LAWS202-24W (C) Whole Year 2024

Criminal Law

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 17 March 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 August 2024

Description

The general principles of criminal liability. The law relating to indictable and other selected offences chargeable under New Zealand law. Procedure on indictment and summary procedure (excluding evidence).

Material taught in the class covers three related areas:
(i) The general principles of criminal liability, including accomplice liability, liability for inchoate offences and the general defences.
(ii) An introduction to certain specific offences like theft.
(iii) An outline of criminal procedure.

Learning Outcomes

  • By the end of the course, students will be able to:
  • Explain the meaning and significance of the main principles of New Zealand criminal law, and the circumstances in which these principles apply;
  • Apply legal reasoning and judgment to criminal law scenarios;
  • Locate, evaluate and synthesize information from a range of primary and secondary sources relevant to a given research topic;
  • Produce a piece of legal writing that follows the conventions set out in the New Zealand Law Style Guide;
  • Critically examine issues of principle and policy raised by New Zealand's current criminal law framework and its operation in practice;
  • Work independently and manage their time in order to meet course deadlines.
    • 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.

      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.

Prerequisites

Co-requisites

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 10:00 - 11:00 K1 Lecture Theatre
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 13:00 - 15:00 K1 Lecture Theatre
19 Feb - 24 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 11:00 - 12:00 Meremere 104 Moot Room
18 Mar - 24 Mar
20 May - 26 May
12 Aug - 18 Aug
30 Sep - 6 Oct
02 Tuesday 12:00 - 13:00 Psychology - Sociology 210 (19/3, 21/5)
Meremere 104 Moot Room (13/8)
Psychology - Sociology 411 (1/10)
18 Mar - 24 Mar
20 May - 26 May
12 Aug - 18 Aug
30 Sep - 6 Oct
03 Tuesday 13:00 - 14:00 Meremere 104 Moot Room
18 Mar - 24 Mar
20 May - 26 May
12 Aug - 18 Aug
30 Sep - 6 Oct
04 Wednesday 13:00 - 14:00 Meremere 104 Moot Room
18 Mar - 24 Mar
20 May - 26 May
12 Aug - 18 Aug
30 Sep - 6 Oct
05 Wednesday 14:00 - 15:00 Meremere 104 Moot Room
18 Mar - 24 Mar
20 May - 26 May
12 Aug - 18 Aug
30 Sep - 6 Oct
06 Monday 11:00 - 12:00 Meremere 104 Moot Room
25 Mar - 31 Mar
27 May - 2 Jun
19 Aug - 25 Aug
7 Oct - 13 Oct
07 Tuesday 12:00 - 13:00 Psychology - Sociology 210 (26/3, 28/5)
Meremere 104 Moot Room (20/8)
Psychology - Sociology 411 (8/10)
25 Mar - 31 Mar
27 May - 2 Jun
19 Aug - 25 Aug
7 Oct - 13 Oct
08 Tuesday 13:00 - 14:00 Meremere 104 Moot Room
25 Mar - 31 Mar
27 May - 2 Jun
19 Aug - 25 Aug
7 Oct - 13 Oct
09 Wednesday 13:00 - 14:00 Meremere 104 Moot Room
25 Mar - 31 Mar
27 May - 2 Jun
19 Aug - 25 Aug
7 Oct - 13 Oct
10 Wednesday 14:00 - 15:00 Meremere 104 Moot Room
25 Mar - 31 Mar
27 May - 2 Jun
19 Aug - 25 Aug
7 Oct - 13 Oct

Timetable Note

TUTORIALS
Tutorials in LAWS202 will be held according to the timetable you will be given at the start of Term One.  
Enrolment in Tutorials will be advised via email closer to the start of the course.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Neil Boister

Lecturers

Debra Wilson , Chat Le Nguyen and Cassandra Mudgway

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Mid-Year Exam 25%
Quiz 15 Mar 2024 5%
Take-home Test 13 Sep 2024 20%
Final Examination 50%


The assessment will be confirmed in the first week of lectures.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Simester, A. P. , Brookbanks, Warren J; Principles of criminal law ; 5th ed; Thomson Reuters, 2019.

Recommended Reading

Finn, Jeremy , Mathias, Don; Criminal procedure in New Zealand ; 3rd edition; Thomson Reuters, 2019.

Finn, Jeremy et al; Adams on Criminal Law ; 2022 Student Edition; Thomson Reuters, 2022.

Tolmie, Julia et al; Criminal law in Aotearoa, New Zealand ; LexisNexis NZ Limited, 2022.

Notes

This is a compulsory core course for the LLB degree.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,786.00

International fee $9,325.00

* 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 265

For further information see Faculty of Law .

All LAWS202 Occurrences

  • LAWS202-24W (C) Whole Year 2024