Criminal Procedural Law I

Code:

D310 I

Acronym:

DPP I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2007/2008 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Law

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
D	10	Official Study Plan - LD	3	-	6	-
LDB	274	Oficial Study Plan LD	3	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The course in Criminal Procedural Law I 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

INTRODUCTION
1. The meaning of the Criminal Procedural Law and how it operates.
2. The Criminal Procedural Law within the legal system.

TITLE I
PROCEDURAL STATICS

CHAPTER I – Theory of the Criminal Procedural Law. The Criminal Procedural Law and its application.
CHAPTER II - The Fundamental Structure of the Portuguese Criminal Procedural Law.
1. Constitutional conformation of Criminal Procedural Law and procedural models.
2. General Principals of Criminal Procedural Law.
CHAPTER III - Procedural participants
CHAPTER IV - «Coercion Measures» and Posting Bail.

TITLE II
PROCEDURAL DYNAMICS

CHAPTER I - The forms of the Criminal Procedure. Legal requirements in the Common Lawsuit.
CHAPTER II - The special forms of Criminal Procedure.

Mandatory literature

Dias Jorge de Figueiredo; Direito processual penal
Dias Jorge de Figueiredo; Direito processual penal
Silva Germano Marques da; Curso de processo penal. ISBN: 972-22-1557-4
Silva Germano Marques da; Curso de Processo Penal. ISBN: 972-22-1592-2
Beleza Teresa Pizarro; Apontamentos de direito processual penal
Roxin Claus; Derecho procesal penal. ISBN: 987-9120-36-1
Siracusano D. e outros; Diritto processuale penale. ISBN: 88-14-08606-0
Siracusano D. e outros; Diritto processuale penale. ISBN: 88-14-08754-7
Jornadas de Direito Processual Penal; O^novo código de processo penal. ISBN: 972-40-0257-8

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	55,00
	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.