Criminal Litigation
Code: 42473 ECTS Credits: 9| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4313312 Legal Profession | OB | 1 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Jorge Miquel Rodríguez
- Email:
- Jorge.Miquel@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- spanish (spa)
Teachers
- Joan Baucells Lladós
- Míriam Cugat Mauri
- Juan Carlos Gavara de Cara
- Fermín Morales Prats
- María Jesús García Morales
- Jose Riba Ciurana
External teachers
- Abel Andrade Ortiz
- Blanca Ruiz-Zorrilla Cruzate
- Elena Contreras
- Enric Bertolín Ponsa
- Gonzalo Quintero Olivares
- Jordi Puigvert Terra
- Josep Maria Torras Coll
- José Luis Ramírez Ortiz
- Marc Pérez Bou
- Mercedes de la Peña Oliete
- Oriol Rusca Nadal
- Pilar López Fondón
- Yolanda Rueda Soriano
Prerequisites
No special requirements, except to have a basic knowledge of Criminal and Procedural Law.
Objectives and Contextualisation
To gain specific skills on the subject matter of special interest for the legal practice.
Competences
- Choose the correct strategy for defending clients' rights, while keeping in mind the particular demands of each area within professional practice.
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Know the techniques for ascertaining the facts in different types of procedure, especially the production of documents, examination and expert evidence.
- Present facts and their corresponding legal implications orally and in writing, in a way that is appropriate to the context and the addressees and, where necessary, to the established procedures.
- Put into practice the specialist academic knowledge acquired on the degree programme in order to avoid damage, risk or conflict with respect to clients' interests or regarding professional practice before the courts and other authorities and when offering consultancy services.
Learning Outcomes
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- Draft statements of accusation and defence at the intermediate stage of criminal proceedings.
- Draft the various types of appeals against rulings by examining magistrates.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Know the techniques for defending clients before the police or examining magistrates.
- Know the techniques of examination.
- Know the various types of briefs that can be submitted in examining magistrates' courts.
- Learn factual assessment techniques in the corresponding area of criminal law. Handle case law.
- Locate, analyse and assess the legislation, case law and scientific doctrine applicable to the case.
- Present facts and their corresponding legal implications orally and in writing, in a way that is appropriate to the context and the addressees and, where necessary, to the established procedures.
- Propose the making of inquiries and gathering of evidence in the trial.
Content
I. EFFECTIVE JUDICIAL PROTECTION
Maria Jesús García Morales
II. GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS ON CRIMINAL LAW
Fermín Morales Prats
III. INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL LAW
Oriol Rusca Nadal
IV. INITIATION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDING AND INVESTIGATION OF THE CRIMINAL OFFENCE
Marc Pérez Bou
V. PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES
Yolanda Rueda Soriano
VI. CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS DURING THE INVESTIGATION OF THE CRIMINAL OFFENCE
Juan Carlos Gavara de Cara
VII. THE INTERMEDIATE PHASE OF THE PROCEDURE
José Luis Ramírez Ortiz
VIII. ORAL TRIAL (I): PRELIMINARY DEFENCES
Enric Bertolín Ponsa
IX. ORAL TRIAL (II): THE BURDEN OF PROOF AND EVALUATION OF THE EVIDENCE
Pilar López Fondón
X. ORAL TRIAL (III): FINAL REPORT AND JUDGEMENT
Jordi Puigvert Terra
XI. COURT’S DECISIONS AND JUDICIAL REMEDIES
Josep Maria Torras Coll
XII. CASSATION APPEAL
Mercedes de la Peña Oliete
XIII. ANNULMENT OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND "AMPARO" TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
Abel Andrade Ortiz
XIV. EXECUTION OF SENTENCE AND PAROLE
Blanca Ruiz-Zorrilla Cruzate
XV. SPEEDY TRIALS
Jordi Puigvert Terra
XVI. PROCEDURE AGAINST MINOR OFFENCES
Jordi Puigvert Terra
XVII. THE JURY
Elena Contreras
XVIII. CIVIL LIABILITY AND CONFISCATION OF GOODS
Gonzalo Quintero Olivares
XIX. RESPONSABILITY AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS OF MINORS.
Josep Riba Ciurana
Methodology
The teaching method combines theory and practice.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Case studies | 19 | 0.76 | 8, 3, 6, 9, 11, 4, 1, 2, 5, 10 |
| theoretical lessons | 38 | 1.52 | 8, 3, 6, 7, 9, 4 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| evaluation of case studies | 12 | 0.48 | 3, 9, 11, 4, 1, 2, 5, 10 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Readings | 106 | 4.24 | 8, 9, 4, 2, 10 |
| exam preparation | 32 | 1.28 | 8, 9, 4, 10 |
Assessment
The teacher will value theoretical knowledge (50%) and practical skills (50%), according to the instructions that will be presented to the student at the beginning of the course.
The student has the possibility of a second retake opportunity of the exam on theoretical contents.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case law and drafting of procedural writs | 50% | 16 | 0.64 | 8, 6, 9, 11, 4, 1, 2, 5, 10 |
| test | 50% | 2 | 0.08 | 8, 3, 7, 9, 5 |
Bibliography
Basic literature:
CUGAT/BAUCELLS/AGUILAR (coords.), Manual de Litigación penal. Materiales para la prueba de acceso a la profesión de abogado, Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia, 2017.
Complementary literature:
GIMENO SENDRA, V., Derecho procesal penal, 2015, Castillo de luna.
QUINTERO OLIVARES, G. (dir.), Compendio de la Parte especial del Derecho penal. Adaptada al programa de ingreso en las carreras judicial y fiscal, Aranzadi, 2016.
QUINTERO OLIVARES, G./MORALES PRATS, F., Parte general del Derecho penal. Adaptada al programa de ingreso en las carreras judicial y fiscal, Aranzadi, 2015.
RAMOS MÉNDEZ, F., Enjuiciamiento criminal: undécima lectura constitucional, Atelier, 2014.
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