This course considers the basic themes
of Substantive Criminal Law, usually including
the following topics: sources, scope and
definitions of Criminal Law, principles of
criminal responsibility. the significance of
act (i.e. acts and omissions, the voluntary
act requirement), intention, recklessness,
and indifference, strict and absolute liability,
objective and attribute liability, causation and
result, justification and excuse with particular
attention to the doctrines of necessity,
intoxication, insanity, diminished capacity and
automatism, aims and practice of punishment,
and the relationship between doctrines and
the various justifications for the imposition of
punishment.
Language of Instruction: Arabic (legal terms,
however, are also given in English and French).