Criminal Law Ordinary (U02827)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : LAW-2-U02827

General principles of responsibility for crime; actus reus and mens rea; defences and mitigating factors; specific offences in Scots criminal law, both at common law and by statute.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : All students taking this course should also have taken Legal Reasoning and Legal System U02831, although a pass in that course is not essential, provided that it is being retaken.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Law, (School of Law, Schedule F)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 2nd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
18/09/2007	11:10	12:00	Lecture Theatre 183, Old College	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	11:10	12:00	Central
Lecture	Wednesday	11:10	12:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course the student should have a clear understanding of the structure and principles of the criminal law as well as an understanding of the basic rules. The student should also have begun critically to analyse the criminal law. Finally, the students should have begun to research independently into the criminal law using library resources.