move from their place of residence or domicile will be able to carry out the examination remotely on the Microsoft Teams platform.
The lessons will take place on Microsoft Teams in synchronous mode, at the set times, and will be recorded and consulted on the same platform. Information on how to access the lessons on Microsoft Teams and other instructions on teaching will be uploaded on the ARIEL site of the course, which is recommended to consult regularly.
If the health situation allows it, in compliance with current regulations, the lessons can also be held in the presence in the classroom (mixed mode); in this case, students will be promptly informed and notified via the ARIEL site of the course.
In any case, the lessons will be recorded and left available to the students for the duration of the semester.
Program and reference material
The program and the reference material of the course are unchanged
Assessment methods and evaluation criteria.
There will be no change in the assessment methods and assessment criteria. The exam will take place in oral form on the Microsoft Teams platform. If the health situation allows it, compatible with the availability of classrooms and compliance with the necessary safety conditions, the examination will take place in the presence of the classroom. students who cannot move from their place of residence or domicile will be able to carry out the examination remotely on the Microsoft Teams platform.
Course syllabus
Biology and the law
Legal medicine as a border discipline. Birth and death: from a natural event to a bio-technologic process (medically assisted procreation; brain death).
Medical acts on the body
Informed consent to diagnosis and therapy and the basis of the medical act lawfulness. The mandatory medical treatment of psychiatric illness (l. 180/1978). Intersexual conditions. Organ transplantation. Legal abortion (l. 194/78). Clinical trials.
Juridical problems concerning the mental state
Criminal and civil law.
Criminal investigations
Juridical and biologic causality. The scientific evidence and Forensic Sciences. Crime scene investigations, autopsy, expertise.
Medico-legal investigations concerning: personal injury, homicide, criminal abortion, sexual offences, and intimate partner violence.
The meaning of forensic pathology, toxicology, forensic anthropology and DNA analysis. The problems of identification (living person and corpses).
Civil law investigations
Medico-legal evaluation of personal damages regarding civil law and insurances including work-related accidents and illness.
Medical malpractice in criminal and civil law.
Standards of evidence, guidelines, and evaluation criteria.
Legal medicine as a border discipline. Birth and death: from a natural event to a bio-technologic process (medically assisted procreation; brain death).
Medical acts on the body
Informed consent to diagnosis and therapy and the basis of the medical act lawfulness. The mandatory medical treatment of psychiatric illness (l. 180/1978). Intersexual conditions. Organ transplantation. Legal abortion (l. 194/78). Clinical trials.
Juridical problems concerning the mental state
Criminal and civil law.
Criminal investigations
Juridical and biologic causality. The scientific evidence and Forensic Sciences. Crime scene investigations, autopsy, expertise.
Medico-legal investigations concerning: personal injury, homicide, criminal abortion, sexual offences, and intimate partner violence.
The meaning of forensic pathology, toxicology, forensic anthropology and DNA analysis. The problems of identification (living person and corpses).
Civil law investigations
Medico-legal evaluation of personal damages regarding civil law and insurances including work-related accidents and illness.
Medical malpractice in criminal and civil law.
Standards of evidence, guidelines, and evaluation criteria.
Prerequisites for admission
have acquired the essential legal concepts
Teaching methods
The course is held through lectures and exercises (optional) in the anatomical theatre.
Teaching Resources
Gentilomo A., Barbieri C. Medicina legale per giuristi. Milano, Giuffrè. 2021.
M. Cucci, G. Gennari, A. Gentilomo (a c. di). L'uso della prova scientifica nel processo penale. Maggioli ed., 2012.
Further documents are available on Ariel platform.
M. Cucci, G. Gennari, A. Gentilomo (a c. di). L'uso della prova scientifica nel processo penale. Maggioli ed., 2012.
Further documents are available on Ariel platform.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Verification by oral examination to test the ability to analyze and use skills.
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