Course

Advanced Criminal Law - JURD7302

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Pre-requisite: 36 UOC of JURD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, pre-requisite: 72 UOC of JURD courses.

Excluded: LAWS3102

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

Builds upon the introduction to criminal law and process in the compulsory core curriculum. Topics vary from year to year depending on current developments. The focus is on recent statute and case law, and current research developments in criminalisation, law and order politics, criminal responsibility, defences, criminal process and sentencing.


Recommended Prior Knowledge

JURD7101 Criminal Law 1 and JURD7111 Criminal Law 2

Course Objectives

This course provides an opportunity for students to further explore issues of current importance in criminal law. The course builds on understandings gained in Criminal Laws 1 and 2 and uses a number of representative topics to develop a detailed understanding of the principles and political pressures that shape criminal law and an examination of theoretical and philosophical perspectives on the criminal law.

Main Topics

In 2013 the topics to be discussed are likely to include:

  • Organised crime
  • Dangerousness and risk
  • Changes to criminal process and criminal law reform
  • Mental health issues in criminal law
  • Non-adversarial justice
  • Critical issues in policing
  • Terrorism and national security legislation
  • Cybercrime
  • The role of juries in the criminal trial

Assessment

Reflective notes (3 x 300 words): 20%

Essay synopsis and class presentation: 20%

Research essay (4000-5000 words): 60%

Course Texts

Prescribed

A course reader will be available from the UNSW Bookshop

Resources

Refer to the course outline which will be provided by the lecturer at the beginning of the relevant semester.
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