Civil Liability of the Veterinary Expert

"A path of specialization and professional growth with which you will acquire new skills and knowledge that will propel you towards greater competitiveness in the labor market" 

The current social need for specialized professionals in the expertise in legal proceedings requires specific learning from an eminently practical perspective, and veterinary medicine is no exception. The current social need for professionals specialized in the expertise in legal proceedings requires specific training from an eminently practical perspective, and veterinary medicine is no exception. The more scientific support a legal decision has, the more justice it will impart. 

That is precisely the reason for the creation of this Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Liability of the Veterinary Expert in which we count with the collaboration of authors directly related to the Judicial Expertise with more than enough professional and teaching experience. Experts from Schools of Legal Practice, Masters of Access to the Legal Profession, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, who have previously taught Judicial Expert Training Courses in the Veterinary field. 

The Postgraduate Diploma will analyze in detail all the questions that may arise for a Veterinary Graduate who intends to enter the world of expertise in Courts. The objective of this training is to take the veterinary professionals through a complete development, training them through a solid education to be able to intervene with judgment and responsibility in any legal proceeding to which they may be called. 

Get a complete and adequate qualification in judicial veterinary expertise and open new paths to your professional progress"

This Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Liability of the Veterinary Expert offers you the characteristics of a course of a high scientific, teaching and technological level. These are some of its most notable features: 

• The latest technology in online teaching software 
• Intensely visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents, easy to assimilate and understand 
• Practical cases presented by practising experts 
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems 
• Teaching supported by telepractice 
• Continuous updating and recycling systems 
• Autonomous learning: full compatibility with other occupations 
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification 
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums 
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work 
• Content available from any fixed or portable device with internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the course

With a methodological design that relies on teaching techniques proven for their effectiveness, this Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Liability of the Veterinary Expert will take you through different teaching approaches to allow you to learn in a dynamic and effective way"

Our teaching staff is made up of professionals from different fields related to this specialty. In this way, TECH ensure that we provide you with the up-to-date training we are aiming for. A multidisciplinary team of professionals trained and experienced in different environments, who will cover th4e theoretical knowledge in an efficient way, but, above all, will put the practical knowledge derived from their own experience at the service of the course: one of the differential qualities of this course. 

This mastery of the subject is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodological design of this Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Liability of the Veterinary Expert. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of   e-Learning experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. In this way, the students will be able to study with a range of comfortable and versatile multimedia tools that will give them the operability they need for their learning. 

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: an approach that conceives learning as a highly practical process. To achieve this remotely, we will use telepractice: with the help of an innovative interactive video system and Learning from an Expert you will be able to acquire the knowledge as if you were facing the scenario you are learning at that moment. A concept that will allow students to integrate and memorize what they have learnt in a more realistic and permanent way.

With the experience of professionals from the judiciary, prosecution, law, veterinary and university fields"

A Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Liability of the Veterinary Expert that will allow you to acquire all the necessary knowledge in this area"

The contents of this Postgraduate Diploma have been developed by the different experts of this course, with a clear purpose: to ensure that students acquire each and every one of the skills necessary to become true experts in this field. A complete and well-structured program that will take you to the highest standards of quality and success.

This Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Liability of the Veterinary Expert contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market”

Module 1. Veterinary Law Euthanasia Forensic Aspects of Veterinary Medicine Anamnesis, Thanatology and Forensic Toxicology Veterinary Necropsy

1.1. Veterinary Law

1.1.1. Introduction
1.1.2. Importance and Division of Veterinary Law
1.1.3. Veterinary Legal Applications
1.1.4. Legal Standards and its Understanding
1.1.5. Search for Legislation and its Practical Application

1.2. Euthanasia

1.2.1. Introduction
1.2.2. Physical and Chemical Agents
1.2.3. Application in Different Animal Species
1.2.4. Euthanasia in Animal Experimentation
1.2.5. Legal Aspects of Euthanasia

1.3. Forensic Aspects of Veterinary Medicine I

1.3.1. Introduction
1.3.2. Medical History
1.3.3. Methodology of Work at the Scene of the Event
1.3.4. In vivo Species Identification
1.3.5. Sampling of Live Animals

