Criminal Law

Code:

MD152

Acronym:

DP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Law

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

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
MD	13	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2024	1	-	7,5	-
		Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2025	1	-	7,5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

General overview of the nowadays doctrine on the studied themes. Analysis of the theoretical and dogmatic basis of those themes and its projections on legal regulation and jurisprudential solutions.

Promotion of an autonomous and critical reflection on Criminal Law’s central problems, providing the skills needed for the proper performance of legal professions and research tasks.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should be able to:
- have a well-founded knowledge of current legal-criminal doctrine regarding illicit, objective imputation, error, justification and special forms of crime;
- discuss critically the legal and jurisprudential solutions to these problems.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The meaning of criminal wrongdoing and some of its dogmatic projections:

- The wrongdoing (illicit behaviour), causation and the so-called “special crime forms”.

- The problem of the error (mistake) in Criminal Law.

- The paradigms of the illicit behaviour’s justification.

Mandatory literature

Dias Jorge de Figueiredo 1937-; Direito penal. ISBN: 978-972-32-1523-6
Jescheck Hans-Heinrich; Tratado de derecho penal. ISBN: 3-428-06410-0
Mir Puig Santiago; Derecho penal. ISBN: 9974-578-36-1
Roxin Claus; Derecho penal
Costa António Manuel de Almeida 1955-; Ilícito pessoal, imputação objectiva e comparticipação em direito penal. ISBN: 978-972-40-5872-6
Monteiro Cristina Líbano; Do concurso de crimes ao «concurso de ilícitos» em direito penal. ISBN: 978-972-40-6112-2

Comments from the literature

With regard to each of the topics studied will be provided to students specific complementary bibliography.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The curricular unit’s teaching will consist on theoretical-practical classes, including a first exposition on each theme (by the professor or the masters’ students), followed by a discussion and conclusive remarks on the debated positions.

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	130,00
Frequência das aulas	36,00
Trabalho de investigação	34,00
Total:	200,00

Eligibility for exams

Written final exam.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam: 100%