Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Faculdade de Direito

Criminal Procedure Law (Laws of Evidence)

Code

MM125

Department

Área de Ensino

Credits

6

Teacher in charge

Frederico Costa Pinto

Weekly hours

4.5

Teaching language

Português

Objectives

1.- Mastery of the criminal procedure legislation in relation to the subject matter of the course.

2.- Comprehension of theoretical and practical problems.

3.- Further development of the capacity to analyse, to build solutions and solve problems within the applicable legal framework.

4.- Further development of the capacity to make a critical and detailed analysis of legal solutions.

5. Development of individual research capacities in topics of the course. 

Subject matter

I.  Coercive Measures in Criminal Procedure

II. Law of Evidence: Gathering and Evaluating Evidence in Criminal Procedure. Exclusionary Rules.

III. The Value of Forbidden Acts in Criminal Proceedings and the Due Process.

IV. Habeas Corpus and Criminal Appeals 

Bibliography

ALBUQUERQUE, Paulo Pinto de - Comentário do Código de Processo Penal, UCP, Lisboa, 2011.

Andrade, Manuel da Costa - Sobre as proibições de prova em Processo Penal, Coimbra Editora, Coimbra, 1992.

Beleza, Teresa Pizarro - Apontamentos de Processo Penal (com base na gravação das aulas teóricas dadas ao 5º Ano, FDUL, 1991/92, 1992/93 e 1994/95), com a colaboração de outros autores, 3 volumes, AAFDL, Lisboa, 1992, 1993 e 1995.

Correia, João Conde - Contributo para a análise da inexistência e das nulidades processuais penais, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, Coimbra, 1999.

Delmas-Marty, Mireille (dir.) – Procédures pénales d’Europe, PUF, Paris, 1995.

Silva, Germano Marques da ‑ Curso de Processo Penal, 3 volumes, Verbo, Lisboa, vol. I (6.ª ed.) 2010, vol. II  (4.ª ed.) 2008, vol. III (3.ª ed.) 2009 (ou edições posteriores).

Teaching method

  1. Lectures: lectures on the course material by the lecturer; students may pose queries and raise problems.
  2. Tutorial: solution of practical cases specifically conceived to promote discussion of various aspects of the course material.
  3. Seminar: analysis and consideration of Portuguese case law regarding the topics taught.
  4. Supervised research. Students' research skills will also be encouraged via a project, the production of written commentaries on judgments of the Portuguese courts regarding the topics taught. This work will be supervised by the lecturer. Once concluded, the students’ work will be posted on the subject’s Internet page and some of them will be published in specialized journals (see the texts already published in the Revista Portuguesa de Ciência Criminal 12, 13 and 14).

Evaluation method

Written examination (3 hours)

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