Allow foreign students to:

• Understand the causes and the effects of State Terrorism in Argentina and its impact on the legal system.
  
  
• Analyze the hazards and challenges of democratic rebuilding in a given historical, political and cultural context, different to theirs.
  
  
• Explore the links between poverty, insecurity, and human rights violation in the historical,

• This course will focus on Argentine criminal problems during the second part of the XXth century and the beginning of the XXIst. 

Structure, total hours and modality. During the course we will analyze: State terrorism during the 1970´s, the new paradigm of the democratic restoration, legal instruments of the 1990`s and 2000`s.  During the course we will address cases of “gatillo facil” (‘easy trigger’), urban poverty and insecurity, children appropriation, and privacy breaching.

The course will have a total of 30 hours, distributed along the 4 weeks in morning periods. Lectures and seminars can be taught in English or in Spanish, depending on the language level of the students. In addition, an elementary, intermediate or advanced Spanish language module will be taught to students interested in enhancing their Spanish skills for a total of 60 hours.

Schedule: a typical week

Credit equivalencies

• Spanish: 60 hours total = 4 credits
• Argentine Criminal Law: 30 hours total = 2 credits

Lectures will focus on theoretical as well as historical aspects of the main themes in the syllabus; seminars will consist of discussion of the relevant texts and documents related to topics previously agreed.

Students’ active participation in discussions and workshops are important requirements for receiving full credit. Accreditation: Self-scheduled examination or paper option.

Allow foreign students to:

• Understand the causes and the effects of State Terrorism in Argentina and its impact on the legal system.
  
  
• Analyze the hazards and
  
  challenges of democratic rebuilding in a given historical, political and cultural context, different to theirs.
  
  
• Explore the links between poverty, insecurity, and human rights violation in the historical, political, and social context of democratic restoration.
  
  
• Explore the changes in the legal system through the discussion of the actual documents.

• This course will focus on Argentine criminal problems during the second part of the XXth century and the beginning of the XXIst. 

Structure, total hours and modality. During the course we will analyze: State terrorism during the 1970´s, the new paradigm of the democratic restoration, legal instruments of the 1990`s and 2000`s.  During the course we will address cases of “gatillo facil” (‘easy trigger’), urban poverty and insecurity, children appropriation, and privacy breaching.

The course will have a total of 45 hours, distributed along the semester, in morning periods. Lectures and seminars can be taught in English or in Spanish, depending on the language level of the students. In addition, an elementary, intermediate or advanced Spanish language module will be taught to students interested in enhancing their Spanish skills for a total of 120 hours.

Schedule: a typical week

Credit equivalencies

• Spanish: 120 hours total = 8 credits
• Argentine Criminal Law: 45 hours total = 3 credits

Lectures will focus on theoretical as well as historical aspects of the main themes in the syllabus; seminars will consist of discussion of the relevant texts and documents related to topics previously agreed.

Students’ active participation in discussions and workshops are important requirements for receiving full credit. Accreditation: Self-scheduled examination or paper option.