Module LAW3003H for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3003H: Criminal Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
This module is only available to students studying for the JD on the HKUST-Exeter Programmes in Law. The module aims to make you fully conversant with the main criminal law offences; aware of the complexity of definitional issues; aware of the major theoretical debates within the field of criminal law: and able to argue with confidence on relevant ethical and doctrinal issues.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate detailed and comprehensive knowledge of criminal law and a substantial range of major concepts, values and principles relevant to its application 2. demonstrate ability to identify, explain and critically evaluate key issues in criminal law and to apply relevant rules and theories |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. demonstrate detailed and comprehensive knowledge of legal concepts and their contextual, social, and political implications 4. demonstrate ability to apply legal knowledge to a problem or case study and to suggest a conclusion supported by relevant arguments |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. demonstrate ability to manage relevant learning resources, information, and learning strategies, and to develop own arguments and opinions with minimum guidance 6. demonstrate ability to work independently and to manage time efficiently in preparing for scheduled learning activities, exercises and assessment |
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Tutorial questions | 9 x 1 hour | 1-6 | Feedback in tutorial from tutor |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Best four out of maximum nine essays (one per tutorial, each with equal weight) | 100 | 800 words per essay | 1-6 | Feedback in tutorial from tutor |
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Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Best four out of maximum nine essays | One essay: 3200 words | 1-6 | August reassessment period |
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.
This reading list is indicative, providing an idea of textbooks that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not a confirmed or compulsory reading list:
The latest editions of:
Simester et al, Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine (Hart)
Herring, Criminal Law: Text, Cases and Materials (Oxford)
Ormerod, Smith and Hogan’s Criminal Law (Oxford)
Ashworth and Horder, Principles of Criminal Law (Oxford)