Criminal Law
10.0 ECTS creditsThe course centres on the central rules and principles of Swedish criminal law and the criminal law method. The overarching purpose is to provide tools to analyse different criminal law problems in connection with establishing criminal liability and sentencing in Swedish courts. The course starts with a discussion of the social purposes of criminal law and how it can be justified and the principles of criminalisation. An important initial element is the significance of the liability restrictions that follow on the basic criminal law principles, primarily the legality principle, the fault principle and the conformity principle.
The three main levels of crime concept are then analysed, that is, the rules on unlawful acts (causality, risk, etc), unlawfulness (legitimate self-defence, distress, consent etc.) and personal guilt (mentally ill offenders, intent, negligence, excess and error of law). In addition, the rules on dependent crime types (attempted crime, preparation to commit a crime, conspiracy and complicity), statute of limitation, competition in criminal law are discussed and the application of Swedish criminal law in time and space.
In addition to the general doctrines of criminal law, the course also treats the special part of criminal law, that is, the criminal code and the central criminalisations of the special legislation, with a view to discussing the structure and composition of central criminalisations and their relations to the general doctrines.
Instruction further includes explanation of the rules and principles of sentencing to advance students' understanding of the system and their ability to apply the rules of meeting out punishment and choosing sanction in uncomplicated cases.
Instruction is in the form of lectures and groups. The lectures provide both broad and deep insights into depth and criminal law problems, and also in connection with seminars on similar content.
Group teaching, based on PBL groups, provides opportunities for students to apply general doctrines to concrete cases. Preparation assignments analysed in groups are treated and discussed with a tutor. All students in the respective PBL group participate in the assignments, which increase in complexity during the course, gradually requiring the students to apply the rules and principles of liability and sanction as a whole.
A mandatory course component is writing a PM according to instruction.
The three main levels of crime concept are then analysed, that is, the rules on unlawful acts (causality, risk, etc), unlawfulness (legitimate self-defence, distress, consent etc.) and personal guilt (mentally ill offenders, intent, negligence, excess and error of law). In addition, the rules on dependent crime types (attempted crime, preparation to commit a crime, conspiracy and complicity), statute of limitation, competition in criminal law are discussed and the application of Swedish criminal law in time and space.
In addition to the general doctrines of criminal law, the course also treats the special part of criminal law, that is, the criminal code and the central criminalisations of the special legislation, with a view to discussing the structure and composition of central criminalisations and their relations to the general doctrines.
Instruction further includes explanation of the rules and principles of sentencing to advance students' understanding of the system and their ability to apply the rules of meeting out punishment and choosing sanction in uncomplicated cases.
Instruction is in the form of lectures and groups. The lectures provide both broad and deep insights into depth and criminal law problems, and also in connection with seminars on similar content.
Group teaching, based on PBL groups, provides opportunities for students to apply general doctrines to concrete cases. Preparation assignments analysed in groups are treated and discussed with a tutor. All students in the respective PBL group participate in the assignments, which increase in complexity during the course, gradually requiring the students to apply the rules and principles of liability and sanction as a whole.
A mandatory course component is writing a PM according to instruction.
Progressive specialisation:
G1F (has less than 60 credits in first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)
Education level:
Undergraduate level
Admission requirements
Law Programme (JALAW) courses of 30 ECTS credits (earned in semester 1) and 15 ECTS credits (earned in semester 2)
Selection:
Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.
Course code:
JPG006
The course is not included in the course offerings for the next period.