Criminal Process: a Human Rights Framework - LAWS8125
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: 2
Enrolment Requirements:
Pre-requisite: Academic Program must be 9200 or 9210 or 9230 or 5740 or 9285 or 5285 or 9220 or 5750 or 9211 or 5211.
Excluded: JURD7525
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
LLM Specialisations
Recommended Prior Knowledge
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of key concepts of criminal process rights contained in human rights instruments;
- Demonstrate an appreciation of the differences between common law obligations and human rights jurisprudence in relation to criminal process law;
- Engage in debate concerning the relationship between the common law and human rights jurisprudence in relation to criminal process issues;
- Undertake advanced legal research on criminal justice issues across common law and European jurisdictions.
Main Topics
- police arrest, search, and questioning
- criminal trial processes
- human rights
- rights to liberty, privacy, the privilege against self-incrimination
- presumption of innocence,
- equality of arms,
- ‘speedy’ trial
- ‘confrontation’ rights
Assessment
Class presentation 30%
Research essay 60%