Teaching code

4S009811

Teacher

Ivan Salvadori

Coordinator

Ivan Salvadori

Credits

6

Also offered in courses:

• Environmental Criminal Law and offences against public safety of the course Combined Bachelor's + Master's degree in Law
• Advanced Criminal Law of the course Combined Bachelor's + Master's degree in Law

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

IUS/17 - CRIMINAL LAW

Period

2nd lecture period (2A) dal Feb 13, 2023 al Mar 25, 2023.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

This course is included in the learning area on Law, New Technologies and Sustainability. It analyses the most controversial aspects of the environmental criminal law from a national, comparative and supranational perspective. The course provides students with the knowledge of the main legal sources of the environmental criminal law, the criminal liability for environmental crimes and the legislative techniques adopted in this field.
The learning and teaching method is based on an IBL approach, problem solving, team working, cooperative and peer to peer learning.
Students will also acquire the ability to face and solve practical problems typical of the professional context in which they will operate, thus orienting their competence to the goal of contractual compliance and to the prevention of the judicial conflicts. Students will also be able to verify the practical and applicative consequences of the theoretical and regulatory framework and to set, in written and oral form (and also through group work, written exercises and the method of Problem Based Solving - PBS), the solution to concrete issues, using the appropriate and specific disciplinary vocabulary, adopting the correct lines of reasoning and argumentation, and formulating autonomous judgments. The teaching method used is functional to the continuous learning and updating of acquired knowledge.

Prerequisites and basic notions

It is mandatory to take previously the course in Criminal Law.

Program

The course is divided in two parts:
1° Part: Environmental crimes
2° Part: Crimes against animals
3° Part: Crimes against cultural heritage
4° Part: Food crimes

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Language of teaching for this course is Italian. The literature and auxiliary material are basically in Italian.
For students attending classes, the course will be mainly based on lectures and cooperative learning activities. Workshops, seminars about specific topics or case studies could be organized during the course. Some lectures or seminars could be also delivered by distinguished Visiting Professors. The online registration to the University e-learning platform will provide students with a source of reference, bibliography, scientific papers and selected case-law.
The professor will provide support to students non-attending classes during the office hours (see the Law Department webpage).
Students not-attending classes and ERASMUS students are kindly requested to contact the Professor at the beginning of the course, in order to agree on the exam’s program and the books and material to study.

Learning assessment procedures

The final exam consists of an oral exam. Students attending classes have the possibility to divide the exam into two parts (written part: 50% of the final note; oral part: 50% of the final note).

Evaluation criteria

The final exam aims at verifying:
• The level of achievement of the learning outcomes previously identifies
• The linguistic accuracy
• The argumentative, reasoning and problem-solving skills
• The ability to connect systematically the knowledge achieved
Students attending classes and Erasmus students have the possibility to write a short paper on specific topics, upon agreement with the professor. The paper will be discussed during the oral examination and will be part of the final exam.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

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. In case of an excellent knowledge, a high level of linguistic accuracy and an argumentative, reasoning and problem-solving capacity the candidate may earn the highest grade with “cum laude” honor.

Exam language

italiano