Law and public administration

This is an undergraduate course that deals with the figures of the general part of the criminal law system, and the main figures of the offences of public officials against public administration.

None prerequisite

A. CADOPPI – P. VENEZIANI, Elementi di diritto penale. Parte generale, Padova, CEDAM, 2023 with exclusion of following parts: - of Introduzione the Chapters II e III; - of Parte Seconda (“La legge penale la sua applicazione”), Chapter II §§ 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Chapter III §§ 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; - of Parte Terza (“Il reato”), Sect. 1^, Chapter II §§ 2, 3, 4; Sect. 3^, Chapter VI §§ 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; Chapter VII; - of Parte Quarta (“Le forme di manifestazione del reato”), Chapter V §§ 4, 5, 6; - of Parte Quinta (“Pene, punibilità e misure di sicurezza”) the Chapter II, and of Chapter III § 2. Of the Chapter V from § 5 to § 19. Chapter VII. M. CATENACCI (a cura di), I delitti dei pubblici ufficiali contro la pubblica amministrazione. Estratto dal V volume del Trattato teorico-pratico di diritto penale, Torino, Giappichelli, 2022 with exclusion of Chapters X, XI, XII.

Biweekly

The test is aimed at evaluating the learning and the processing ability of the topics covered during the Course. The examination will be conducted following these criteria: knowledge of the principles and institutes, expository clarity, adequate language skills, effective exposition supported by valid and legally correct arguments, ability to summarize. To pass the exam it is necessary to achieve a grade of not less than 18/30. The student must demonstrate that he has acquired sufficient knowledge of the topics covered and that he is able to explain them with language properties and the ability to make connections. To achieve a grade of 30/30 cum laude, the student must demonstrate that he has acquired an excellent knowledge of all the topics covered during the Course, being able to connect them in a logical and coherent way.

Recommended Readings: BECCARIA Cesare, Dei delitti e delle pene, Einaudi, Torino, 2018. BRICOLA Franco, voce Teoria generale del reato, in Novissimo Digesto Italiano, Utet, Torino, 1973, vol. XIX, pp. 7 ss.. PADOVANI Tullio - STORTONI Luigi, Diritto penale e fattispecie criminose. Introduzione alla parte speciale del diritto penale, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1991. DONINI Massimo, Codificazione in Studi in onore di Carlo Enrico Paliero, Giuffrè, Milano, 2022, 1273 ss.. COCO Paola, A proposito della c.d. “riserva di codice” in Giust. pen. 2022, 363 ss..

Lectures, through dialogue with students