2018/19 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
LAW2066 Criminal Law
20 creditsClass Size: 20
Module manager: Rosie Taylor-Harding
Email: R.L.Harding@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2018/19
This module is mutually exclusive with
LAW1141 | Introduction to Criminal Law |
LAW1260 | Criminal Law |
LAW2065 | Criminal Law |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Module summary
This module is intended to be taken solely by 1+2 Taylors students, in order to ensure cover this QLD subject and have a sufficient range of optional modules open to them (made easier by a weighting of 20, as opposed to 30, credits).Objectives
By the end of the module students will be able to:- Competently recognise, identify, state and analyse legal concepts, values, principles and rules of criminal law;
- Apply appropriate terminology and legal reasoning to produce a coherent legal account of an issue of some complexity relating to criminal law;
- Interpret criminal law information and data to provide a competent insight into the operation of the criminal law and system and their relationship to relevant social, cultural and political contexts;
- Recognise the different political and cultural contexts in which criminal law operates at national and international levels.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the module students will have a competent understanding of how the criminal law operates; of key aspects of criminal law (e.g. actus reus and mens rea); and of how aspects of the law might usefully be reformed. Students will also be able to analyse those areas of law covered by the syllabus.
Syllabus
Foundations of liability
Criminal Law and power: presentation topics
Criminal Law and managing risk
General defences
Homicide
Consent and criminal law (including non-fatal offences)
Complicity
Property offences
Assessment advice
Teaching methods
Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
Group learning | 1 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
Lecture | 45 | 1.00 | 45.00 |
Seminar | 8 | 1.00 | 8.00 |
Private study hours | 145.00 | ||
Total Contact hours | 55.00 | ||
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 |
Private study
Group work compiling the assessed poster ('group learning' activity noted): 10 hoursIndependent study in preparation for seminars, lectures and the essay: 239.5
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Formative assessment in semester one (mock essay)Seminar attendance
Assessed poster presentation
Assessed essay
Methods of assessment
Coursework
Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
Essay | 1 x 2,500 words | 80.00 |
Group Project | Group presentation | 20.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 19/03/2019
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