LAWS1106 Criminal Law II

The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.

Credit: 6 points Availability: Semester 2 Old unit code: 200.106

Outcomes: Students are able to analyse selected offences; identify whether a defence may be relied upon to answer a given criminal charge; identify whether given conduct gives rise to criminal liability; think critically about selected aspects of the criminal law; and contribute to debate about reform of the criminal law.

Content: This unit examines a selection of offences, including drug offences. It also provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to analyse the defences that may be raised in answer to a criminal charge that comes before courts in Western Australia.

Assessment: This includes an assignment (20 per cent), practicum (including court report) (20 per cent) and a final examination (60 per cent).

Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course.

Unit Co-ordinator(s): Professor Neil Morgan

Location: UWA (Crawley)

Mode: on-campus

Unit Rules:

Prerequisites: LAWS1105 Criminal Law I

Contact hours—lectures: 2 hrs per week; tutorials: 1 hr per week

Unit Web Page: http://www.uwa.edu.au/page/103449

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Books and other material wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.

Unit Resources

Unit Coordinator

Professor Neil Morgan