Corporate Criminal Law and Procedure

The course is aimed at providing students with the analytical knowledge of Legislative Decree no 231/2001, that regulates the substantive and procedural aspects of legal entities' liability deriving from crimes. More in particular, through the course, students will acquire the knowledge of the general principles that rule the de societate proceedings, as well as the formal requirements that ground corporate criminal liability within our legal system, with specific attention to the case-law.

Other learning objectives will also be the basics of corporate organization, aimed at preventing the risk of commission of crimes and, therefore, the structure and function of the so-called "Organizational Models" or "231 Models," as well as the role of the Supervisory Board.

At the end of the course, student will have acquired the fundamental juridical knowledges on the "criminal" corporate liability regulation (as provided by Legislative Decree no 231/2001), useful both for the legal professions (considering the peculiarities, also at procedural level, that characterize the "231 system") and for the wide and complex "231 compliance" sector (i.e., the basic instruments to approach the evaluation about the adequacy and efficient implementation of an Organizational Model, applying for positions within the compliance functions in corporations).