Criminal law protection of public institutions Field of study: Administration
Programme code: W5-N2AD19.2024

Module name: Criminal law protection of public institutions
Module code: kpoip_a2_03
Programme code: W5-N2AD19.2024
Semester: winter semester 2025/2026
Language of instruction: Polish
Form of verification: exam
ECTS credits: 3
Purpose and description of the content of education:
The aim of the module is to provide the student with knowledge regarding the risk of criminal liability related to improper performance of professional duties by a public official and knowledge about the categories of risk of an attack on a public official. Therefore, passing the course means having - based on elementary knowledge of the general part of the Penal Code - on the one hand, orientation as to the characteristics of individual types of prohibited acts serving to protect the activities of state and local government institutions, and on the other hand, the ability to summarize individual factual situations into the appropriate penal provisions.
List of modules that must be completed before starting this module (if necessary): not applicable
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
is a conscious participant in public life and is aware of the consequences of the actions of public institutions in the field of criminal law [K01]
 K_K04 [2/5]
is able to indicate the differences between the criminal law protection of "ordinary" citizens compared to the criminal law protection of public officials, as well as the differences in the criminal law protection of individual categories of public officials (which includes, among others, knowledge of the immunities available to specific categories of public officials) [U01]
 K_U01 [3/5] K_U02 [2/5]
is able to subsume a specific factual situation in which a public official or his activities became the subject of an attack [U02]
 K_U02 [2/5]
knows and understands selected criminal law institutions with key importance for liability for crimes against the activities of state and local government institutions [W01]
 K_W04 [1/5] K_W11 [2/5]
knows the typifications for the protection of official acts carried out by public officials (so-called external crime) [W02]
 K_W11 [1/5]
is familiar with the typifications relating to offences committed by public officials and persons discharging public functions and the distinctiveness of the criminal law provisions relating to their responsibility (so-called ‘crimes from within’) [W03]
 K_W11 [1/5]
has knowledge of the meaning and limits of the counter-right to criticize persons performing public functions and the protection of their privacy, as well as the counter-type of special rights and official duties, as well as the admissibility of invoking the counter-type of necessary defense in the relationship between a citizen and a public official [W04]
 K_W02 [2/5] K_W11 [1/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
lecture [01] 20 Formal lecture/ course-related lecture [a01]  exam U01 W01 W02 W03
practical classes [02] 10 Lecture-speech [a04] 
Explanation/clarification [a05] 
Activating method – staged drama/drama [b06] 
Activating methods: a case study [b07] 
Activating method – peer learning [b08] 
Activating method – flipped classroom [b09] 
Working with a programmed textbook [d02] 
Individual work with a text [f02]  		course work K01 U01 U02 W01 W04
The student's work, apart from participation in classes, includes in particular:
Name Category Description
Search for materials and review activities necessary for class participation [a01] Preparation for classes
reviewing literature, documentation, tools and materials as well as the specifics of the syllabus and the range of activities indicated in it as required for full participation in classes
Literature reading / analysis of source materials [a02] Preparation for classes
reading the literature indicated in the syllabus; reviewing, organizing, analyzing and selecting source materials to be used in class
Developing practical skills [a03] Preparation for classes
activities involving the repetition, refinement and consolidation of practical skills, including those developed during previous classes or new skills necessary for the implementation of subsequent elements of the curriculum (as preparation for class participation)
Getting acquainted with the syllabus content [b01] Consulting the curriculum and the organization of classes
reading through the syllabus and getting acquainted with its content
Studying the literature used in and the materials produced in class [c02] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
exploring the studied content, inquiring, considering, assimilating, interpreting it, or organizing knowledge obtained from the literature, documentation, instructions, scenarios, etc., used in class as well as from the notes or other materials/artifacts made in class
Implementation of an individual or group assignment necessary for course/phase/examination completion [c03] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
a set of activities aimed at performing an assigned task, to be executed out of class, as an obligatory phase/element of the verification of the learning outcomes assigned to the course
Undertaking, on one’s own initiative and individually, activities aimed at expanding the scope or depth of the teaching content, also beyond the walls of the University [e01] Activities complementary to the classes
a set of activities undertaken independently and on the student's own initiative, aimed at expanding the depth and scope of knowledge and skills, their revision and repetition, retention or verification, also activities carried outside the university, e.g., in a culture promoting or educational institution, a laboratory, in the open air, etc.; also self-education
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Syllabuses (USOSweb)
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