Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Justice Studies
Learning Methods
Lecture
Workshop
Module Offerings
5029LAWCJ-SEP-MTP
Aims
To build knowledge of substantive criminal law and civil law offences.
To enable analysis of the links between criminal and civil law wrongs and the usage of criminal justice responses.
To develop critical understanding of how the definition and enforcement of criminal and civil law offences could be reformed
Learning Outcomes
1.
Show deep and critical awareness of a range of substantive criminal law offences in England
2.
Critically analyse the ways in which substantive criminal law offences are used and enforced in criminal justice practice
3.
Show understanding of the links between civil law wrongs and criminal justice responses to those wrongs
4.
Understand ways in which criminal and civil law could be reformed in order to achieve social justice
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Criminal law non-violent offences and responses: property offences, public order offences and drugs offences
Criminal law violent offences and responses: homicide, non-fatal assaults, sexual offences
Understanding the links between tort law and criminal justice
Understanding the links between land law and criminal justice
Understanding the links between equity law and criminal justice
Module Overview:
To build knowledge of substantive criminal law and civil law offences. To enable analysis of the links between criminal and civil law wrongs and the usage of criminal justice responses. To develop critical understanding of how the definition and enforcement of criminal and civil law offences could be reformed This module aims to raise students' awareness of a range of substantive criminal law offences. It will also take a critical approach to how criminal and civil law offences are responded to by criminal justice, and how social justice is and is not achieved through their regulation.
To build knowledge of substantive criminal law and civil law offences. To enable analysis of the links between criminal and civil law wrongs and the usage of criminal justice responses. To develop critical understanding of how the definition and enforcement of criminal and civil law offences could be reformed This module aims to raise students' awareness of a range of substantive criminal law offences. It will also take a critical approach to how criminal and civil law offences are responded to by criminal justice, and how social justice is and is not achieved through their regulation.
Additional Information:This module aims to raise students' awareness of a range of substantive criminal law offences. It will also take a critical approach to how criminal and civil law offences are responded to by criminal justice, and how social justice is and is not achieved through their regulation.