Portuguese and Brazilian Criminal Law II

Recommended Prerequisites

The essentials of the Portuguese and Brazilian Criminal Law I course.

Teaching Methods

Lectures, followed by students’ intervention and discussion of Portuguese and Brazilian case law.

Learning Outcomes

Understanding of the fundamental concepts of portuguese and Brazilian criminal law.

Development of learning abilities and free, critical reflection on criminal law.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

I. Punishability

II. Stages of criminal conduct

1. Preparation and attempt

2. Accessoryship

2.1. General concept of perpetratorship

2.2. Concrete forms of perpetratorship

2.3. Accomplicity

III. Negligence

1. Fundamental issues

2. Statutory negligent conduct

3. Statutory negligent culpability

IV. Concurrence

VI. Continued offence

VII. Legal consequences of offence

1. General theory of punishment

2. The punitive system in Portuguese Criminal Law and in Brazilian Criminal Law

2.1. Main, ancillary, accessory punishment

2.2. Deciding the appropriate sentence

2.2.1. Some special cases: recidivism, mitigated punishment. 

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

DIAS, Jorge de Figueiredo Dias, Direito Penal.Parte Geral, Tomo I, Questões Fundamentais. A Doutrina Geral do Crime, 2ª edição, Coimbra Editora, 2007.

GUEIROS, Artur e JAPIASSÚ, Carlos Eduardo, Direito Penal, Volume Único, GEN, Atlas Editora (Brasil), 2018.

RODRIGUES, Anabela Miranda Rodrigues, A Determinação da Medida da Pena. Os critérios da Culpa e da Prevenção, Coimbra Editora,  2014 (reimpressão).