Criminal Procedural Law II

Code:

DO404 II

Acronym:

DPP II

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S (since 10-02-2025 to 31-07-2025)

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
LDB	59	Novo Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2016	4	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To offer a general overview of nowadays doctrine in the themes of evidence, procedural acts and legal remedies;
- Deepening theoretical and dogmatic foundations of the studied themes, as well as its projections in terms of legal regulations and jurisprudential solutions;
- Promoting a critical and autonomous reflection on central criminal procedure themes.

Learning outcomes and competences

Studentes should be able to:
- know deeply the current state of the doctrine in the themes of evidence, procedural acts and legal remedies;
- discuss criticaly the legal and jurisprudencial solutions for the central criminal themes.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Does not apply.

Program

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

Mandatory literature

Andrade Manuel da Costa; Sobre as proibições de prova em processo penal. ISBN: 972-32-0613-7
Andrade Manuel da Costa 1944-; Bruscamente, no verão passado, a reforma do Código de Processo Penal. ISBN: 978-972-32-1726-1
Seiça A. Medina de; Legalidade da prova e reconhecimentos atípicos em processo penal
Seiça A. Medina de; O^conhecimento probatório do co-arguido. ISBN: 972-32-0901-2
Silva Sandra Oliveira e 1977-; Legalidade da prova e provas proibidas
Silva Sandra Oliveira e 1977-; O^arguido como meio de prova contra si mesmo
António Gama; Comentário judiciário do Código de Processo Penal

Complementary Bibliography

Correia João Conde; Contributo para a análise da inexistência e das nulidades processuais penais. ISBN: 972-32-0917-9
Albuquerque Paulo Sérgio Pinto de 212; Comentário do código de processo penal à luz da constituição da república e da convenção eur. ISBN: 978-972-54-0295-5
Silva Sandra Oliveira e; A^protecção de testemunhas no processo penal

Comments from the literature

Complementary bibliography will also be provided for each of the specific topics.

Teaching methods and learning activities

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

keywords

Social sciences > Juridical sciences > Criminal law

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	100,00
Frequência das aulas	75,00
Total:	175,00

Eligibility for exams

According general law and internal regulations.

Calculation formula of final grade

According general law and internal regulations.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According general Law and rules enforced in the Faculty of Law of the Univeristy of Porto.

Classification improvement

According general law and internal regulations.