Superior

Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of 2 upper-division college-level Spanish courses at their home university in the U.S.

Concept, evolution and basic principles of Criminal Law. The Criminal Law System. The science of Criminal Law. Spanish positive Criminal Law. The principle of legality. System of sources. Temporal validity, spatial validity and personal validity of Criminal Law rulings. Legal theory of the offence. Legal rights and wrongs. Typicality. Types of wrongs in the various offences. The absence of typicality. The absence of illegality. Guilt. The absence of imputability. Punity. Circumstances modifying responsibility. Unity and plurality of offences. Legal consequences of the offence. Punishment systems. Determination of the sentence. Extinction of criminal responsibility; civil responsibility derived from the offence. Safety measures.