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Compulsory Law subject.
Prerequisite: Torts and Process of Law; History and Philosophy of Law
Contact: 3 or 4 hours per week except for the last 2 weeks of each semester which may involve contact for 1 (one) only per week in small groups.
Timetable: Both semesters
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should: have an understanding of the basic principles of criminal law and selected crimes and procedural matters as specified in the syllabus; have the capacity to solve problems ranging over the whole of the syllabus; have developed the ability to evaluate critically not only the present law but also selected law reform proposals; have reinforced their knowledge and understanding of the workings of the law of precedent and statutory interpretation developed in the first year course; have had an opportunity to do a research essay in an area of criminal law.
Content:
The nature and structure of a crime. The aims of the criminal law. The law of homicide: (a) Murder; (b) Voluntary manslaughter especially provocation; (c) Involuntary manslaughter. Non fatal offences against the person. Arrest and other process to compel attendance and classification of offences. Rape and other sexual offences. Self Defence and similar defences involving the use of force. The principles of strict liability and defences. Mistake. Intoxication. The law of theft, obtaining property by deception and obtaining financial advantage. Attempt. Participation (Complicity).
Assessment:
Either Research Essay 3,000 Words (40 per cent) and Final Exam 2 hours (60 per cent); or Final Exam 3 hours (100 per cent).
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Law (Volume 3 page 213)
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