Singapore University of Social Sciences

LAW311 Criminal Law, Procedure and Evidence - 2 introduces students to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) from investigations to trial procedure in all courts. Students will also learn about the law of evidence as it applies in criminal cases. Here, because the liberty of the accused is at stake, the law has developed various exclusionary rules to protect the accused. LAW309 Criminal Law, Procedure and Evidence is a companion course and is a co-requisite in the first instance. In this course, students explore the general principles of criminal law, criminal liability and culpability as well as the common defences before exploring the specific parts of the Penal Code including offences against the person, offences against property. In this way, the students will approach these subjects not as separate subjects to be studied at various stages of their training, but, will approach the subjects in an applied context where the student has to marry book learning with court rules and practice in order to arrive at a solution to a client’s problems.