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Undergraduate Course: Criminal Law (LAWS10133)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryThe scope and function of criminal law in society; theories of punishment; responsibility and punishability; freewill and determinism; mentally abnormal offenders; intention, recklessness and negligence. Other selected topics in the field of general principles of criminal law.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Criminal Law Ordinary (LAWS08102)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
Students will have developed a socially contextualised as well as a theoretically rich understanding of the central concepts and principles of the criminal law. Students will be able to engage with contemporary questions of the theory and practice of criminal law, as well as processes of criminalisation and reform.
Students will be able to analyse the social and moral aims, and the proper parameters of the criminal law in both Scotland and, where relevant, other jurisdictions.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Sharon Cowan
Tel: (0131 6)50 8000
Email: s.cowan@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Heather Haig
Tel: (0131 6)50 2053
Email: Heather.Haig@ed.ac.uk
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