Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Penal Law 3

Penal Law 3
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10028
3
First semester
OB
Public Law
Penal Law
Main language of instruction: Spanish

Other languages of instruction: Catalan

Teaching staff


Dra. REY PEÑA, María Pilar - mprey@uic.es

Introduction

Once students are equipped with the necessary conceptual background by studying the General Part of Criminal Law, the specific types of crime can be examined. Adequate knowledge of the various types of crime and the problems of interpretation are a basic instrument that serve to identify what is criminally prohibited, not only for criminal law specialists, but for lawyers practicing any branch of law.

Objectives

 

In order to effectively carry out a legal-criminal analysis of case studies, the student must acquire the necessary skill set. This entails an in-depth knowledge of particular crimes, the elements that constitute them and their jurisprudential interpretation.

Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme

  • 04 - To turn in documents that have been formally and thoroughly prepared to high standards
  • 11 - To acquire skills for autonomous learning
  • 14 - To be aware of the importance of the Law as a regulatory system for social relationships
  • 17 - To understand and have knowledge of public and private institutional principles in their origin and as a whole
  • 20 - To have knowledge of the basic aspects of legal argumentation
  • 23 - To identify the state, doctrinal and legal framework of a complex legal issue
  • 24 - To acquire the skills to resolve problems and make decisions using relevant information and by applying correct methods while placing the issue within a legal system context
  • 29 - To be able to gather and interpret economic documentation

Learning outcomes of the subject

1. To know and understand the requirements and elements of the different types of crime the special part

2. To be able to classify and criminalise real and complex cases

3. To know and understand the specific problems posed by crimes that fall within Economic Criminal Law

4. To develop the habit of formally and thoroughly preparing documents to a high standard

5. To have skills in the resolution of legal conflicts related to the contents of the module

6.To be able to work independently and plan and organise their learning

7. To be able to apply the knowledge of this area in the subsumption related to practical cases

8. To be able to identify and interpret financial documentation

Syllabus

Topic 0 Introduction to the Special Part of Criminal Law

      0.1 Relations between the General Part and the Special Part and study methodology when dealing with criminal offences in particular

      0.2 The importance of bankruptcy problems in the analysis of cases

      0.3 Referral to economic and business criminal law

 

Topic 1 Homicide and its forms

      1.1 Introduction: constitutional perspective

      1.2 Homicide

      1.3 Murder

      1.4 Inciting and cooperation in suicide. Euthanasia

 

Topic 2 Abortion

      2.1 Introduction. Legal right and constitutional perspective

      2.2 Crime of abortion: common elements

      2.3 Crime of abortion: legal types

      2.4 Legal requirements for voluntary termination of pregnancy

      2.5 Criminal policy considerations

 

Topic 3 Injuries

      3.1 Introduction. Legal good

      3.2 Basic type

      3.3 Attenuated subtype: mild lesions

      3.4 Aggravated subtypes

      3.5 Reckless injuries

      3.6 Participation in tumultuous brawl

      3.7 Mistreatment and minor injuries against related persons

      3.8 Consent of the injured party

      3.9 Illegal trafficking and transplantation of human organs

 

Topic 4 Crimes against liberty and Crimes against moral integrity

      4.1 Introduction: criminal protection of liberty

      4.2 Illegal arrests and kidnappings

      4.3 Coercion

      4.4 Threats

      4.5 Introduction. Constitutional perspective. Concept of moral integrity

      4.6 Crimes against moral integrity: basic type

      4.7 Special subtypes: workplace harassment and property harassment

      4.8 The crime of habitual violence

      4.9 The crime of torture

 

Topic 5 Crimes against freedom and sexual indemnity

      5.1 Introduction. Political-criminal perspective. Procedural issues.

      5.2 Sexual assaults

      5.3 Sexual abuse

      5.4 Sexual abuse and assault on minors under 16 and crimes of cyber sexual harassment

      5.5 Sexual harassment

      5.6 Exhibitionism, sexual provocation and prostitution

      5.7 Child pornography

      5.8 Common provisions

 

