Course Details in 2025/26 Session

Module Title	LH Advanced Criminal Law
School	Birmingham Law School
Department	Law
Module Code	08 38931
Module Lead	Dr John Child
Level	Honours Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites	LC Criminal Law - (08 29401)
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-30 hours Seminar-6 hours Guided independent study-164 hours Total: 200 hours
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Description	Advanced criminal law provides a theoretically engaged analysis of criminal offences and defences. We explore contextual questions around the purpose and legitimate limits of criminalisation, as well as complex offences relating to multi-party and inchoate/pre-emptive liability.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Locate and present coherently materials relating to criminal law from primary and secondary sources; Identify and analyse the current state of doctrinal, policy and theoretical criminal law debate on the matters of criminal law covered in this module; Evaluate the issues of criminal law addressed in the module in terms of doctrinal coherence and the extent to which the law achieves its policy objectives; Explain and defend any personal and reasoned judgements made on issues of criminal law covered in the module.
Assessment	38931-01 : Take Home Exam : Exam (School Arranged) - Open Book (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessments: Take home exam (open-book) - 3hrs (100%) Reassessment: Resit failed component(s)
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