Study of constitutional and general principles in criminal matters: reserve of law, non-retroactivity, determination and taxation, guilt, materiality and offensiveness.
Definition and structure of the crime. Types of offense. Examination of the constituent elements of the crime: typical fact (active and omissive conduct, event, causal relationship); anti-juridicity (single reasons for justification); guilt (imputability, willful misconduct, guilt, pre-intention, ignorance of criminal law).
Forms of manifestation of the crime: circumstances, attempt, unity and plurality of crime, concurrence of persons in the crime. Punishment and sanctioning system. Penalties and security measures. Function and measure of the penalty. Causes of exclusion and extinction of punishment.