Topic 6 Crimes against privacy, the right to one's own image and inviolability of the home // Honour crimes

      6.1 Introduction. Constitutional perspective. Protected legal asset and concept of privacy

      6.2 Basic type: discovery and disclosure of secrets

      6.3 Criminal protection of confidential personal or family information

      6.4 Computer intrusion

      6.5 Aggravated subtypes

      6.6 About sexting

      6.7 Disclosure of employment or professional secrets

      6.8 Common provisions

      6.9 The crime of trespassing on the residence and domicile of legal persons

      6.10 Honour crimes. Introduction. Constitutional perspective, legal right and concept of honour.

      6.11 The crimes of libel and insult and common provisions.

 

Topic 7 The criminal response to gender and domestic violence. Crimes against family rights and duties.

      7.1 Gender and domestic violence. Criminal, political and procedural issues. Constitutional perspective.

      7.2 Criminal legal treatment of domestic and gender violence in the General Part of the Penal Code.

      7.3 Criminal legal treatment of domestic and gender violence, specific criminal types.

      7.4 Procedural singularities. Brief reference to the role of the victim in the process.

      7.5 The penalty: specificities of the penalties to be imposed in the field of gender violence. Accessory penalties, the violation of the sentence and the prohibition of rapprochement.

      7.6 Breach of custody duties Crimes against family rights and duties. Constitutional perspective and legally-protected right.

      7.7 Abandonment of family, minors or disabled persons. Non-payment of maintenance.

 

Topic 8 Crimes against property (I)

      8.1 General considerations and common provisions

      8.2 Theft and types of theft

      8.3 Robbery with forcible entry

      8.4 Aggravated robbery

      8.5 Vehicle robbery and theft

      8.6 Discussion of case studies

 

Topic 9 Crimes against property (II)

      9.1 Crime of fraud and types

      9.2 Offenses of misappropriation and criminal mismanagement

      9.3 Extortion

      9.4 Usurpation

      9.5 Damages

      9.6 Discussion of case studies

 

Topic 10 Forgery

      10.1 Introduction: the meaning of the criminal sanction of forgery

      10.2 The question of the legal right

      10.3 Classes of documents

      10.4 Fraudulent behaviour

      10.5 Objective and subjective imputation

 

Topic 11 Crimes against the Public Administration, crimes against public order and hate crimes

      11.1 General issues: protected legal asset and concepts of “authority” and “official”

      11.2 Crime of administrative prevarication

      11.3 Crime of bribery

      11.4 Crime of embezzlement of public funds

      11.5 Other crimes against the Public Administration

      11.6 Crimes against public order. Short description

      11.7 So-called hate crimes. Criminal political relevance. Configuration and scope of criminal offenses. Article 22.4 and 510 CP

 

Topic 12 Crimes against the Administration of Justice

      12.1 Introduction

      12.2 Crime of prevarication (judicial)

      12.3 Failure to prevent crimes or to assist in their prosecution. Brief reference to the crime of failure in duty to assist.

      12.4 Crime of cover-up

      12.5 Crime of arbitrary realization of one's own right

      12.6 Crimes of false accusation and reporting and simulation of crimes

      12.7 Crime of perjury

      12.8 Other crimes against the Administration of Justice

 

Topic 13 Crimes against public health: drug trafficking

      13.1 Introduction. Political-criminal considerations

      13.2 The basic type of art. 368 of the Penal Code

      13.3 Lesser sub-category

      13.4 Aggravated sub-category

      13.5 Other issues

 

Topic 14 Crimes against road safety

      14.1 Introduction: criminal protection of road safety

      14.2 The crime of driving at excessive speed or under the influence of alcohol or drugs

      14.3 The crime of reckless driving and sub-categories

      14.4 Bankruptcy relations

      14.5 Refusal to carry out breathalyser or drug tests

      14.6 Driving without a permit or license

      14.7 Other issues


  1. Relaciones entre la Parte General y la Parte Especial y metodología de estudio al abordar los tipos penales en particular
  2. La importancia de los problemas concursales en el análisis de los casos
  3. Remisión al Derecho penal económico y de la empresa

