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Module Outline

The outline of the module is:

• Fundamental values, constitutions and core constitutional principles
• The sources of the UK constitution
• Parliamentary supremacy
• The institutions of the State in the UK: roles and inter-relationships
• The State and the individual
• The European Convention on Human Rights
• Freedom of the person and property
• Freedom of expression and assembly
• Civil liberties in perspective
• Judicial review: grounds of challenge
• The availability of judicial review
• Thinking about the meaning of criminal law
• Guilty conduct
• Mental states in crime
• More complex issues relating to the guilty act and the guilty mind
• Assaults and sexual offences
• Defences
• Attempted offences
• Homicide
• Secondary participation 
• Theft and robbery
• Fraud and other dishonesty offences
• Aggravated property offences
• Consolidation and critical analysis

The module will introduce and develop a number of skills designed to facilitate your learning. Support in respect of these skills will be provided both in the material and by your tutor.