LAWS202-18W (C) Whole Year 2018

Criminal Law

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 18 November 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 2 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 7 September 2018

Description

The general principles of criminal liability. The law relating to indictable and other selected offences chargeable under New Zealand law. Procedure on indictment and summary procedure (excluding evidence).

The general principles of criminal liability. The law relating to indictable and other selected offences chargeable under New Zealand law. Procedure on indictment and summary procedure (excluding evidence).

The aims of the course are:
•   to give students a critical understanding of the main features of the criminal law of New Zealand;
•   to introduce students to the main features of legal procedure relevant to criminal cases;
•   to introduce students to issues to be considered in any reform of the criminal law.

Learning Outcomes

  • The objects of the course are:
  •   to allow students to develop an ability to appreciate how, and in what circumstances the legal principles of the criminal law apply;
  •   to allow students to understand the impact of existing rules of law or proposed changes.

      • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Biculturally competent and confident

      Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

Prerequisites

Timetable Note

TUTORIALS
Tutorials in LAW 202 will be held according to the timetable you will be given at the start of Term One.  Enrolment in Tutorials will be advised via email closer to the start of the course.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Neil Boister

Lecturers

Debra Wilson , Elisabeth McDonald , Roisin Burke and Shea Esterling

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Online Quiz 06 Apr 2018 5%
Test 03 May 2018 20%
Essay 12 Sep 2018 10%
Tutorial Attendance 5%
Final Examination 60%


The course may be assessed by way of a test, a compulsory essay, a compulsory online quiz and a final closed-book exam.

The assessment will be confirmed in the first week of lectures.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

AP Simester and WJ Brookbanks; Principles of Criminal Law ; 4th edn; Thomson Reuters, 2012.

Recommended Reading

Finn, Jeremy , Mathias, Don; Criminal Procedure in New Zealand ; 2nd ed; (2015).

Robertson, J. Bruce et al; Adams on criminal law ; 2015 student edition;

There may be available a 2016 student edition of the Adams on Criminal Law text.

Notes

This is a compulsory core course for the LLB degree.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,580.00

International fee $7,200.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Limited Entry Course

Maximum enrolment is 250

For further information see Faculty of Law .

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