OVERVIEW

The unit tackles the study of the general part of criminal law, through the analysis of the main principles of guarantee, the notion of crime and the structure of the criminal sanctions, and of some offences committed in enterprise, such as trade fraud, and inside public administration. The course is essential for all students who intend to work within companies or public administration in the future.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide students with a firm preparation with reference to the general part of criminal law, with particular regard to institutions and issues involved by the organization of companies and the activities of public administration.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Through individual study and partecipation in lessons the student will be able to:

- Understand and remember the rules of criminal law and the structure of the sanctioning system;

- Understand the structure and the application of criminal dispositions and be aware of their diversifications;

- Identify the different components of criminal offences; 

- Distinguish the different institutions of the general part of criminal law;

- Identify, understand and distinguish the different components of the sanctioning system;

- Know and distinguish trade fraud offences and crimes against public administration ;

- Appreciate the importance of the institutions of criminal law in relation to the problems posed by companies management;

- Read and critically examine, scientific papers and judgments related to criminal law;

- Acquire and use an appropriate legal technical language

- Communicate effectively in written and oral form and adapt one's communication to the context of a public or private company

- Solve concrete cases (transversal competence that allows to obtain, when they pass exam, the Open badge "soft skills: alfabetical basic 1-A")

-  Acquire knowledge and skills useful for the profession of corporate and public administration legal/administrative advisor,  in accordance with objective n. 4 "Quality education" of the 2030 Agenda

PREREQUISITES

Having passed exams of Constitutional Law and Private Law

TEACHING METHODS

The unit is divided into a first predominant part of lectures, where general and special part of criminal law are explained, and a second part where students are invited to deal with concrete cases (crimes committed inside companies or public bodies), to analyse and suggest how they would manage and solve them. The course includes a total of 54 hours and 9 CFU.

Texts of sentences, legislative reform and scientific papers will be published on Aulaweb.

Attending students will obtain, when they pass exam, the Open badge "soft skills: alfabetical basic 1-A").

Students with valid certifications for Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), disabilities or other educational needs and having complied with Unige procedures (described here) who need compensatory measures to prepare the exams or during the exams are invited to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree on any teaching methods that, in accordance with the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning styles. For requesting Unige services for students with disabilities and other information, please visit https://giurisprudenza.unige.it/serv_disabili. For further information, please visit https://unige.it/disabilita-dsa and contact the Department's disability liaison officer (isa.fanlo@unige.it).

Students who are unable to attend for certified reasons of work, serious and certified health or family reasons may ask the teacher for access to the recordings of the lectures, without prejudice to the teacher's freedom to grant or deny access.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

- Fundamental principles of criminal law;

- Structure of offence: actus reus, mens rea, justifications;

- Actus reus: analysis of action, omission, chain of causation;

- Singles justifications: legal order, necessity, self defence, exercise of right, consent by rightholder;

- Mens rea: intention, recklessness, negligence;

- Shapes of crime: attempt, concurrent offences, circumstances, participation;

- Criminal sentences and preventive sanctions

- Trade frauds and offences against public administration

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Texts for attendant students: 
For the preparation of general part of criminal law it's recommended 

M. PELISSERO, Manuale di diritto penale. Parte generale, Giuffrè, Milano, 2026, in the following  parts:

Part I, chap. I e III; 

Part II, chap. IV, V, VI, VII; 

Part III, chap. X (except par. 4), XI, XII, XIII, XIV (except par. 2), XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX (except par. 6.1. e 7), XX, XXI;  

Part IV, chap. XXII (except par. 6 e 7), XXIII (except par. 7), XXIV (except par. 10 e 13), XXV;

Part V, chap. XXVI (except par. 2 e 7), XXVIII only par 4,5,7,8, XXX only par. 1,2,3;

Part VI, chap. XXXII

For the preparation of special part (offences against public administration and trade frauds) slides published on Aulaweb are sufficient, along with an up-to-date criminal code.

For not attendant students:

For the preparation of general part of criminal law it's recommended 

M. PELISSERO, Manuale di diritto penale. Parte generale, Giuffrè, Milano, 2026, in the following  parts:

Part I, chap. I e III; 

Part II, chap. IV, V, VI, VII; 

Part III, chap. X (except par. 4), XI, XII, XIII, XIV (except par. 2), XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX (except par. 6.1. e 7), XX, XXI;  

Part IV, chap. XXII (except par. 6 e 7), XXIII (except par. 7), XXIV (except par. 10 e 13), XXV;

Part V, chap. XXVI (except par. 2 e 7), XXVIII only par 4,5,7,8, XXX only par. 1,2,3;

Part VI, chap. XXXII

For the preparation of special part (offences against public administration and trade frauds) slides published on Aulaweb are sufficient, along with an up-to-date criminal code.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

II semester from February to May 

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam consist in an oral examination, with at least three questions about different topics, two of which about general part and one about special part (crimes), in order to verify to the different parts of the program.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The oral exam aims to verify the student's knowledge in relation to the topics of the program.

Through the questions, it will be verified whether the student is able to:

- remember, understand and apply the institutions of the general part of criminal law and offences against public administration and against trade;

- understand, interpret and apply both the regulatory provisions to the general part of criminal law, as well as the texts of judgements;

- use an appropriate technical language.

Passing the exam, students will obtain Open Badge of soft skills alphabetical basic A1.

Students having a valid certification of disability or Specific Learning Disorders (DSA) and having complied with Unige procedures (described here) may request the use of compensatory measures during the exams (e.g. additional time and/or concept maps). In any case, for further information, please contact the Department’s disability liaison: Isa.Fanlo@unige.it

FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information not included in the course description, please contact the Professor