LAWS380-26SU1 (C) Summer Jan 2026 start

Contemporary Issues in Criminal Procedure

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 5 January 2026
End Date: Sunday, 8 February 2026
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 11 January 2026
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 January 2026

Description

What is Criminal Procedure? This course will discuss a brief synopsis of the theory of criminal procedure. It will look at the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, differing categories of offences, prosecuting agencies (Police v Crown). Students will explore the roles that different judicial officers such as JP’s, Magistrates and Judges play in the criminal system while looking at arrests and/or court summons orders to court. This course will look at the requirements for a valid first arrest, opposition to bail, legal aid, pleas, sentencing indication and pre-trial applications. Students will explore the differences between Judge only trials and Jury trials, Jury pre-trial callovers and sentencing. LAWS380 will also take a more in-depth look at the lawfulness of police searches, dealing with mental health issues in criminal law and the issue of double jeopardy.

Attendance is mandatory.

This is a practical course. It complements the papers offered on evidence, sentencing, and trial advocacy. It's designed to give students a real-world understanding of how criminal law operates. It will be particularly valuable for students who would like to find work either as a prosecutor or as defence counsel. The lectures are broken up into teaching and then group work on practical exercises, followed by discussion about those exercises. Students can expect guest lecturers from different barristers with expertise as prosecutors, defence, and appellate counsel.


How to enrol in your summer school course?

To apply successfully you must complete two requirements no later than 5 December 2025:

1. Submit a 2025 change of enrolment via MyUC, and
2. Complete this form: https://forms.office.com/r/fTP7N3vYUM

These two requirements are strictly applied and may differ from instructions published elsewhere

Prerequisites

LAWS202 or CRJU202 and have passed either LAWS301 or a minimum 15 points of 300 level courses listed in Schedule E to the regulations for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws.

Restrictions

Co-requisites

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

For further information see Faculty of Law Head of Department

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,003.00

International fee $5,038.00

* 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.

Limited Entry Course

Maximum enrolment is 50

For further information see Faculty of Law .

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