Part I - General considerations. Chap. I. Nature of Criminal Law. 1. Scope, function and limits of Criminal Law. 2. The aim of the penalties. Penalties and security measures 3. Evolution of Criminal Law. Chap. II - The criminal law and its application 4. Sources of Criminal Law 5. The application of Criminal Law 6. Validity of Criminal Law. Part II - General Theory of Criminal Infraction. Introduction: the constitutive elements of crime 7. Classification of the crimes 8. The general theory of crime 9. 'Type' of offenses. Chap. I - The 'types' of criminal offenses 10. The elements of the 'type' 11 . The objective attribution of the result to the behave. 12. The subjective attribution to the 'type': the intention and the negligence of the 'type' and their elements. Chap. II – The causes of exclusion of the illicit or 'justifying types'. 13. General principles 14. The particular 'justifying types'. Chap. III - The 'type of guilty' 15. The problem of guilt in Crimina

CILO-1: This annual subject aims to let students to get familiar with Criminal Law particularities, namely its main principles and distinction with other subjects. Students will be able to know when law is applicable and which law shall be applicable as well when dealing with issues related to law in space and time. On the other hand, students will learn all elements that compose a crime, such as the so-called action, type, including objective and subjective aspects of the latter, illicit, fault and punishment. Apart from consummate crime, students are also taught about crime attempt. Other important topics covered are those related to omission and comparticipation. The main goal of this course is to let students know in detail when are they facing a crime in both a dogmatic and a practical point of view.