Criminal Law 2 (Advanced) (M6075)
15 credits, Level 6
Spring teaching
On this module, you’ll explore a range of substantive criminal offences through close analysis of statute and case law. You’ll focus on:
- understanding how substantive legal rules are applied
- using hypothetical scenarios to examine the operation of each offence
- evaluating the clarity of offences and interpreting elements open to debate.
This module develops your ability to critically analyse criminal law and its practical application.
Teaching
69%: Lecture
31%: Seminar
Assessment
100%: Examination (Distance examination)
Contact hours and workload
This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 27 hours of contact time and about 123 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.
We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We鈥檙e planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.
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