LAWS202-15W (C) Whole Year 2015

Criminal Law

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2015
End Date: Sunday, 15 November 2015
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 6 March 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 4 September 2015

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.

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 / Lecturers

Jeremy Finn and Cynthia Hawes

Lecturers

Debra Wilson and Che Ekaratne

Associate Professor Hawes is the Course Co-ordinator in Semester One and Professor Finn is the Course Co-ordinator in Semester Two.

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Midsessional Test 06 May 2015 15%
Essay 21 Aug 2015 15%
Online Test 5%
Final Examination 65%


The course may be assessed by way of a midsessional test, a compulsory essay and a final examination.

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, Mathias & Mansfield; Criminal Procedure in New Zealand ; Revised 1st Edn; Thomson Reuters, 2013.

Robertson, et al; Adams on Criminal Law: 2014 Student Edition ; 2014 Student Edition; Thomson Reuters, 2014.

There may be available a 2012 student edition of the Adams on criminal law text.

Notes

This is a compulsory core course for the LLB degree.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,475.00

International fee $6,900.00

* 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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