Criminal law unimelb

The criminal law module you will study is a very expansive one, encompassing many offences, defences and ideas.
There is therefore little use in setting down the procedure for answering questions – because there isn’t one.
Over time. and with experience, you will develop a technique of your own.

This subject studies social and political dimensions of the criminal law as it governs institutional processes and the construction of criminality.
The first section of the course covers differences in the ways that criminal law and criminology construct social issues as crime, with particular emphasis on the legal processes of criminal justice.

Books on Australian criminal law and procedure are generally located at KM 526.
Below is a list of our recommended items from the catalogue.
Criminal law and procedure in New South Wales by Honorable Roderick N Howie, Paul Sattler, Marissa Hood.
Principles of federal criminal law by Stephen Odgers SC.