Criminal Procedural Law II

Code:

C207

Acronym:

DPP II

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Law

Instance: 2007/2008 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Criminology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
C	27	Oficial Study Plan LC	2	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The course in Criminal Procedural Law II includes both theorical and practical classes. In keeping with the programme described below, the theorical classes are designed to provide students with the essential framework of the material, including the theoretical and dogmatic foundations of the various institutes, and to provide a detailed analysis of Portuguese law.
In addition to revision and clarification of material taught in theoretical classes, the practical ones are designed to allow careful application of knowledge to solve specific cases. It is hoped that the combination of theoretical and practical classes will provide the students with a complete and harmonious training to help them in their future legal careers.

Program

CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL LAW II

INTRODUCTION
1. The meaning and function of the Criminal Procedural law.
2. Brief analysis to the basic principles of a Criminal Procedure according to the rule of law.

TITLE I
THE THEORY OF EVIDENCE

CHAPTER I - Introduction. Approach to the problem of Evidence in Right. General principles of the Evidence in Criminal Procedure.
CHAPTER II - Legal discipline of the probatory procedure.
CHAPTER III - Evidences and means of obtaining evidences. Analysis of the positive law.

TITLE II
THEORY OF THE PROCEDURAL ACTS

CHAPTER I - The procedural acts. The form of the acts. The communication of the acts.
CHAPTER II - The negative qualities of the procedural acts. The problem of the inexistence of the acts. The procedural nullities. The procedural irregularities.

TITLE III
THEORY OF THE APPEALS

CHAPTER I - Introductory notes. General principles. Species of appeals.
CAP. II - The ordinary appeals.
CAP. III - The extraordinary appeals.

Mandatory literature

Seiça A. Medina de; Legalidade da prova e reconhecimentos atípicos em processo penal
Andrade Manuel da Costa; Sobre as proibições de prova em processo penal. ISBN: 972-32-0613-7
Seiça A. Medina de; O^conhecimento probatório do co-arguido. ISBN: 972-32-0901-2
Santos Manuel José Carrilho de Simas; Recursos em processo penal. ISBN: 972-51-1018-8
Correia João Conde; Contributo para a análise da inexistência e das nulidades processuais penais. ISBN: 972-32-0917-9
Meireis Manuel Augusto Alves; O^regime das provas obtidas pelo agente provocador em processo penal. ISBN: 972-40-1219-0
Seiça A. Medina de; A^reforma dos recursos em matéria penal

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes: Exposition of the contents of the discipline, use of case-studies.
Practical classes: The students have to solve practical exercises (invented and collected from real trialed cases).

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	48,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

The marks the student must get have to be equal or higher than 10, in a scale of [0/20] in one of the following cases:
a) Written final examination;
d) Oral final examination.

Calculation formula of final grade

Are the marks obtained in the examinations referred in “Frequency Attaining” a) or b).

Examinations or Special Assignments

None.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

General Law and rules enforced in the Faculty of Law of the Univeristy of Porto.

Classification improvement

It is obtained by doing a written or an oral examination.