Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.
If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

Laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in Giurisprudenza - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
15
B
IUS/07
1 module to be chosen between the following
1 module to be chosen between the following
1 module to be chosen between the following

3° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
15
B
IUS/04
9
A
IUS/01

4° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A
IUS/01
6
B
IUS/12
1 module to be chosen between the following

5° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen between the following
1 module to be chosen between the following
Final exam
15
E
-
activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
15
B
IUS/07
1 module to be chosen between the following
1 module to be chosen between the following
1 module to be chosen between the following
activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
15
B
IUS/04
9
A
IUS/01
activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A
IUS/01
6
B
IUS/12
1 module to be chosen between the following
activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen between the following
1 module to be chosen between the following
Final exam
15
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 3°- 4°- 5°
5 modules to be chosen among the following during the 3rd, 4th and 5th year (in detail: 1 module in the 3rd year; 1 module in the 4th year; 3 modules in the 5th year)
6
R
IUS/11
6
R
IUS/04
6
R
IUS/05
Between the years: 4°- 5°
Further activities
9
F
-

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S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Teaching code

4S00356

Coordinator

Lorenzo Picotti

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

IUS/17 - CRIMINAL LAW

Period

2° periodo lezioni (2A) dal Feb 14, 2022 al Mar 26, 2022.

Learning outcomes

The course provides the conceptual, methodological and cultural basis to analyse cyber-criminality phenomena and to study the Information and Communication Technologies Criminal Law System in Italy, in a European and international perspective.
The course aims at providing the knowledge on the categories of computer-related crimes and cybercrimes and the technological investigations laws, developing the capacity of the students to use the specific technical-legal language and the most appropriate legal arguments.

Program

Program

1. Analysis of the most recent criminal phenomena in the technological context regarding the illicit use of Internet (online defamations, childpornography, child-grooming, social networks and social media abuse, cyber-attacks, cyberterrorism and cyberwarfare) and of the technological instruments in the fight cybercrime.
2. Analysis of the international and european legal sources on cybercrime, with particular attention to the Council of Europe Reccomendations (1989) and Cybercrime Convention (2001), the EU Directives on Childpornography (2011), Cyber-attacks (2013), NIS (2016) and the EU Cybersecurity Act (2019)
3. Analysis of the most important criminal offences of the Italian Penal Code, taking into account the cybercrimes systematic, in particular: artt. 392, 491 bis, 495 bis, 595, 600 ter, 600 quater, 600 quater-1, 600 quinquies, 609 undecies, included the new art. 612 ter, 615 ter, 615 quater, 615 quinquies, 616, 617 quater, 617 quinquies, 617 sexies, 623 bis, 635 bis-quinquies, 640 ter, 640 quinquies
4. Analysis of the criminal offences provided by special laws: Privacy Code (d.lgs. 196 /2003) after the Regulation 2016/679/Ue (GDPR); Cyberbullism; Copyright Protection.
5. Analysis of the most important questions on the Internet Service Providers criminal liability and the criminal liability of bloggers, website managers, online newspapers, user-generator-content sites.
6. Analysis of the technological investigations provided by the Italian Law







TEACHING METHODS

The course combines frontal classroom lessons and on-line teaching, in particular: 30 hours (5 CFU) frontal classroom lessons and 6 hours (1 CFU) online teaching.
The frontal classroom lessons will concern all the parts of the program.
The online teaching will concern specific case studies regarding the topics studied during the classroom lessons, following the Problem Based Solving (PBS) method.
The materials of the lessons, including ppt presentations, video, scientific works and case studies, will be published on the moodle of the course.
Students not attending classes are invited to contact the Professor in order to receive support and useful references for the preparation of the exam
Erasmus students are invited to fix an appointment with the Professor in order to select an individual program, taking into consideration also the State of origin.



MATERIALS

All Students may access to the moodle of the course, which will contain the course materials, and to the website of the Cybercrime Observatory (http://sites.les.univr.it/cybercrime/).

The book is indicated in the section "Books": Trattato di Diritto penale – Cybercrime, a cura di Cadoppi Alberto, Canestrari Stefano, Manna Adelmo, Papa Michele, Utet, 2019.
The useful parts for the preparation of the exam are the following:
part I:
chap. II (35-96)
chap. III (98-139)
chap. IV (142-192)
chap. VI (273-284)
chap. VII (285-305)
chap. X-XIV (374-613)
chap. XVII (656-722)
chap. XIX-XX (762-855)
chap. XXV (1020-1044)
chap. XXVI (1046-1171, limited to paragraphs 7 to 12)
In part II:
chap. XI (1522-1550)



OFFICE HOURS

Office hours are published on the Professor’s personal webpage. For special reasons, students may ask to fix an appointment at different time and through Zoom meeting.


OFFICIAL LANGUAGE:
Italian.

Bibliography

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Examination Methods


Examination Methods
The final exam is oral and the official language is Italian.
No midterm exams are planned.
Students must prove to understand the cybercrimes systematic, through the study of the international, European and domestic legal sources, the specific criminal offences and their constituent elements, and the most important questions concerning the interpretation and the application of law.
Erasmus students are invited to contact the Professor in order to identify the individual valuation method.
The oral exam has the purpose of assessing the level of the study and the knowledge, the language properties, the capacity to connect systematically the understanding and the knowledge, and the analytical and the arguing ability.
Grades are awarded on a scale from 18 to 30, where 30 is the highest grade and 18 is the lowest grade to pass the exam.
The exam consists on an open question for each part of the program, which are of equal importance.
In case of an excellent knowledge and a high level of problem-solving capacity the candidate may earn the highest grade with “cum laude” honor.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE