Criminal law and criminal justice is traditionally seen and taught primarily from a national perspective. The aim of the course is therefore to add the international perspective to the field of criminal law. This means that course aims to enable the students to understand and reflect on matters of criminal Law and justice in a wider, international context and to develop strategies towards the solution of problems connected with the internationalization of criminal justice. This widening of the perspective is useful as many legal problems and specific cases do not limit itself to the national level (e.g. in connection with cross-border crimes)
During the course various questions of criminal justice in an international context will be discussed: Those questions will be raised from four perspectives:
By adding an international perspective to the legal area of criminal law, the course builds on several courses in the field of criminal law and also on courses on international law. The course enables the students to work with legal questions in the field of criminal law in an international context which is a crucial step in being able to work as a lawyer in a globalized world. More specifically the course is aiming at that students will acquire knowledge of:
The course aims to enable the students to understand and reflect on matters of criminal justice in a wider, international context and to develop strategies towards the solution of problems connected with the internationalization of criminal justice. The students are expected to be able to select and access different sources of law on the national, European international level in the context of criminal justice. The students are further expected to be able to localize the level of certain legal issues (e.g. national, European, international) and to analyze and independently work with selected issues in connection with the internationalization of criminal justice. The students are expected to be able to communicate the results of their own work in oral and written form. Im sum the students will acquire the following skills:
Lectures (some of them will be intensive blocks) | 33 |
Group work asignments (15 hours) and presentations (at least 85 hours) | 100 |
Preparation | 136 |
Exam | 1 |
Total | 270 |
Name of exam | Cross-border Criminal Justice |
Type of exam | Oral exam based on a project
Group Exam. 20 minutes exam per student |
ECTS | 10 |
Permitted aids | With certain aids:
Essay can be brought to the exam |
Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
Type of grading | External examination |
Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures |
Danish title | Cross-border Criminal Justice |
Module code | KA-EJ-13-S48 |
Module type | Course |
Duration | 1 semester |
Semester | Autumn
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ECTS | 10 |
Language of instruction | English |
Empty-place Scheme | Yes |
Location of the lecture | Campus Aalborg |
Responsible for the module |
Study Board | Study Board of Law |
Department | Department of Law |
Faculty | The Faculty of Social Sciences |
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