Course Description
Legal consequences of the crime.
1. The legal consequences of the crime and the criminal penalty.
2. The reaction to crime of the criminal law in force in Macao in the context of the criminal policy models.
3. Preliminary penalties,
a. Primary penalties and secondary penalties.
b. The substitution penalties in the system in force in Macao.
4. The imprisonment penalty and the fine.
5. The general theories on the determination of the penalty.
6. Steps on the determination of the penalty.
a. Mitigation circumstances and aggravity circumstances.
b. The criterium of the article 84 of the criminal code.
c. Judicial determination of the penalty.
Intended Learning Outcomes
CILO-1: Students will be able to identify the subjects relating to legal consequences of crime and criminal penalties.
CILO-2: Students will be able to describe the criminal law in force in Macao in the context of the criminal policy models.
CILO-3: Students will be able to elaborate the components of a court's verdict.