Criminal law and constitution
1
2017-2018
03220584
Law
Portuguese
Face-to-face
15.0
Elective
3rd Cycle Studies
Recommended Prerequisites
Knowledge of criminal law dogmatics and constitutional law dogmatics.
Teaching Methods
- Lectures followed by students interventions and discussions about the subject.
- Assessment of weekly reports, of individual participation on discussions and of a final paper.
Learning Outcomes
- Deep understanding of the fundamental concepts of criminal law and constitutional law;
- Critical reflection on the areas in which criminal law and constitution overlap.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
- Criminal law and constitution: an introduction
- Principle of equality, criminal law and constitution
- Is there a constitutional illicit?
- Material relations between the 40th article of the criminal code and the constitution
- Analogy, criminal law and constitution
- Causal connection, criminal law and constitution
- The “sum” of criminal illicit and constitution.
Assessment Methods
Evaluation
• Assessment of weekly reports, of individual participation on discussions and of a final paper: 100.0%
Bibliography
COSTA, José de Faria, O perigo em direito penal, Coimbra: Coimbra Editora, 1992.
— Linhas de direito penal e de filosofia – Alguns cruzamentos reflexivos, Coimbra: Coimbra Editora, 2005.
— Noções fundamentais de direito penal (fragmenta iuris poenalis), 2ª edição, Reimpressão, Coimbra: Coimbra Editora, 2010.
— Ilícito típico, resultado e hermenêutica (ou o retorno à limpidez do essencial), Lisboa: Universidade Lusíada, 2000.
— «A análise das formas (ou a análise das “formas do crime”: em especial a tentativa)», RLJ 3962 (2010), p. 289-299.
— «Construção e interpretação do tipo legal de crime à luz do princípio da legalidade: duas questões ou um só problema? », RLJ 3933 (2002), p. 354-366.