A de lege ferendaapproach to curriculum design of the criminal litigation as a professional competence in the law program at the University of Orient, Cuba

Abstract

The Movement of Process Reforms in Latin America in the ‘90s determined a spiral dynamics in the development of the criminal justice system of the regional countries. The movement had special influence on criminal litigation, where the formalization of the conflict was concretized and a deep bond between the trial forms and social life appeared. This transition, which had its own rules, skills, knowledge, political commitments and ethics was called "litigate". The influence was strong not only for the criminal systems but also for its teaching at college level, where the curriculum design had to be updated in order to train professionals with the necessary skills to face the challenges of litigation in criminal trials, where they will participate as part of the legal-criminal relationship.This article aims at identifying the didactic meaning and the fundamental educational requirements imposed by the reform for the curriculum treatment of criminal litigation as professional competence in the law program at the University of Orient, and guide these reflections towards the professional training process. This is done from the curricular management as a process in constant construction-deconstruction-reconstruction, which aims to keep up with current and future social challenges in order to seek the continued relevance of training; taking the socio-formative approach and the Configurational holistic view as the theoretical framework.