1.4. Forensic Aspects of Veterinary Medicine II

1.4.1. Sampling of the Corpse
1.4.2. Species Identification (Molecular Techniques)
1.4.3. Anatomopathological Examination (Types of Pathologies)

1.5. Forensic Thanatology I

1.5.1. Introduction
1.5.2. Types of Death
1.5.3. Prodromes of Death
1.5.4. Cadaveric Phenomena
1.5.5. Data of Death

1.6. Forensic Thanatology II and Forensic Traumatology

1.6.1. Forensic Entomology
1.6.2. Forensic Traumatology
1.6.3. Injuries, Bruises, Contusions, Wounds, Fractures
1.6.4. Asphyxiation, Electrocution, Burns, Lightning Strikes

1.7. Forensic Toxicology I

1.7.1. General Principles
1.7.2. Main Toxics of Veterinary Concern
1.7.3. General Diagnosis of Poisoning

1.8. Forensic Toxicology II

1.8.1. Phases of Chemical-Toxicological Analysis
1.8.2. Chemical Methods
1.8.3. Instrumental Techniques
1.8.4. Quality Control of Toxicological Analysis
1.8.5. Interpretation of the Analytical Result

1.9. Necropsy

1.9.1. Introduction
1.9.2. Instruments and Specific Equipment
1.9.3. General Guidelines for Necropsy in Mammals:

1.9.3.1. External Examination
1.9.3.2. Examination of Organs and Body Cavities

1.10. Necropsy in Other Species: Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc.

1.10.1. Birds
1.10.2. Fish
1.10.3. Reptiles

Module 2. Civil Liability of the Expert Intervention of the Veterinary Expert in Civil Judicial Proceedings.

2.1. Veterinary Civil Liability (I)

2.1.1. Introduction
2.1.2. Obligation of Means or of Result
2.1.3. Requirements for the Emergence of Veterinary Civil Liability

2.2. Veterinary Civil Liability (II)

2.2.1. Civil Contractual Liability
2.2.2. Civil Tort Liability
2.2.3. Juxtaposed Liabilities

2.3. Expert Civil Liability Analysis and Case Studies

2.3.1. Introduction
2.3.2. Expert Civil Liability
2.3.3. Civil Liability of the Veterinary Expert

2.4. Civil Liability Insurance

2.4.1. Veterinarian’s Liability Insurance Regulation and Enforceability
2.4.2. Veterinary Expert’s Liability Insurance

2.5. Regulation of the Expert’s Intervention in the Civil Procedure Law

2.5.1. Object and Purpose of Expert Evidence in Civil Proceedings
2.5.2. Oath or Promise to Act Objectively
2.5.3. Time of Providing the Expert’s Report
2.5.4. Possibility of Subsequent Contribution

2.5.4.1. Subsequent Contribution Due to Impossibility
2.5.4.2. Subsequent Contribution for Supplementary Allegations

2.6. Civil Judicial Proceedings

2.6.1. Ordinary Trial
2.6.2. Verbal Trial
2.6.3. Special Proceedings (Special Mention to Matrimonial Proceedings and Judicial Property Division Proceedings)
2.6.4. Possible Intervention of the Veterinary Legal Expert in Each of Them

2.7. Types of Experts in Civil Proceedings (According to the System of Appointment)

2.7.1. Party-appointed Expert
2.7.2. Court-appointed Expert Upon Request of the Party
2.7.3. Court-appointed Expert Without Request of a Party
2.7.4. Evaluation of the Expert’s Report According to their Designation?

