This unit has been discontinued.

Introduction

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Availability

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* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see withdrawal dates explained for more information).

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Learning Outcomes

1. Recall and summarise legal definitions, the outcomes of court cases, and the facts that need to be proven to establish guilt for different criminal offences.
2. Examine the reasoning behind a particular judgment, principle, proposition or interpretation.
3. Appraise the social and international context of criminal laws and options for law reform.
4. Select relevant legal principles and apply them in problem solving exercises involving hypothetical factual situations.
5. Predict how a court might decide a question of law given a certain factual situation and conflicting legal opinion.

Fees

Requisites

Prerequisites

LAW256, AND LAW204 AND LAW251 AND LAW250 AND LAW252 AND LAW254 AND LAW255 AND LAW253

Co-requisites

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

LAW423 AND LAW225

Teaching

Textbooks

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