Assessment Information
This assignment is designed to assess learning outcomes:
1. Demonstrate the ability to evaluate the theoretical principles underlying criminal law;
2. Utilise a wide range of specialist skills in order to analyse and evaluate the principles of criminal law and relevant case law as applied in practice;
3. Demonstrate an ability to evaluate the principles of criminal law and formulate responses to various hypothetical scenarios.
This assignment is an individual assignment.
Please write a paper including the following elements:
1) Problem question (max 250 words): Please draft a problem-based scenario concerning an imaginary case of murder incorporating the legal problems addressed by the courts in the following cases:
R v Cunningham (Anthony Barry) [1982] AC 566
R v Clinton (Jon-Jacques) [2013] QB 1
R v Blaue (Robert Konrad) (1975) 61 Cr App R 271
Your task is not to repeat the facts of the cases but to apply the ratio from the relevant cases to an imaginary set of facts that you will create yourself.
2) Solution (max 750 words): Please draft a solution to your problem question applying the legal principles employed by the courts in the above-cited cases and using, if necessary, any other relevant case or statutes.
Criteria for Assessment
When marking the coursework particular regard will be given to the following:
Contents
• Knowledge and understanding of the relevant law
• Identification of relevant issues
• Identification and selection, through appropriate research, of relevant sources and materials
• Ability to explain and comment the relevant law and related theories
Structure
• Clear and logical organisation of the paper
• Ability to construct logical and coherent arguments
Presentation
• Appropriate use of legal language
• Accurate spelling, grammar and sentence construction
• Ability to write within set word limits (see below).