Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW1003: Criminal Law

This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 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
60	240	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	40	20 x 2 hour workshops
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	20	20 x 1 hour support sessions
Guided Independent Study	146	Individual study, reading, and research
Guided Independent Study	94	Assessment preparation

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.

Basic reading:

Child and Ormerod, Smith, Hogan & Ormerod’s Essentials of Criminal Law (Oxford University Press) – latest edition

For further reference:
Herring, Great Debates: Criminal Law, (Palgrave) – latest edition
Horder, Ashworth’s Principles of Criminal Law (Oxford University Press) – latest edition
Ormerod (ed), Smith and Hogan’s Criminal Law (Oxford University Press) – latest edition
Simester et al, Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine (Hart) – latest edition