CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Learning outcomes of the course unit
The course offers to students a comprehensive analysis of Italian criminal
procedure, including foundational principles, rules of evidence,
investigation, judgments and appeals.
Prerequisites
In order to sit the subject of Criminal procedure students must have
passed Foundations of Private Law, Foundations of Roman Law and
Criminal law.
Course contents summary
I PART 3 Credits
Prof Maria Teresa Sturla
Program includes the following parts of the Italian Code of Criminal
Procedure: I (Subjects) – II (Pleadings) - IV (precautionary measures).
II PART
3 Credits
Prof. Stefano Maffei
Program includes the following parts of the Italian Code of Criminal
Procedure: III (Evidence – only in relation to subsection III), V
(investigations and preliminary hearing), XI (international cooperation).
III PART
9 Credits
Prof. Alfredo Avanzini
Program includes the following parts of the Italian Code of Criminal
Procedure: III (Evidence –only in relation to subsections I and II), VI
(special proceedings), VII (trial), VIII (trial before a single-judge court), IX
(appeals), X (execution).
Program also includes the criminal proceedings before the Justice of the
Peace (Decree N. 274 of the year 2000).
Recommended readings
O. DOMINIONI e altri, Procedura penale, Turin, Giappichelli, 2010.
G. UBERTIS, Sistema di procedura penale, I, Turin, UTET, 2007, Chapter II,
chapters from V to X.
Students should also purchase the Italian Code of Criminal Procedure,
with the latest statutory amendments.
Teaching methods
Lecture-based course, including updates on statutory reforms and rulings
of the Italian Constitutional Courts on matters of criminal procedure.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination. Students who attend classes on a regular basis will be
allowed to sit a portion of the exam within the month of May in relation to
parts I-II-III-IV-V-VII of the Italian Code of Criminal Procedure.
Other informations
Special programs refer to students from prior years and enrolled in
former editions of this course (see Italian version).
