LAWS8310 Federal Criminal Law

Offered By	Law
Academic Career	Graduate Coursework
Course Subject	Laws
Offered in	LAWS8310 will not be offered in 2010
Unit Value	6 units
Course Description	This course deals with federal criminal law in Australia. It introduces students to the principles of criminal responsibility under the Commonwealth Criminal Code (Criminal Code Act 1995) and a range of offences under the Code, such as terrorism and security-related offences, theft, fraud and bribery offences, drugs, cybercrime and telecommunications offences. The course will be of benefit to lawyers, law enforcement officers and others interested in the expanding scope and applicaiton of federal ciriminal law in Austrralia.
Learning Outcomes	The main learning outcomes for this course are; to give students a thorough and systematic knowledge of principles of criminal responsibility under the Commonwealth Criminal Code; to enable students to draft/interpret federal criminal offences and to understand their likely application in criminal proceedings; to give studnets familiarity with particular areas of substantive federal criminal law, such as terrorism and security-related offences, theft, fraud and brbery offences, drugs, cybercrime and telecommunications offences; and allow students to reflect critically on the expanding scope of federal criminal law. In addition, this course is intended to complement a counterpart course in Federal Criminal Procedure and Evidence.
Indicative Assessment	A major two-part research essay of between 6,000 and 8,000 words

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