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Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW1003C: Criminal Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Please note:
(i) This module syllabus (LAW1003C) is exclusively available to students on the Cornwall Campuses and differs materially from the criminal law syllabus of the Streatham Campus (LAW1003).
Part 1: What is crime? The construction and application of criminal offences exploring individualand corporate criminal liability.
- The role of criminal law within society: Using criminal justice theories, current news stories from across the world, as well as our own views and existing knowledge to create working definitions of what crime ‘is’.
- How crimes are defined: (i) the Actus Reus – criminal conduct (ii) Mens Rea – the requisite criminal mental state for liability, strict liability, regulatory offences and corporate criminal responsibility.
- The application of criminal offences. (ii) how non-fatal offences are constructed and questions of consent i (ii) homicide offences and the development of corporate homicide offences.
- Denial of Mans Rea and General Defences.
- Parties to crime
- The application of criminal offences (iii) Property offences, including theft , fraud, bribery & money laundering
- Research project on corporate criminal liability
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | 239 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 28 | 28 x 1 hr lectures |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 21 | 14 x 1.5 hr seminars |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 8 | 4 x 2 hr research group seminars |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 4 | Business and Law Hack Participation |
| Guided Independent Study | 14 | 14 x 1 hr peer-led firm meetings |
| Guided Independent Study | 4 | Peer-led firm meetings for Business and Law Hack |
| Guided Independent Study | 88 | Independent acquisition and widening of learning on topics |
| Guided Independent Study | 55 | Preparation for Virtual Scrapbook Formative and Summative submissions |
| Guided Independent Study | 78 | Research for and preparation of Research Project Submission |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ELE – https://vle.exeter.ac.uk/
Other Learning Resources
You are expected to keep up to date with topical events. This is best done by reading newspapers such as The Times, The Guardian or The Independent. You may also find recent and current editions of specialist journals, in particular the Criminal Law Review and the Journal of Criminal Law are particularly useful.