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70218 Criminal Law

8cp
Requisite(s): (70113c Legal Process and History AND 70105c Legal Research) OR (70115c Perspectives on Law AND 70120c Legal Method and Research)
The lower case 'c' after the subject code indicates that the subject is a corequisite. See definitions for details.
Anti-requisite(s): 70114 Criminal Law and Procedure AND 70217 Criminal Law

Description

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.

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