Criminal Law

Course	L-402-REFS
Semester	4
ETCS	8
Core	Yes

Year	2. year
Semester	Spring 2024
Level of course	1. First cycle, introductory
Type of course	Core
Prerequisites	No prerequisites.
Schedule	Five classes a week
Lecturer	Anna Barbara Andradóttir Hulda María Stefánsdóttir
Content
The following are the focal areas of the course: Criminal law and its place within the study of law and relation to other academic disciplines. The legal sources of criminal law. The concept of crime and the categorization of crimes. Attempted crimes and refraining from the commission of crimes. Accessories and partnerships in crime. Culpability. Aggregate crimes. Competence to be held criminally responsible. Illegality and objective grounds of non-culpability. Intent. Recklessness. Penalties and punitive sanctions. Determination of sanctions. Repeated offences. Imprisonment and prisons. End of culpability and lapse of sanctions. Also more specialized areas of criminal law, often with emphasis on recent judgments, law amendments and current media discussions.
Learning outcome - Objectives
On completion of the course students should: ? have a sound knowledge of the field of criminal law. ? be prepared to work within the field of criminal law. ? be adequately prepared for the advanced study of criminal law.
Course assessment
Assignment (40%) and final examination (60%).
Reading material
No reading material found.
Teaching and learning activities
The teaching methods will be based on lectures and discussion sessions. The topics will be issues that are relevant and prominent in the media and in academic deliberation at each time and those topics will be put in context with the reading material and course outlines. Specialists from different fields of criminal law will visit the class and give an overview and insight into their work. Emphasis will be put on court rulings, which will be used to explain and deepen the students’ understanding of the subject.
Language of instruction	Icelandic