Summary CRW1501 - Tutorial Letter newest 2021 lockdown assignment

1. INTRODUCTION Welcome to this module, which deals with the general principles of criminal law. I hope that you will find it interesting and rewarding. This tutorial letter contains important information about this module. I urge you to read it carefully and to have it available when you work through the study material, do the assignments, prepare for the examination, and address questions to your lecturers. This tutorial letter also provides all the relevant information with regard to the prescribed study material. Please read it carefully and make sure that you obtain the prescribed material as soon as possible. In this tutorial letter you will also find the assignments for the semester and instructions on how to do and submit them. Finally, I have included information on general and administrative matters relevant to this module. Please study this section of the tutorial letter carefully. I would like to point out that you must read all the tutorial letters you receive during the semester immediately and carefully – they always contain important, and sometimes urgent, information. Please read Tutorial Letter 301 in conjunction with Tutorial Letter 101 as it gives you important information about studying at a distance institution and within a particular college. The study material for CRW1501 consists of the following: • one study guide • this tutorial letter, Tutorial Letter 101/2017 • additional tutorial letters (which you will receive during the semester) Some of this tutorial matter may not be available when you register. Such tutorial matter will be posted to you as soon as possible, but is also available on myUnisa. I hope that you will enjoy this module and wish you all the best with your studies! 2. PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES 2.1 Purpose The code of this module is CRW1501, which is a semester module. This means that if you register for this module in the first semester of 2017, you will write your examination in May/June 2017. If you register in the second semester of 2017, you will write your examination in October/November 2017. If you fail the examination in May/June 2017 but are granted a supplementary examination, you will write the supplementary examination in October/November 2017. Likewise, if you fail the examination in October/November 2017 but are granted a supplementary examination, you will write the supplementary examination in May/June 2018. The work in this module is based on the general principles of criminal law. The purpose of this module is that you should gain the knowledge, skills and competencies that will enable you to analyse and critically evaluate the current general principles for criminal liability. A further aim of this module is that you should be able to apply the knowledge, skills and competencies to practical problems.4 If you have registered for this module, you are at the first-year level of your studies and you will be required to demonstrate a clear understanding of the basic, general principles of criminal law and the most pressing and prevalent issues regarding these principles. You will also be required to demonstrate a clear understanding of criminal law in a variety of contexts that are typical of the demands made on an undergraduate student. Finally, you will have to demonstrate a clear understanding of how to apply the theory to practice in the context of problem situations in your daily work environment (e.g. in the police service). 2.2 Outcomes The main outcomes for this module and the competencies that you should develop are the following: • the ability to discuss the rules that govern the principle of legality • the ability to explain the requirements for criminal liability The outcomes mentioned above are also relevant for assessment purposes (by your lecturers and yourself). In the examination you will have to answer theoretical questions which will require you to demonstrate your knowledge of the study material. A number of problem questions will also be posed to assess your understanding and ability to apply your theoretical knowledge in practice. Both types of question will assess how you use certain competencies, such as the ability to remember legal principles and to apply them to factual scenarios. Since you are a Unisa student learning by means of distance education, you will also be required to assess yourself. Self-assessment (or self-evaluation) is an important tool for assessing the extent to which you have mastered the study outcomes. Apart from the feedback on assignments, which will provide specific guidance, you must take note of the specific outcomes identified in each study unit of your study guide to determine whether you have achieved the knowledge and insight required. In this way you will be able to identify areas in which you may need to improve your knowledge and/or understanding. 3. LECTURERS AND CONTACT DETAILS 3.1 Lecturer and course coordinator Please direct all queries about the module content (but not about administrative matters) to me, and ensure that you have the study material at hand when doing so. Address letters to: The Module Leader (CRW1501) Department of Criminal and Procedural Law PO Box 392 UNISA 0003 PLEASE NOTE: Letters to lecturers may not be enclosed with or inserted into assignments.