Portuguese and Brazilian Criminal Law I
3
2022-2023
01017758
Legal and Criminal Science
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
6.0
Compulsory
1st Cycle Studies
Recommended Prerequisites
Fundamental concepts on the Portuguese and the Brazilian general theory of Law.
Teaching Methods
Lectures, followed by students’ intervention and discussion on the subject matters. Discussion of Portuguese and Brasilien case law.
Learning Outcomes
A good grasp of the fundamental concepts of criminal law
Development of the learning skills and free, critical reflection on criminal law.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
I. Fundamental Issues in Criminal Law
II. The Function of Criminal Law
III. Penal law and its enforcement
IV. General doctrine of Crime
1. The building blocks of the doctrine of Crime
2. Offences
2.1. Actus reus and mens rea
2.2. Defences
2.2.1. Self-defense
2.2.2. Necessity
2.2.3. Consent
2.2.4 Other defences
3. Culpability
3.1. Fundamental issues
3.2. Statutory criminal intent
3.3. Non-culpable situations
3.3.1 Insanity and infancy
3.3.2. Inexigibility
3.3.3. Non-censurable error of law
3.3.4. Following orders as an exculpatory situation
3.3.5. The fact of conscience.
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.