• Offered by ANU Law School
  • ANU College ANU College of Law
  • Course subject Laws
  • Areas of interest Law
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Mode of delivery Online
  • Offered in Summer Session 2018
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Criminal Law & Procedure & Evidence A (LAWS8703)
This is the third compulsory course in the Juris Doctor online (JDO), and the first course in the Criminal Law & Procedure & Evidence ‘cluster’.
This cluster will assist students to develop their understanding of statutory interpretation and common law, and how they relate and interrelate in the area of criminal law and evidence law. 
By the end of this cluster, students will, in addition to consolidating foundational skills, have achieved a more sophisticated understanding of statutory interpretation and common law and how they interrelate in the area of criminal law and evidence law and be able to track the historical, social, political and economic context of legislative change. They will apply this analysis to criminal law and evidence law as well as be able to use extrinsic materials as an aid to the interpretation of criminal law and evidence law statutes and codes.
During this cluster, students will critically explore different perspectives on the criminal justice system and evidence process, for example, from the perspective public commentators, legislators, prosecutors, police, courts, judges, lawyers, juries, clients, and witnesses. The roles played by all of these actors will also be examined.
The study of Criminal Law & Procedure and Evidence will give students the opportunity to further their understanding of principles of ethical legal practices, and to examine concepts of justice in law.
This cluster is designed to equip students with an appropriate understanding of, and competence in, the law of torts and civil procedure, ethics and professional responsibility.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

By the conclusion of this course, students who have successfully completed all of the requirements will have the knowledge, skills and professional values to:
• Apply an advanced and integrated knowledge of relevant legal principles and concepts in criminal law and evidence in the context of: the Australian legal system; the broader contexts within which legal issues arise; the principles and values of justice and of ethical practice in lawyer's roles; and contemporary developments in law and its professional practice.
• Critically evaluate and explain principles, concepts and theoretical debates concerning criminal law and evidence and how they have influenced the aims of criminal law and legal change, including ‘theory of crime’ ‘criminal behaviour’, criminology, criminal deviance, law and morality and law and psychology.
• Identify and reflect on the role and the ethical responsibilities of lawyers in the context of: duty to the court and the administration of justice; the duty to the client and other duties; as well as the roles of office holders and institutions in the delivery of criminal justice.
• Apply a wide range of research skills, principles and methods to locate, interpret and communicate relevant and credible information in law, sociology, criminology and psychology, citing that information using appropriate conventions.
• Independently, and in effective collaboration with others, apply research skills, legal reasoning, legal technical skills, critical analysis and the principles of criminal law and evidence to solve legal problems.
• Select and apply a appropriate approaches to communicate clearly and persuasively with legal and non-legal audiences.
• Recognise and appraise the relationships between personal wellbeing and ethical conduct, emotional responses and the content of law, and how they affect the study of and engagement with the law.

Indicative Assessment

Assessment in this course may include: assessing online participation; assessing collaboration; case presentation; case notes; short essays; research essays; assignments; problem style essays; capstone report; examination; portfolio submission; oral assessment.  Details will be made available in Wattle, the ANU online learning management system.

The ANU uses Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. While the use of Turnitin is not mandatory, the ANU highly recommends Turnitin is used by both teaching staff and students. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website.

Workload

The JD Online is an online law degree, offered in trimesters.  Each compulsory course has been designed as an 8-unit course, allowing part-time students to complete 24 units each year. Because trimesters are shorter than semesters, online students in the JD Online are expected to dedicate more active learning time (including private study) per week than on-campus students.  

The ANU workload expectation of a student in a standard 6-unit course is 130 hours over a semester (10 hours per week)[1].  By contrast the ANU workload expectation of a JD Online student in an 8-unit course is 176 hours over 11 weeks (16 hours per week).   This includes active online engagement and collaboration as well as personal study.

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have completed LAWS8702.

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
3
Unit value:
8 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
8.00 0.16667

Course fees

Domestic International
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2018 $4880
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2018 $6880
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
2018

Summer Session

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
1731 15 Jan 2018 02 Feb 2018 02 Feb 2018 23 Mar 2018 Online N/A

Autumn Session

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
5679 07 May 2018 25 May 2018 25 May 2018 13 Jul 2018 Online N/A

Winter Session

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
6750 27 Aug 2018 27 Aug 2018 14 Sep 2018 02 Nov 2018 Online N/A

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