Class Economic Offences

Study of some crimes and offenses in terms of economic offenses. National and European Union perspective.

I. Characterization of Economic Offenses

1. Specificities of criminal offenses

2. Specificities of offenses

II. The particular case of liability of legal persons and managers and directors

1. Regulatory compliance programs (compliance) and reporting channels

2. Criminal liability

3. Counter-national responsibility

III. Economic crimes in particular

1. Corporate and bankruptcy crimes
2. The crimes of responsibility holders of political offices
3. Money laundering
4. Financial crime, in particular the abuse of information
5. 5. Tax crimes

 IV. Economic offenses in particular

1. Administrative offenses under the Legal Regime of Economic Infractions

2. Some infringements of competition law

3. Some relevant offenses in the fight against corruption and MENAC

The classes start from a theoretical-practical exposition model of the syllabus, complementing the theoretical exposition with the presentation and discussion of concrete hypotheses (jurisprudence), thus allowing confronting programmatic content with examples stimulates the critical and analytical capacity of Master's students. Assessment composed by the elaboration of works (70%) and participation in class and oral performance (30%)

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