LEGAL AND FORENSIC SCIENCES
cod. 1004881

Academic year 2016/17
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
DELSIGNORE Stefano
integrated course unit
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in - - -

Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

The aim of the course is to supply a basic knowledge of crime and the main substantial and procedural foundations of criminal law to study and understand the Work Health and Safety laws misdemenaours and crimes. Essential to this aim is to study the forensic meaning of some concepts. The course will also explain the main rights and obligations for workers and employers.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The inter-disciplinary course aims to give the students the main legal and forensic concepts needed to understand the

Full programme

The module of Criminal law and criminal procedure will explain the main foundations of the general part of the substantial and procedural foundations criminal law, to give the students the instruments to understand the Work Health and Safety laws misdemenaours and crimes. Will be studied also the criminal responsability of companies ex d.l.vo n. 231/2001, concernig the most serious work related injuries.
Then will be studied the main crimes (contained in the penal code and in the d.l.vo n. 81/2008)concernig Work Health and Safety. also the legal definitions contained in the d.l.vo n. 81/2008 will be studied.Will also briefly examined the d.l.vo n. 758/1994.

The labour law module will expose the main rights and obligations for workers and employers. Will be explained the disciplinary offences and the main characteristics of disciplinary legal action.

The module of personal responsability and work protection will explain the main forensic topics with a particular attention for the occupational deseases and on-the-job ijuries.

Bibliography

General part of the criminal law:
Alessio Lanzi - Stefano Putinati, Istituzioni di diritto penale dell'economia, Giuffrè editore, Milano, ult. ed.
or
Alberto Cadoppi - Paolo Veneziani, Elementi di diritto penale. Parte generale, Cedam, Padova, ult. ed.

Work Health and Safety laws:
Giuseppe Santoro Passarelli (a cura di), La nuova sicurezza in azienda. Commentario al Titolo I del D.Lgs. n. 81/2008, Ipsoa, Milano, ult. ed.
Forensic science:
Canuto e Tovo, Medicina legale e delle assicurazioni, Piccin, Padova, ult. ed.
oppure
Puccini, Istituzioni di medicina legale, Ambrosiana, Milano, ult. ed.

Teaching methods

Class

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam

Other information

The inter-disciplinary course is composed by different modules concernig:
1004883 Criminal law and criminal procedure (IUS/17) Prof. Stefano Delsignore 2 CFU
18097 Labour law (IUS/07) Dott. Ettore Manno 2CFU
1004882 Personal resposibility and labor protection(MED/43) Prof. Carlo Crestani 2CFU