BUL301 – Criminal Law I is a core course for 300 Level Law Students
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 11 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
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- Notes11
- 1.1Scheme of Work
- 1.2General Introduction and Purpose of Criminal Law
- 1.3History and Sources of Nigerian Criminal Law
- 1.4The Contents of Crime – Criminal Law and Morality
- 1.5Definition of Crime
- 1.6Elements of an Offence; (Actus Reus and Mens Rea, Voluntariness of Conduct, Omission as Actus Reus, etc.)
- 1.7General Defences; (Insanity, Intoxication, Mistake of Facts and Law, Defence of Accident, etc.)
- 1.8Corporate Criminal Liability
- 1.9The Principles of Legality
- 1.10Punishment and its Alternatives
- 1.11General Principles of Sentencing in Criminal Law
