Module LAW1003 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW1003: Criminal Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- The basic components of criminal liability
- Murder
- Manslaughter
- Non-fatal offences
- Sexual offences
- Property offences
- Defences
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
---|---|---|
58 | 242 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 22 | 22 x 1 hour Lectures |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 13.5 | 9 x 1.5 hour Seminars |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 9 | 9 x 1 hour Q&A Sessions |
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 13.5 | 9 x 1.5 hour syndicate workshops |
Guided Independent Study | 18 | Preparation for syndicate meetings: case reading exercises x 9 |
Guided Independent Study | 18 | Preparation for syndicate meetings: self-test questions x 9 |
Guided Independent Study | 18 | Preparation for syndicate meetings: preparing problem or essay question x 9 |
Guided Independent Study | 18 | Further reading x 9 |
Guided Independent Study | 9 | 9 x 1 hour syndicate workshops |
Guided Independent Study | 110 | Preparation for summative assessment x 1 |
Guided Independent Study | 51 | Preparation for formative assessments x 2 |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Child and Ormerod, Smith, Hogan & Ormerod’s Essentials of Criminal Law, 3rd edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
For further reference:
Herring, Great Debates: Criminal Law, 3rd edn (London: Palgrave, 2015)
Horder, Ashworth’s Principles of Criminal Law , 8th edn (Oxford: OUP, 2016)
Ormerod (ed), Smith and Hogan’s Criminal Law, 14th edn (Oxford: OUP, 2015)
Simester et al, Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine, 5th edn (Oxford: Hart, 2013)