Advanced Criminal Law
LAWS5104
This unit critically examines the criminal law, criminal justice institutions and penal practices in the context of legal scholarly debates. It provides the opportunity for reflection on the contemporary challenges of coordination and legitimation facing the criminal law. Topics to be considered may include criminal responsibility, capacity, gender and criminal law, corporate criminal liability, offence construction and trends in sentencing. In addition to these topics, the unit will attempt to respond to cutting edge developments in the criminal law as they arise. This unit of study is structured around a set of 'challenges' for the contemporary criminal law. Each 'challenge' forms the lens through which larger or longer-term theoretical and others issues are discussed. This unit does not adopt a topic- driven approach to criminal law; instead, it adopts an explicitly critical socio-historical approach to the study of law. Discussion of relevant academic commentary forms a core part of the subject matter of the course.
Unit of study details
Unit of study level: Postgraduate
Credit points: 6
Commencing semesters: 1
Further unit of study information
Unit of study handbook: LAWS5104
Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships
Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates
Available for study abroad and exchange: Yes