Criminal Law 2 (Advanced) (M6075)

15 credits, Level 6

Spring teaching

On this module, you’ll explore a range of substantive criminal offences through close analysis of statute and case law. You’ll focus on:

• understanding how substantive legal rules are applied
• using hypothetical scenarios to examine the operation of each offence
• evaluating the clarity of offences and interpreting elements open to debate.

This module develops your ability to critically analyse criminal law and its practical application.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 27 hours of contact time and about 123 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.