2019/20 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LAW1260 Criminal Law

30 creditsClass Size: 380

Module manager: Ms Lydia Bleasdale
Email: L.K.Bleasdale@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2019/20

This module is mutually exclusive with

LAW1141	Introduction to Criminal Law
LAW2065	Criminal Law
LAW2066	Criminal Law

Module replaces

LAW2060 Criminal Law

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

By the end of the module students will have a basic 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.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- recognise, identify and state 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 limited complexity relating to criminal law;
- interpret criminal law information and data to provide a basic 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.

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	9	1.50	13.50
Private study hours			239.50
Total Contact hours			60.50
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Private study

Group work compiling the assessed presentation (‘group learning’): 10 hours
Independent study in preparation for seminars, lectures and the examination: 229.5

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Seminar attendance
Assessed group presentation
Exam

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Written Work	Opinion-Editorial	20.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		20.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated.

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 hr	80.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		80.00

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 website

Last updated: 13/01/2020

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