Undergraduate Course: Criminal Law A: Harm, Offence and Criminalisation (LAWS10123)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Law |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | 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 (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Please note that you are very unlikely to get a place on an Honours Law course unless you are on a direct exchange with the School of Law (this includes Erasmus law exchange students). |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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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. |
Assessment Information
| Essay (1/3 of overall mark) and exam (2/3 of overall mark). |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sharon Cowan
Tel: (0131 6)50 8000
Email: s.cowan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Heather Haig
Tel: (0131 6)50 2053
Email: Heather.Haig@ed.ac.uk |
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