SHE level 10 SCQF credit points 20 ECTS credit points 10 Module code MHM230402 Module Leader Andrew Tickell School Glasgow School for Business and Society Subject Law Trimester B (January start)
Summary of content In appeal court hearings and in newspapers, on Netflix and in popular dramas, miscarriages of justice increasingly grip public attention. This advanced module considers the main causes and consequences of miscarriages of justice, broadly defined, including wrongful convictions and other material and procedural errors of the criminal justice system.
Module details Syllabus arrow_forward With reference to historical and contemporary examples, and comparative Scottish, UK and international case studies, this module critically examines the contribution of a range of criminal justice actors to the generating, perpetuating, detecting and correcting miscarriages of justice, including:
Learning outcomes arrow_forward On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Teaching / learning strategy arrow_forward This advanced module is taught through a combination of lectures and seminars. Lectures constitute the minor component of teaching in this class, focusing in the first part of the module on introducing students to key definition issues, legal understandings of what constitutes miscarriages of justice, and presenting historic and contemporary examples of wrongful convictions and other potential miscarriage of justice case-studies.
Transferrable skills arrow_forward Analysis, Synthesis, Critical Judgement and Evaluation
Module structure Activity Total hours Lectures 12 Tutorials 0 Practicals 0 Seminars 22 Independent Learning 116 Assessment 50 Placement 0
Assessment methods Component Duration Weighting Threshold Description Course Work001 100 40 Individual Miscarriage of Justice Case Study- 4000 words
