Programme

The seminar activity will cover the following topics:
Evaluation of the fumus commissi delicti and unjust precautionary detention;
Prevention of error and preliminary investigations;
Rules of exclusion of the test as a prophylaxis to judicial error;
Confession, testimony and personal recognition;
The reform of the criminal trial;
Bad science in court;
Control over motivation in the context of legitimacy;
The judicial error of fact and law;
The repair of the judicial error.

Core Documentation

Errori giudiziari e backgrounds processuali, a cura di G. Paolozzi, L. Marafioti, L. Luparia, Giappichelli, 2017.

Type of delivery of the course

The training activity "La cultura della prova" foresees the development of frontal lessons during which students are offered the opportunity to reflect on the connection that links the discipline of evidence (with particular reference to scientific evidence) with the topics of prevention and correction of the judicial error.

Type of evaluation

The activity ends with an oral exam. In order to verify the level of learning achieved, the student will have to answer some questions formulated on the topics that are the subject of the activity, with reference to the recommended texts and notes of the lessons.