Class Estudos Avançados de Direito Penal

The curricular unit includes central themes of general and special criminal law, analyzing them from a dogmatic and political-criminal perspective, which considers the needs of both theoretical and jurisprudential practice

¿ The society of risk, the rule of law and the criminal justice of the "fact". The essential function of the concept of legal good/Rechtsgut, as well as the general theory/construction of the crime.

¿ The distinction between illicit (= unlawful fact) and guilt/fault (culpa) as a nuclear issue of the criminal law of continental tradition.

¿ Monographic themes (e.g., error, illicit behaviour¿s justification, objective imputation, special forms of crime, crimes in particular).

The curricular unit¿s teaching will consist on theoretical-practical classes, including a first exposition on each theme (by the professor or the PhD¿s students), followed by a discussion and conclusive remarks on the debated positions.

Evaluation will considerate the global intervention of each student during the classes and, specialy, the presentation of an individual work about a particular theme.

Além da bibliografia indicada para os particulares temas tratados:

Costa, A. (2017). Ilícito pessoal, imputação objectiva e comparticipação em direito penal. Coimbra: Almedina (reimp.).

Dias, J. (2019). Direito penal. Parte geral. Tomo I, 3.ª ed., Coimbra: Gestlegal.

Horder, J. (2019). Ashword's Principles of Criminal Law, 9. ed., Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press.

Roxin, C. (2001/2014). Derecho Penal. Parte General. Vols. I/II. Madrid: Civitas.

Smith, J. C./Hogan, B./Ormerod D./Laird K. (2018). Criminal Law. 15^th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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