Unit details
Prerequisites
BLB1101 - Australian Legal System in Context
BLB1114 - Legal Research Methods
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Learning Outcomes
1. | Critically review the general principles relating to criminal procedure and sentencing in problem solving and decision making; | ||
2. | Adapt and apply doctrines of precedent and rules of statutory interpretation to contemporary problems in criminal investigation and sentencing using inductive and deductive thought processes; | ||
3. | Justify the resolution of problems using case and statute law as authorities with creativity and intellectual independence. | ||
4. | Critically evaluate theories and policies relating to criminal procedure and sentencing in the context of liberal concepts of the state and the individual and varying concepts of justice. |
Assessment
Assessment type | Description | Grade |
---|---|---|
Test | Quiz x 2 | 20% |
Assignment | Presentation | 30% |
Examination | Final examination | 50% |
Required reading
Criminal Investigation and Procedure in Victoria (http://library.vu.edu.au/record=b4123072) 3rd ed
Corns, Christopher,2019 eBook
Thomson Reuters
Crimes Act
1958
(Vic)
Sentencing Act
1991
(Vic)
Criminal Procedure Act
2009
(Vic)
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