This syllabus is valid: 2017-08-28
and until further notice
Course code: 2JU199
Credit points: 15
Education level: Second cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level:
Law: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Three-grade scale
Responsible department: Department of Law
Established by: Director of Umeå Forum for Studies on Law and Society, 2017-06-20
Contents
This course aims at giving knowledge about criminal law as a theory and a practice in societal contexts. Issues such as criminal legal ideologies, criminalization, criminal liability, sentencing, criminal policy, correctional treatment and international criminal law are studied from a variety of critical, socio-legal, gender and intersectional theories and perspectives. Diverse ways in which criminal law is used as a tool to deal with a variety of harms and social problems are also studied.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student shall have the ability to: - show knowledge of criminal law as a field of law and critical socio-legal research field, - independently identify and formulate relevant criminal legal questions from a contextual and critical socio-legal perspective and approach, - independently and in a critically sophisticated way apply relevant critical and socio-legal theories and methods on an empirical or theoretical criminal legal problem area, and - demonstrate the ability to verbally and in writing present and discuss conclusions and the knowledge and arguments behind them, in dialogue with others.
Required Knowledge
A minimum of 90 university credits in one main field of social sciences, including an individual essay carrying at least 15 university credits, and an introductory course in law carrying at least 15 university credits. Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish upper secondary course English A/5. Where the language of instruction is Swedish, applicants must prove proficiency in Swedish to the level required for basic eligibility for higher studies.
Form of instruction
The course is a full time on-line course in English. The course is taught entirely through an electronic Learning Management System where the student takes part in lectures, mandatory assignments and other learning activities. The studies are characterized by a high degree of independent and active search for knowledge, and critical reflection, both individually and in groups.
Examination modes
Examination takes place through fulfillment of three parts: 1) Mandatory assignments during the course 2) Oral examination 3) Individual written assignment
For part 1 the grades are Fail (U) or Pass (G). For part 2 and 3 the grades are Fail (U), Pass (G) and Pass with Distinction (VG). The grades for the whole course are Fail (U), Pass (G) and Pass with Distinction (VG). The grade for the whole course in based on the examination of part 2 and 3. The whole course is not graded until part 1 is fulfilled.
Transfers Students have the right to apply to have a previous education or experience evaluated for transfer of credits. For more information, see: www.umu.se/utbildning/antagning/tillgodoraknande/
Literature
Valid from:
2019 week 36
Lacey, Wells and Quick Reconstructing criminal law : text and materials Wells Celia, Quick Oliver 4th ed. : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press : 2010 : xlvii, 894 p. : ISBN: 978-0-521-73739-5 Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
