Course Unit / Criminal Porcedural Law II

Criminal Porcedural Law II

Year
1
Academic year
2021-2022
Code
02039428
Subject Area
Legal and Forensic Science
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
7.0
Type
Elective
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

The student must have basic knowledge of criminal law (general theory of the crime and legal consequences of the crime) and criminal procedural law, taught in the first cycle of studies.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical exposition of the themes and resolution of practical hypotheses. Analysis of relevant jurisprudence.

Learning Outcomes

The student must understand and problematize, in its theoretical and practical (jurisprudential) dimensions, the knowledge related to the program of the course, namely, the regime regarding the means of proof and the means of obtaining evidence in criminal proceedings.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Means of proof and means of obtaining evidence - distinction.

2. Principles related to proof.

3. Rules for producing evidence and prohibitions of evidence.

4. The evidence and the means of obtaining evidence provided for in the Code of Criminal Procedure.

5. The DNA profile as a means of proof in criminal proceedings (Law No. 5/2008, of 12 February).

6. The means of proof and means of obtaining evidence provided for in the Cybercrime Law (Law No. 109/2009, of 15 September).

7. Hidden methods of investigation.

Head Lecturer(s)

Sónia Mariza Florêncio Fidalgo

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

- Andrade, Manuel da Costa, “Bruscamente no Verão Passado”, a reforma do Código de Processo Penal. Observações críticas sobre uma Lei que podia e devia ter sido diferente, Coimbra Editora, 2009

- Antunes, Maria João, Direito Processual Penal, Almedina, 2 ed., 2018

- Fidalgo, Sónia, «Determinação do perfil genético como meio de prova em processo penal», Revista Portuguesa de Ciência Criminal, 1, 2006, pp. 115-148     

- Fidalgo, Sónia, «A apreensão de correio electrónico e a utilização noutro processo das mensagens apreendidas», Revista Portuguesa de Ciência Criminal, 1, 2019, pp. 59-74

- Fidalgo, Sónia, «A recolha de prova em suporte eletrónico – em particular, a apreensão de correio electrónico», Julgar, 38, 2019, pp. 151-160.