LA 104: CRIMINAL LAW: LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the module the
student should be able to:
How will the learning and teaching
methods enable students to achieve
this learning outcome?
Which assessment method will
measure the achievement of this
learning outcome?
Knowledge:
Understand the basic concepts and
overall structure of English Criminal
Law
Lectures and seminars, directed private
study
3-hour unseen examination
Have a detailed knowledge of some
criminal offences and defence
Lectures and seminars, directed private
study
Assessments and examination
Have a basic knowledge of criminal
procedure and an understanding of the
significance of procedure in the
administration of criminal law
Lectures and seminars, directed private
study
Have an understanding of philosophical
theories criminalization and criminal
liability
Lectures and seminars, directed private
study
Have an understanding of the historical
and political contexts in which criminal
law is developed and reformed
Lectures and seminars, directed private
study
Have a basic understanding of the
potential impact of the European
Convention on Human Rights on the
scope of criminal law and procedure
Lectures and seminars, directed private
study
Subject Skills:
Be able to read and analyse criminal
cases and statutes
Seminar based exercises on reading cases
and statutes
Examination
Be able to apply legal knowledge in
solving hypothetical problems of
moderate complexity
Problem solving in seminars
Be able to employ and assess
historical, philosophical and political
arguments about the scope of criminal
liability and the development of
criminal policy
Structured debate in student working
groups
Examination
Be able to present and assess
arguments for or against criminalization
or de-criminalisation or particular
conduct
Structured debate in student working
groups
Working Groups
Be able to work collaboratively in class
to complete a defined task
Not directly assessed
Seminars
Be able to present arguments orally in
class
Not directly assessed
Not directly assessed
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