  1. Introducción: perspectiva constitucional
  2. Homicidio
  3. Asesinato
  4. Inducción y cooperación al suicidio. Eutanasia

  1. Introducción. Bien jurídico y perspectiva constitucional
  2. Delito de aborto: elementos comunes
  3. Delito de aborto: tipos legales
  4. Requisitos legales de la interrupción voluntaria del embarazo
  5. Consideraciones de política criminal

  1. Introducción. Bien jurídico
  2. Tipo básico
  3. Subtipo atenuado: lesiones leves
  4. Subtipos agravados
  5. Lesiones imprudentes
  6. Participación en riña tumultuaria
  7. Maltrato y lesiones leves contra personas allegadas
  8. Consentimiento del lesionado
  9. Tráfico y trasplante ilegales de órganos humanos

  1. Introducción: protección penal de la libertad
  2. Detenciones ilegales y secuestros
  3. Coacciones
  4. Amenazas
  5. Introducción. Perspectiva constitucional. Concepto de integridad moral
  6. El delito contra la integridad moral: tipo básico
  7. Subtipos especiales: acoso laboral y acoso inmobiliario
  8. El delito de violencia habitual
  9. El delito de torturas

  1. Introducción. Perspectiva político-criminal. Cuestiones procesales.
  2. Agresiones sexuales
  3. Abusos sexuales
  4. Abusos y agresiones sexuales a menores de 16 años y delitos de ciberacoso sexual
  5. Acoso sexual
  6. Exhibicionismo, provocación sexual y prostitución
  7. Pornografía infantil
  8. Disposiciones comunes

  1. Introducción. Perspectiva constitucional. Bien jurídico protegido y concepto de intimidad
  2. Tipo básico: descubrimiento y revelación de secretos
  3. Protección penal de datos reservados de carácter personal o familiar
  4. Intromisiones informáticas
  5. Subtipos agravados
  6. Sobre el sexting
  7. Revelación de secretos laborales o profesionales
  8. Disposiciones comunes
  9. El delito de allanamiento de morada y del domicilio de personas jurídicas
  10. Delitos contra el honor. Introducción. Perspectiva constitucional, bien jurídico y concepto de honor.
  11. El delito de calumnia, el delito de injurias y disposiciones comunes.

  1. La violencia de género y doméstica. Cuestiones político criminales, y procesales. Perspectiva constitucional.
  2. Tratamiento jurídico penal de la violencia doméstica y de género en la Parte General del Código Penal.
  3. Tratamiento jurídico penal de la violencia doméstica y de género, tipos penales específicos.
  4. Singularidades procesales. Breve referencia al papel de la víctima en el proceso.
  5. La pena: especificidades de las penas a imponer en el ámbito de la violencia de género. Penas accesorias, el quebrantamiento de condena y la prohibición de acercamiento.
  6. Quebrantamiento de los deberes de custodiaDelitos contra los derechos y deberes familiares. Perspectiva constitucional y bien jurídico protegido.
  7. Abandono de familia, menores o incapaces. El impago de pensiones

  1. Consideraciones generales y disposiciones comunes
  2. El hurto y sus formas
  3. El robo con fuerza en las cosas
  4. El robo con violencia e intimidación
  5. Robo y hurto de uso de vehículos
  6. Discusión de casos

  1. Delito de estafa y sus formas
  2. Delitos de apropiación indebida y administración desleal
  3. La extorsión
  4. La usurpación
  5. Los daños
  6. Discusión de casos

  1. Introducción: el sentido de la sanción penal de los delitos de falsedad documental
  2. La cuestión del bien jurídico
  3. Las clases de documentos
  4. Las conductas de falsedad
  5. Imputación objetiva y subjetiva

