Criminal Law and Procedure (7025.5)
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| EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
| 0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Business, Government & Law |
| Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
| Canberra Law School | Level 3 - Undergraduate Advanced Unit | Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905) Band 5 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Apply the principles of the criminal law as practised in the ACT and NSW. Students will develop further the skills of legalreasoning and analysis, advocacy, legal research and writing, problem solving and critique.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
Prerequisites
Entry to the LLB program or Social Science in Justice Studies program.| Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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Required texts
Prescribed text:
David Brown et al, Criminal Laws: Materials and Commentary on Criminal Law and Process in New South Wales (Federation Press, 6th ed, 2015).
Students also need to access copies of legislation (available online), including the following:
- Crimes Act 1900 (ACT)
- Criminal Code 2002 (ACT)
- Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)
- Criminal Code 1995 (Cth)
Recommended texts/readings:
John Anderson, Criminal Law Guidebook (Oxford University Press, 2nd ed, 2016)¿
Thalia Anthony et al, Waller & Williams: Criminal Law Text and Cases (LexisNexus,12th ed, 2013)
Kenneth Arenson, Mirko Bagaric and Peter Gillies, Australian Criminal law in the Common Law Jurisdictions (Oxford University Press, 4th ed, 2016)
Mirko Bagaric, Ross on Crime (Thomson Reuters, 7th ed, 2016)
Simon Bronitt and Bernadette McSherry, Principles of Criminal Law (Thomson Reuters, 3rd ed, 2010)
Penny Crofts, Criminal Law Elements (LexisNexus, 5th ed, 2014)
Mark Findlay, Criminal Law: Problems in Context (Oxford University Press, 2nd ed, 2006)
Mark Findlay, Stephen Odgers and Stanley Yeo, Australian Criminal Justice (Oxford University Press, 5th ed, 2014)
Jeremy Gans, Modern Criminal Law of Australia (Cambridge University Press, 1st ed, 2011)
Donna Spears, Julia Quilter and Clive Harfield, Criminal Law for Common Law States (Butterworths, 1st ed, 2011)
Donna Spears and Thomas Hickie, Butterworths Q&A: Criminal Law for Common Law States (Butterworths, 1st ed, 2009)
Note: Students will find it helpful to keep up to date on current affairs related to the criminal law – newspapers, Internet news sites, television etc. An awareness of relevant current events should prove beneficial both in terms of enhancing your learning in the unit and completing the assessment items.
Students may also wish to register to receive the following alert services to get an idea of developments in relation to the criminal justice system:
- Crimnet - CrimNet is an electronic criminal justice information network run by the Institute of Criminology at Sydney University. To join crimnet go to: http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/crimnet
- JV Barry Library at the Australian Institute of Criminology. JV Barry Library current awareness alerts is an e-mail alert service showing a selection of new key reports, books, journal articles and websites on a range of criminology topics. To join, email front.desk@aic.gov.au or go to http://www.aic.gov.au/en/library/alerts.aspx
Learner engagement
None
Inclusion and engagement
None
Participation requirements
Note: The final mark is determined by the aggregate number of marks achieved in the semester in all assessment items. You must submit all assessment items and obtain an overall total score of at least 50% in order to pass this subject. It is not necessary that students pass each individual item of assessment but each piece of assessment must be completed.
Required IT skills
None
In-unit costs
None
Work placement, internships or practicums
None
Additional information
- Where required, further details of items mentioned in this unit outline will be supplied via the Moodle site for this unit. Notices given in class or via Moodle will be deemed to be given to the whole class.
- Every effort will be made for lectures to be recorded, but this may not always be practicable.
- Your learning in this unit is supported by Moodle. Your use of Moodle can be monitored and reported to the unit convener.
- Where provided, students may communicate with other students via a Moodle resource set up for the unit for reasonable purposes related to enrolment in this unit only.
- Some of the issues covered in this course may be distressing for some people. All students are expected to deal with sensitive issues in a considerate and respectful manner. Please raise any general concerns you may have with the unit convener. Any student experiencing distress should consider seeking counselling or other support. For assistance see http://www.canberra.edu.au/health-counselling. For information on health and wellbeing at UC there is a free online program that you are welcome to make use of calling ‘the desk' see http://www.canberra.edu.au/health-counselling/the-desk
- Breaches of University policy including in relation to posting or sending offensive material will be reported for disciplinary action. See: Network Access and Use - Responsibilities and Obligations at https://guard.canberra.edu.au/policy/policy.php?pol_id=3195.
