Criminal Law A: Harm, Offence and Criminalisation (U04078)

? Credit Points : 40 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : LAW-3-U04078

This course is concerned with questions of the appropriate parameters of the criminal law: on what basis can the criminal law intervene? The course will consist of an advanced exploration of theoretical justifications for criminalisation, such as the harm principle, and apply those discussions about the legitimacy of the criminal law to specific contexts. This will include an examination of issues such as possession of drugs, hate crimes, prostitution and trafficking, the extra territorial use of criminal law, terrorism, obscenity offences, domestic violence and sexual offences.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Criminal Law at Level 8

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Law, (School of Law, Schedule F)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 19 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 2 hour(s) per week for 19 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
23/09/2008	09:00	10:50	Seminar Room L03, Old College	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of this course, candidates should have:
(a) an advanced understanding of the theoretical concepts and principles concerning the justification of criminalisation
(b) a familiarity with and understanding of the primary and secondary literature in this area;
(c) an ability to critically evaluate the debates about criminalisation within the particular contexts studied
(d) an improved ability to conduct personal research to an advanced level and to communicate the results of that research in written form.