Criminal Policies, Justice and Fundamental Rights

Code:

C310

Acronym:

PCJDF

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2021/2022 - 2S (since 07-02-2022 to 20-05-2022)

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	59	Oficial Study Plan LC	3	-	6	-

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

- Provide students with the basic concepts and frameworks for proper comprehension of political relations between criminal justice and fundamental rights.
- It is intended that students acquire knowledge in the field of essential functions, including the theoretical and dogmatic as well as analysis of the system of fundamental rights in positive law and the Portuguese international system of human rights.
- Introduction to the concept of "fundamental rights" under the theory of the Constitution, which encompass an analysis of constitutionalism Portuguese.
- Understanding the specific dynamics and critical reflection on the major trends in relation to the criminal policies from the point of view of respect or disrespect for fundamental rights. 

Learning outcomes and competences

Working method

Presencial

Program

FIRST PART

Criminal policies and human rights: a strange relationship.
Security and rights: freedom vs. security
The transformations in the penal subject.
The functions of the penalty and the protection of human rights.
The moralisation of criminal law and criminal policies against human rights.
The humanization of criminal policies and conflicts with fundamental rights (prevention, pardon, procedural justice).
The criminal policy of international treaties: crimes of international transcendence, crimes against humanity, terrorism and human rights.



SECOND PART

1.Justice as a philosophical, axiological, political and ethical-legal concept. 

2. Fundamental rights. Brief note on its origin, meaning and foundation. Fundamental rights and human rights

1.Introduction to the concept of 'fundamental rights' within the Constitutional Theory
2. Internal and international protection.
3.The system of fundamental rights.
4. Approach and theorization of the concepts of "restriction" and "setting" of Fundamental 5. Rights under the 1976 Constitution.
6.The sense of fundamental rights and the principle of human dignity: new challenges..

Mandatory literature

Queiroz Cristina 1957-; Direitos fundamentais. ISBN: 978-972-32-1824-4
Neto Maria Luísa Alves da Silva 1971-; Novos direitos ou novo[s] objecto[s] para o direito?. ISBN: 978-989-8265-28-9
Dias Jorge de Figueiredo 1937-; Temas básicos da doutrina penal. ISBN: 972-32-1012-6

Complementary Bibliography

Agra Cândido da 300 1948-; A^criminologia. ISBN: 978-989-8265-88-3
Delmas-Marty Mireille; Les^grands systèmes de politique criminelle. ISBN: 2-13-044628-0
Brandariz García José Ángel; Política criminal de la exclusión. ISBN: 978-84-9836-239-8
Ferrajoli Luigi 1940-; Derecho y razón. ISBN: 978-84-9879-046-7
Zaffaroni Eugenio Raúl; El^enemigo en el derecho penal. ISBN: 978-84-9772-973-4
Bobbio Norberto 1909-2004; L.età dei diritti. ISBN: 88-06-14632-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical, combining the description of contents with exercises to apply knowledge transmitted. Emphasis will be, in the latter, work in small groups focusing on analyzing and discussing documents previously prepared by the students.

keywords

Social sciences > Criminology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	75,00
Prova oral	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	26,00
Frequência das aulas	44,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Type: Distributed Evaluation with final exam.

The DE is a written work consisting of a reading sheet made by small groups of students from a paper previously chosen among the ones available. The completion of the work is compulsory, being the classification obtained in this component considered in the calculation of the final classification in the normal and appeal examination periods.

Evaluation formula: Rating distributed: work and presentation of readings 25 %, final exam: 75%).

Calculation formula of final grade

Distributed evaluation: Reading sheet: 25%; final exam: 75%