LA2018 - Principles of Criminal Law B
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
Selected offences including: certain offences against the person; property offences; drug offences; sexual offences and related defences. Other topics covered include secondary liability and inchoate offences.
Learning Outcomes
- develop a detailed knowledge and understanding of the relevant statutory based offences, excuses and defences and the approach of the courts to their interpretation;
- develop a general knowledge and understanding of some of the theories and concepts that underpin the criminal law;
- reflect upon the values and assumptions inherent in the criminal law, and the impact/implications of that law on individuals and Australian society;
- Students will enhance and develop the following skills: Locating primary and secondary legal sources and the extraction and critical evaluation of the principles that emanate from those sources; the application of statutory interpretation and the doctrine of precedent; legal problem solving; the application of knowledge to respond to a range of legal scenarios; the ability to critically analyse the criminal law; the ability to research primary and secondary sources relevant to criminal law; and the improvement of written and oral communication skills, in particular formal legal writing.
| Prerequisites: | (LA1101 and LA1102) or LA1007 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | LA1004 |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 24-Aug-2017 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Malcolm Barrett |
| Lecturer: | Mr Luke Neal. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); presentations (10%); assignments (30%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 24-Aug-2017 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Mr Malcolm Barrett. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); presentations (10%); assignments (30%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.