2.8. Qualifications of Experts and Procedure for Judicial Appointment

2.8.1. Official Title and Membership
2.8.2. Procedure for Judicial Appointment
2.8.3. Qualifications of Veterinary Experts and Procedure for their Appointment
2.8.4. Call, Acceptance and Provision of Funds
2.8.5. Cases of Free Legal Assistance
2.8.6. Expert’s Objection

2.8.6.1. Concurring Circumstances for the Objection
2.8.6.2. Contradiction and Assessment of the Objection Possible Sanction

2.8.7. Possible Intervention of the Parties in the Expert’s Operations
2.8.8. Issuance and Ratification of the Judicially Appointed Expert

2.9. Defence of the Report at the Trial

2.9.1. Extent of Expert Intervention at Trial or at the Hearing
2.9.2. Statement or Explanation of Report

2.10. Professionals Involved in Civil Proceedings and their Relationship with the Expert

2.10.1. Judge
2.10.2. Lawyers of the Parties
2.10.3. Criticism of the Report of the Opposing Party’s Expert

Module 3. Criminal Liability of the Expert Intervention of the Veterinary Expert in Criminal Judicial Proceedings.

3.1. The Expert in the Legal System

3.1.1. Definition of Expert
3.1.2. Purpose of Evidence in Criminal Proceedings
3.1.3. Expert's Knowledge Incorporated in the Process
3.1.4. Basic Concepts of Liability: Negligence, Carelessness, Recklessness, Diligence, Fault, Fraud, Frailty

3.2. Criminal Liability

3.2.1. Function of Criminal Law: Ultimate "Ratio Legis"
3.2.2. Guiding Principles of Criminal Law
3.2.3. Structure of the Crime:

3.2.3.1. Action
3.2.3.2. Type I:
3.2.3.3. Unlawfulness
3.2.3.4. Guilt

3.3. The Crime of False Testimony in the Expert

3.3.1. Essential Versus Non-Essential Falsehood
3.3.2. Structure Elements of the Type:

3.3.2.1. Action Type
3.3.2.2. Protected Legal Asset
3.3.2.3. Typicality
3.3.2.4. Unlawfulness
3.3.2.5. Guilt

3.4. The Crime of Bribery in the Expert

3.4.1. Structure Elements of the Type:

3.4.1.1. Action Type
3.4.1.2. Protected Legal Asset
3.4.1.3. Typicality
3.4.1.4. Unlawfulness
3.4.1.5. Guilt

3.5. The Crime of Obstruction of Justice

3.5.1. Crime Against Public Order
3.5.2. Structure Elements of the Type:

3.5.2.1. Action Type
3.5.2.2. Protected Legal Asset
3.5.2.3. Typicality
3.5.2.4. Unlawfulness
3.5.2.5. Guilt

3.6. The Crime of Disobedience in the Expert

3.6.1. Structure Elements of the Type:

3.6.1.1. Action Type
3.6.1.2. Protected Legal Asset
3.6.1.3. Typicality
3.6.1.4. Unlawfulness
3.6.4.5. Guilt

3.7. The Crime of Retaliation for the Expert’s Performance in Criminal Proceedings

3.7.1. The Crime of Coercion
3.7.2. Prohibited Negotiations at the Expert’s Office
3.7.3. Structure Elements of the Criminal Types:

3.7.3.1. Action Type
3.7.3.2. Protected Legal Asset
3.7.3.3. Typicality
3.7.3.4. Unlawfulness
3.7.3.5. Guilt

3.8. Disloyalty

3.8.1. Concealment of Documents
3.8.2. Structure Elements of the Criminal Types:

3.8.2.1. Action Type
3.8.2.2. Protected Legal Asset
3.8.2.3. Typicality
3.8.2.4. Unlawfulness
3.8.2.5. Guilt

3.9. The Crime of Disclosure of a Secret

3.9.1. Structure Elements of the Type:

3.9.1.1. Action Type
3.9.1.2. Protected Legal Asset
3.9.1.3. Typicality
3.9.1.4. Unlawfulness
3.9.1.5. Guilt

3.10. Intervention of the Veterinary Expert in Criminal Proceedings

3.10.1. Types of Expert According to Appointment
3.10.2. Appointment
3.10.3. Acceptance
3.10.4. Abstention, Recusal, Objection
3.10.5. Number of Experts According to Type of Proceeding
3.10.6. Abbreviated Procedure and Summary Procedure
3.10.6. An Expert Report
3.10.7. The Veterinary Expert at the Oral Hearing of the Trial

A comprehensive teaching program, structured in well-developed teaching units, oriented towards learning that is compatible with your personal and professional life”