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For the use of teaching no specific skills and / or previous knowledge other than those required for enrollment in the course of study are required.
Indicate methods of execution and purpose of a consulting assignment that the engineer may be asked to play out of court or in the course of a civil, criminal or administrative action.
The course aims to offer an institutional reconstruction of engineering consultancy, paying attention to its out-of-court relevance and to the role that the engineer may have in carrying out a civil, criminal or administrative process. The description of some fundamental principles of the relationship between engineer and client and of the protection of rights in the Italian regulatory system will be accompanied by an in-depth analysis of the characteristics of the role of the engineer and his expert evaluation in the process.
Concept of forensic engineering: the distinction legal / forensic engineering. Protection of rights and action: relevance (even constitutional) of the action. Distinction between substantive and procedural law. Distinction between civil, criminal and administrative action. General principles of procedural law (burden of proof; petita ruling; cross- examination; evidence, etc.). Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. The technical adviser (office and/or part): its role in the various actions. The extra-judicial advice. The consulting engineer in the criminal trial. The consulting engineer in the civil trial. Ethics and methods of preparation of the expert opinion. Causes of invalidity of the report. Criteria for calculating the remuneration of adviser.
P.S. MISTRETTA, Ingegneria forense. Procedure, metodi e guida pratica per l’espletamento dei più frequenti incarichi in ambito civile e penale, Dario Flaccovio Editore, Palermo, 2020.
Lectures.
Written test with open and closed questions.