DIRITTO DELL'AMBIENTE
Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: ENRICO LANZAExpected Learning Outcomes
The Environmental Criminal Law course aims to develop knowledge of both the general and specific aspects of environmental criminal law, with a particular focus on environmental crimes included in the Criminal Code.
Based on the Dublin Descriptors, students must achieve the following outcomes:
1. Knowledge and understanding. Students must demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the phenomenon of environmental crime, in its historical and contextual aspects, as well as the characteristics of the criminal offenses established to protect the environment.
2. Applied knowledge and understanding. By the end of the course, students should be able to use the skills acquired to critically interpret current legislation and navigate different interpretations of legal data.
3. Independent judgment. By the end of the course, students should be able to develop critical thinking on the criminal phenomenon and the criminal offenses analyzed.
4. Communication skills. By the end of the course, students should possess the skills necessary to convey their knowledge and thinking on environmental criminal law, demonstrating the ability to participate in public debate with awareness and to operate within the regulatory parameters studied.
5. Learning ability. By the end of the course, students should possess the skills and competencies needed to continue learning independently, including the ability to identify texts and sources related to environmental criminal law and develop in-depth understanding of the topics covered.Course Structure
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
Textbook Information
During the lecture cycle, additional material will be made available via the Studium platform, especially concerning the most recent legislative innovations.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The environmental problem from the point of view of criminal law: the object and techniques of protection | Ruga Riva, Diritto penale dell'ambiente, V ed. Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, pp. 3-23 |
| 2 | The sources of environmental criminal law | Ruga Riva, Diritto penale dell'ambiente, V ed. Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, pp. 23-37 |
| 3 | The so-called consolidated environmental text and the crimes stated in Italian criminal code | Ruga Riva, Diritto penale dell'ambiente, V ed. Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, pp. 38-50 |
| 4 | The principles of legality and offensiveness and environmental crimes | Ruga Riva, Diritto penale dell'ambiente, V ed. Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, pp. 50-76 |
| 5 | The perpetrators of environmental crimes | Ruga Riva, Diritto penale dell'ambiente, V ed. Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, pp. 77-91 |
| 6 | Environmental pollution and its consequences | Ruga Riva, Diritto penale dell'ambiente, V ed. Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, pp. 269-291 |
| 7 | The environmental disaster | Ruga Riva, Diritto penale dell'ambiente, V ed. Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, pp. 292-303 |
| 8 | The provisions contained in the articles 452-quinquies and 452-quaterdecies | Ruga Riva, Diritto penale dell'ambiente, V ed. Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, pp. 303-327 |
| 9 | Unnamed disaster and forest fire | Ruga Riva, Diritto penale dell'ambiente, V ed. Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, pp. 329-341 |
| 10 | The criminal protection of animals | Ruga Riva, Diritto penale dell'ambiente, V ed. Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, pp. 341-363 |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
To pass the exam, students must demonstrate, using appropriate language, knowledge of the main characteristics of the institutions covered. Particular attention must be paid to the fundamental principles of the subject matter and the criminal offenses provided by the Criminal Code.
Deep understanding of the various institutions, the ability to connect them, and the level of critical reasoning will impact the grade.
The grading scheme is as follows:
Fail
Knowledge and understanding of the topics: Significant deficiencies. Significant inaccuracies
Analysis and synthesis skills: Irrelevant. Frequent generalizations. Inability to synthesize
Use of references: Completely inappropriate
18/30-21/30
Knowledge and understanding of the topics: At the threshold level. Obvious imperfections
Analysis and synthesis skills: Barely adequate
Use of references: Barely appropriate
22/30-24/30
Knowledge and understanding of the topics: Routine knowledge
Analysis and synthesis skills: Capable of adequate analysis and synthesis. Argues in a sufficiently logical and coherent manner
Use of references: Uses standard references
25/30-26/30
Knowledge and understanding of the topics: Good knowledge
Analysis and synthesis skills: Has good analysis and synthesis skills. The topics are presented coherently.
Use of References: Uses standard references.
27/30-28/30
Knowledge and Understanding of the Topics: More than good knowledge.
Analysis and Synthesis: Has very good analysis and synthesis skills.
Use of References: Has thoroughly explored the topics.
29/30-30/30
Knowledge and Understanding of the Topics: Excellent knowledge.
Analysis and Synthesis: Has excellent analysis and synthesis skills.
Use of References: Important insights.
To achieve honors, students must not only answer each question completely and comprehensively and demonstrate the ability to summarize and criticize, but also use fluent and accurate language, even technical one.