UNSW Handbook Course - Sentencing: Law, Policy and Practice

Sentencing: Law, Policy and Practice - LAWS3001


	Faculty: Faculty of Law
	School: Faculty of Law
	Course Outline: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 8
	EFTSL: 0.167 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 2
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

The content of the course covers both sentencing law and the issues of policy, law and practice that surround the exercise of the sentencing discretion. The course will emphasise the areas where there has been or will be major changes in Australian sentencing law. Particular topics typically examined are: (1) the nature of sentencing jurisprudence; (2) the principles governing the determination of a sentence; (3) the control of sentencing; (4) informing the sentencing decision.

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