CRJU150-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Legal Method in the Criminal Justice Context

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

Legal method in the criminal law context provides an introduction to understanding legal concepts, the sources of law, and the structure of the criminal justice system in New Zealand. Students will be introduced to important concepts and definitions and to the techniques of legal reasoning, case analysis and statutory interpretation through an examination of criminal cases and laws. They will also be introduced to the impact Tikanga and customary law has on understanding legal method in New Zealand. Students who study this course will be well equipped to understand legal method from a New Zealand criminal law perspective.

Learning Outcomes

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Biculturally competent and confident

Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

Globally aware

Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Restrictions

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 15:00 - 16:00 A3 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 11:00 - 12:00 C3 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 13:00 - 14:00 Ernest Rutherford 260
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun
02 Tuesday 09:00 - 10:00 Jane Soons 602
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun
03 Wednesday 09:00 - 10:00 F1 Lectorial
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun
04 Wednesday 11:00 - 12:00 Ernest Rutherford 225
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun
05 Thursday 14:00 - 15:00 Psychology - Sociology 411
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun
06 Friday 10:00 - 11:00 Psychology - Sociology 252 Lecture Theatre
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun

Course Coordinator

Liam Grant

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Tutorial Attendance 5%
Evening Test 23 Apr 2024 40%
Quiz 2 09 May 2024 10%
Quiz 1 07 Mar 2024 10%
Final Exam 35%


Assessment is likely to include an online quiz, test and an exam with dates and exact percentages to be confirmed.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $946.00

International fee $4,850.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Faculty of Law .

All CRJU150 Occurrences

  • CRJU150-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025