70218 Criminal Law

8cp

Requisite(s): 70113c Legal Process and History AND 70105c Legal Research
Undergraduate and Postgraduate

This subject deals with the substantive criminal law, the doctrines and rules that define the conditions of criminal liability and some aspects of procedural criminal law. Australian common law doctrine and the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) are considered.

Topics include: the nature of crime; the doctrines of mens rea and actus reus; burden of proof; strict liability; offences against the person; property offences; complicity and criminal defences.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.