Criminal law is fundamental in the training of all jurists. The most common academic path in Portuguese Universities is followed here: Criminal Law I covers the introduction to criminal law, the theory of criminal law and starts the study of the general theory of crime. Criminal Law II continues the study of the general theory of crime.
Semestral
I. Introduction
1. Elementary structures of criminal law
2. For a new science of total (joint) criminal law
3. The scope of criminal law
4. The sources of criminal law
5. Interpretation in criminal law
6. History of criminal law
II. The general doctrine of the criminal offense
1. The fundamental ordering of the punishable conduct (fact)
2. The typified conduct (the type)
The Criminal Law I curricular unit aims to lay the foundations for a critical and solid work with criminal law (constitutional, dogmatic, political-criminal and interdisciplinary foundations), which will allow the adequate resolution of practical cases. Criminal Law I begins the treatment of the theory of crime, up to the actus reus (the remaining matters of the theory of crime are covered in Criminal Law II).
Mandatory
Learning is based on concrete problems, for which a balanced and well grounded solution is required, including the fact that the search for such solution involves aspects of legal methodology and legal research.
Português
Não
Costa, José de Faria, Direito Penal, Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 2017.
