Handbook

This course examines core common law principles shaping criminal justice processes through the lens of Australian and international human rights jurisprudence. Its focus is upon the criminal trial process and addresses the rights to liberty, privacy, silence and to a fair trial. It addresses these concepts through current issues, systemic pressure points and contemporary topics nationally and internationally, and draws connections with domestic criminal law and procedure studied in Law double degree core courses.

This course provides students considering a career in criminal justice with a sophisticated conceptual grounding in principles that are relevant to understanding Australian criminal process. It is also suitable for students wishing to gain literacy in the criminal justice systems of other legal traditions.