Selected Issues in Sentencing - JURD7300

 
Faculty: Faculty of Law
 
 
School:  School of Law
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 4
 
 
EFTSL: 0.08333 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 1
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: Academic Program JD (9150) Co: JURD7211
 
 
Excluded: LAWS8100
 
 
Fee Band: 3 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


This course comprises the first half of the course JURD7300 Sentencing: Law, Policy and Practice. This segment of the course is a stand alone half course.


LLM Specialisation


Criminal Justice and Criminology.

Recommended Prior Knowledge


None

Course Objectives


  • Introduce the general principles of Australian sentencing law
  • Develop the capacity to analyse and criticise legal arguments regarding sentencing in Australia

Main Topics


  • The jurisprudence regulating the individual sentencing discretion
  • The principles governing the adjustment of the outcome of the sentencing decision in response to features of the broader sentencing system

Assessment


Written assignment At least 2,500 words 100%
 

Course Texts


Prescribed
There is no set text for the course. Rather, all the required reading for the course will be contained in one book of materials. You will be advised when this book is available. (The book should be available about two weeks before the first class.)

Recommended
Arie Freiberg and Karen Gelb (eds) Penal Populism, Sentencing Councils and Sentencing Policy, Hawkins Press, 2008

Resources


Refer to course outline provided at the beginning of session.