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LAW2066 Criminal Law

20 creditsClass Size: 35

Module manager: Ms Rosie Fox
Email: R.Fox@leeds.ac.uk

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

Year running 2019/20

This module is mutually exclusive with

LAW1141Introduction to Criminal Law
LAW1260Criminal Law
LAW2065Criminal 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 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.

Learning outcomes
By the end of this module students will be able to:
- 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.


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 typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Group learning12.002.00
Lecture451.0045.00
Seminar81.008.00
Private study hours145.00
Total Contact hours55.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)200.00

Private study

Group work compiling the assessed poster ('group learning' activity noted): 10 hours
Independent 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 typeNotes% of formal assessment
Essay1 x 2,500-word essay80.00
Written WorkOpinion-Editorial20.00
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 website

Last updated: 29/07/2019

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