CRIMINAL LAW ABOUT ADDICTIONS’ TREATMENT

Course Information
TitleΠΟΙΝΙΚΟ ΔΙΚΑΙΟ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΝΤΙΜΕΤΩΠΙΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΕΞΑΡΤΗΣΕΩΝ / CRIMINAL LAW ABOUT ADDICTIONS’ TREATMENT
CodeΠΥ01
Interdepartmental ProgrammeCriminal Law and Addictions
Collaborating SchoolsLaw
University of Nicosia (Cyprus)
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600003021

Programme of Study: Criminal Law and Addictions

Registered students: 65
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSCompulsory Course117.5
Class Information
Academic Year2020 – 2021
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Class ID
600178624
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
The course has no formal prerequisites.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course students will be familiar with (a) the basic rules of substantive criminal law for dealing with drug trafficking and use by addicts in Greece and Cyprus, (b) the basic rules of substantive criminal law for dealing with abuse alcohol in Greece and Cyprus, (c) the basic rules of substantive criminal law for dealing with gambling addiction in Greece and Cyprus, and (d) the basic specific criminal procedure rules applicable to trafficking and use of drugs by addicted people.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The basic principles of specific drug legislation are presented, starting with the legislative reform that has taken place and the national policies and strategy that has been drawn up. Then follows a detailed presentation of the concept of drugs in specific legislation, the distinction between criminal treatment of drug trafficking and use with the citation of case law examples, while special reference is made to the issue of drug dependence and special treatment of addicted perpetrators. Then follows an overview of other forms of addiction under criminal law, such as alcohol and gambling addiction, as well as problems related to computer addiction. In the field of procedural law, issues related to the evidence of key aspects of repression (particularities of main interrogation, referral and procedure at the hearing) are raised.
Keywords
Addictions, criminal law, repression, ciminal procedure
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Use of blackboard in order to organize course and email for the communication with students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Fieldwork187.57.5
Total187.57.5
Student Assessment
Description
Presentation of assignments, oral examination and participation in the courses
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Summative)
  • Συμμετοχή στο μάθημα (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ Ν., Κ. ΚΟΣΜΑΤΟΣ, Ναρκωτικά, κατ' άρθρο ερμηνεία ν. 4139/2013, εκδ. Σάκκουλα, 3η έκδ., 2013 ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ Ν., Η καταστολή της διάδοσης των ναρκωτικών στην Ελλάδα, εκδ. Σάκκουλα, 4η έκδ., 2014 ΠΑΥΛΟΥ Σ., Α. ΣΑΜΙΟΣ, Ειδικοί Ποινικοί Νόμοι, Ναρκωτικά, εκδ. Δίκαιο και Οικονομία Π.Ν. Σάκκουλας, 2014
Additional bibliography for study
Μ. ΚΑΪΆΦΑ - ΓΚΜΠΑΝΤΙ, Ε. ΣΥΜΕΩΝΙΔΟΥ - ΚΑΣΤΑΝΙΔΟΥ, Γ. ΝΑΖΙΡΗΣ, Κ. ΧΑΤΖΗΚΩΣΤΑΣ, Ναρκωτικά, εκδ. Νομική Βιβλιοθήκη, 2009
Last Update
18-04-2021