Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW3168: Criminal Justice and Evidence

This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level 6
Credits 30 ECTS Value 15
Term(s) and duration

This module ran during term 1 (12 weeks) and term 2 (11 weeks)

Academic staff

Dr Adam McCann (Convenor)

Pre-requisites

Successful completion of LAW1036 Legal Foundations or LAW2035B Constitutional and Administrative Law 

Co-requisites

None

Available via distance learning

No

This module will enable you to critically examine criminal justice processes in England and Wales. It is an analytical module that builds upon knowledge of substantive criminal law gained at Level 1 and also borrows from other subject areas such as criminology, EU law, the ECHR and the law of evidence. It broadly follows the chronology of criminal justice processes, from arrest to appeal. The module is contextual in the sense that you will examine how criminal justice processes ‘work’ in their legal and social context, rather than simply looking at legal rules.

Module created

13/02/2017

Last revised

01/08/2020