730-232 Criminal Law and Procedure II

Torts and the Process of Law I and II; History and Philosophy of Law I and II; Criminal Law and Procedure I

The subject studies the legal categories, judicial culture, and socio-historical contexts through which the contemporary attribution of criminal responsibility takes place. The topics covered in this subject include: the law of property crimes (theft and deception offences); the law of sexual offences (rape, indecent assault, and related offences); the doctrines of strict and absolute liability and mistake; the law of attempts; and the doctrines of complicity. Throughout each of these topics, the emphasis is on both the theories and practices of criminal law.

A two-hour final examination (100%).

Students are advised not to purchase one of these alternative prescribed textbook until after attending their first class.

• Rush and Yeo, Criminal Law Sourcebook. Butterworths.
• Waller and Williams, Criminal Law: Text and Cases. Butterworths.