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Prerequisites and/or Corequisites

Prerequisites: History and Philosophy of Law I, History and Philosophy of Law II, Torts and the Process of Law I, Torts and the Process of Law II

Description

The subject studies the legal categories, judicial culture, and socio-historical contexts through which the contemporary attribution of criminal responsibility takes place. The topics covered in this subject include: the formal structure of substantive criminal law; the institutional arrangements of criminal procedure and their respective rationales; the law of homicide (murder, provocation and manslaughter); the law of the non-fatal offences against the person (common assault, causing injury offences, stalking, endangerment and other supplementary offences); the law of criminal procedure (arrest, summons and court processes); the law of self defence; and the doctrine of intoxication. Throughout each of these topics, the emphasis is on both the theories and practices of criminal law.

Points: 12.5

Contact hours: Four hours per week

Estimated Total Time Commitment: 144 Hours