LAWS6896 - International & Comparative Criminal Justice

Objectives

• Explore the growing internationalisation of criminal justice through an examination of forms of transnational crime and international conflicts and the infrastructure that is being developed to regulate global insecurities and criminal harms.
• Explore the development of various institutions in response to international crimes and their relation to international human rights and access to justice.
• Consider the different paradigms of justice that inform diverse international developments, notably contrasts between retributive and restorative justice.

Content

Tensions and conflicts between nation-state based criminal justice and international norms; processes and procedures for regulating crime; the establishment of a distinct international criminal justice order and the nature of its jurisprudence, values and implications.

Session

Semester 2 Intensive
6-7 & 20-21 August 2010

The timetable is subject to frequent changes. Please refer to the latest version of the Postgraduate Timetable.

Assessment

• 1 x Class Presentation (20%)
• 1 x Essay (40%)
• 1 x Take Home Exam (40%)

Prohibition

Candidates who have previously completed LAWS6269 Criminal Justice & Globalisation and LAWS6219 International Criminal Law are not permitted to enrol in this unit.

Courses this unit is available in

Master of Laws | Graduate Diploma in Law | Master of Global Law | Master of Criminology | Graduate Diploma in Criminology