Criminal Procedural Law I

Code:

C206

Acronym:

DPP I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Law

Instance: 2025/2026 - 1S (since 15-09-2025 to 19-12-2025)

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	62	Oficial Study Plan LC 2023	2	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To provide students with the essential frameworks of the criminal procedural law;
- Identifying and understanding the various procedural models, their fundamental characteristics and their estrutural principles;
- 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:
- identify the essential frameworks of the criminal procedural law;
- understand the main procedural models and identify their fundamental characteristics;
- have a thorough knowledge of the Portuguese criminal procedure model and its structuring principles;
- discuss critically the legal and jurisprudential solutions to the central problems of criminal procedure.

Working method

Presencial

Program

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW
INTRODUCTORY NOTIONS
TITLE I
CAP. I - Theory of the Criminal Procedure Law. The Criminal Procedure Law and its implementation.
CAP. II - The Fundamental Structure of the Portuguese Criminal Procedure.
1.Constitutional conformation and Procedural Models.
2. General Principles of Criminal Procedure.
CAP. III - The «players» in thecriminal proceedings.
CAP. IV - The object of the process.
CAP. V - Coercive measures.
TITLE II
CAP. I - Shapes of Criminal Procedure. The conduct of the Common Procedure.
CAP. II - Special forms of procedure.

Mandatory literature

Dias Jorge de Figueiredo 1937-; Direito processual penal
Silva Sandra Oliveira e 1977-; O^segredo de justiça no horizonte da reforma do código de processo penal
Maria João Antunes; Direito processual penal. ISBN: 978-972-40-9149-5
Dias, Jorge de Figueiredo / Brandão, Nuno; Direito Processual penal: os sujeitos processuais, Gestlegal

Complementary Bibliography

Dias Jorge de Figueiredo 1937-; Direito processual penal. ISBN: 972-32-1250-1
Mendes, Paulo Sousa; Lições de direito processual penal. ISBN: 9789724052052
Silva Germano Marques da 1945-; Direito processual penal português
Silva Germano Marques da 1945-; Curso de Processo Penal. ISBN: 978-972-22-1557-2
Seiça António Alberto Medina de 1967-; O^conhecimento probatório do co-arguido. ISBN: 972-32-0901-2
Silva Sandra Oliveira e 1977-; A^protecção de testemunhas no processo penal
Jornadas de Direito Processual Penal; Jornadas de direito processual penal. ISBN: 972-40-0257-8

Comments from the literature

Complementary bibliography will be indicated for each of the concrete themes.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures: Presentation and analysis of the syllabus, using real examples to apply the concepts. Practical sessions: Solving practical cases (hypothetical and based in case law); answering questions.

keywords

Social sciences > Juridical sciences > Criminal law

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	60,00
Frequência das aulas	60,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	160,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending at least 75% of the classes is mandatory.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Grade = 0,60xFE + 0,43xWA + 0,10xOP

FE = Final exam

WA = Written assignment

OP = Oral Participation

NOTE:

Regardless of whether the student is assessed in the normal or appeal period, to complete successfully this course, students are required to:

a) Attend, at least, 75% of the classes, and participate effectively in class discussion (OP);
b) Take the written Final Exam (EF) and complete an Written assignment (WA), which shall be oraly presented and defended in class;
b) Obtain a minimum classification of 8/20 points in each evaluation component (EF, WA and OP);
c) Obtain a Final grade of no less than 9,5 points in a twenty points scale.

Examinations or Special Assignments

The evaluation in the curricular unit is comprised of the compulsory accomplishment of a written assignement, that must be submitted by the end of the semester (the due date will be timely scheduled with the students).

At the beginning of the semester, the formal rules, the methodology and the deadlines to be met by the students in carrying out the assignement are disclosed.

The assignement is COMPULSORY, so the classification obtained in this distributed component is considered in the determination of the final evaluation classification in the two evaluation periods (normal season and resource season).

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the rules enforced in FDUP.

Classification improvement

According to the RAC rules of the Criminology Degree Course enforced in FDUP.