LAWS6035 - Criminal Procedures

Objectives

• Examine the processes of the criminal justice system.
• Consider its successive and main stages and roles of the principal participants in the system, particularly the police, suspects, accused persons, prosecutors, defence counsel, judges and experts.
• Study topics including: processes of criminal justice in New South Wales and Australia; comparative study of continental European criminal justice systems, particularly the French.

Content

Adversarial v inquisitorial processes; interrogation of suspects and accused persons; search and seizure; arrest, custody; electronic surveillance; committal proceedings; the accused at trial; admissibility of confessions; expert evidence; illegally and improperly obtained evidence; the jury.

Session

Semester 1 Intensive
17-18 April & 1-2 May 2009

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

Assessment

• 1 x Take Home Exam (60%)
• 1 x 3000 Word Essay (40%)

Courses this unit is available in

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