  1. Cuestiones generales: bien jurídico protegido y conceptos de "autoridad y "funcionario"
  2. Delito de prevaricación administrativa
  3. Delito de cohecho
  4. Delito de malversación de caudales públicos
  5. Otros delitos contra la Administración Pública
  6. Delitos contra el orden público. Breve descripción
  7. Los denominados delitos de odio. Relevancia político criminal. Configuración y alcance de los tipos penales. El artículo 22.4 y 510 CP

  1. Introducción
  2. Delito de prevaricación (judicial)
  3. Omisión del deber de impedir delitos o de promover su persecución. Breve referencia al delito de omisión del deber de socorro.
  4. Delito de encubrimiento
  5. Delito de realización arbitraria del propio derecho
  6. Delitos de acusación y denuncia falsas y simulación de delitos
  7. Delito de falso testimonio
  8. Otros delitos contra la Administración de Justicia

  1. Introducción. Consideraciones político-criminales
  2. El tipo básico del art. 368 del Código Penal
  3. Subtipo atenuado
  4. Modalidades agravadas
  5. Otras cuestiones

  1. Introducción: la protección penal de la seguridad vial
  2. El delito de conducción a velocidad excesiva o bajo la influencia de alcohol o drogas
  3. El delito de conducción temeraria y sus modalidades
  4. Relaciones concursales
  5. Negativa a someterse a las pruebas de alcoholemia y consumo de drogas
  6. Conducción sin permiso o licencia
  7. Otras cuestiones

Teaching and learning activities

In person



The Schedule for the subject is included in Teaching Materials, which includes the timetable for the different educational activities.

 

The difficulty and high level of abstraction of the concepts contained in the theory of crime makes it essential to always start the teaching process with a case study. This gives a basis to understand the problems that arise and the different solutions that can be found in practice.

 

Consequently, both in the explanation in class and in the study and evaluation of the subject, the factual circumstances are key. In addition, the explanation of the topic of the day will assume that students have studied it up front and have worked on the related case studies.

 

TRAINING ACTIVITY COMPETENCES

Activities in the classroom to monitor students (individual and in groups)

Presentation in the classroom of the concepts and their practical application

Independent study of the student

Individual and group work

TRAINING ACTIVITYCOMPETENCES
Classroom activities in order to follow up on students (both individual and in a group)
20 24 29
Presenting concepts and their practical application in the classroom
14 17
Student independent study
04 11 17 23 24 29
Individual and group projects
04 23 24

Evaluation systems and criteria

In person



EVALUATION SYSTEM

Assistance and participation in class

Written tests

Individual work

Oral tests

Case study work

Bibliography and resources

Se señala en negrita la bibliografía recomendada que deberá haberse leído previamente a las explicaciones en clase.

Corcoy Bidasolo, M., Mir Puig, S. (dir.). Comentarios al Código Penal. Tirant lo Blanch, 2015.

Gimeno Sendra, V. Manual de Derecho Procesal Penal, Colex, 2010 (2ª ed.).

Mir Puig, S. Derecho Penal. Parte general. Reppertor, Barcelona, 2015 (10ª ed.).

Muñoz Conde, F., García Arán, M. Derecho Penal. Parte General. Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia, 2015 (9ª ed.).

Muñoz Conde, F. Derecho Penal, Parte Especial. Tirant lo Blanch 2015 (20ª ed.).

Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez, P. (coor.). Casos que hicieron doctrina en Derecho Penal, Ed. La Ley, 2011.

Silva Sánchez, J.-Mª. (et. al). Lecciones de Derecho Penal, Parte Especial, Atelier, 2019 (6ª ed.).

Silva Sánchez, J.-Mª. y Miró Llinares, F. (dir.). La teoría del delito en la práctica penal económica, La Ley, 2013. 

VV.AA., Código penal comentado, Colex, 2015 (15ª ed.).

VV.AA., 113 cuestiones básicas sobre la prueba en el proceso penal (actualización de LA PRUEBA EN EL PROCESO PENAL (II) – 99 cuestiones básicas sobre la prueba en el proceso penal 99. CGPJ, Madrid, 2013.

VV.AA., Memento Penal 2018. Francis Lefebvre, Madrid, 2018.


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