LC4S059 - Transnational Criminal Law 01 Sep 2023 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: LC4S059
Module Title: Transnational Criminal Law
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Law
Faculty Sub Group: Law
Module Leader: Alexandra Dobson
Module Team: Holly Evans, Iain Hammett, Hannah Menard, Ismail Makda
First Intended Intake: SEP 2023 Final Year of Intake:
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100485 - law
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2023
Valid To 31 Aug 2028

Module Aims

The aim of the module is to provide the student with an understanding of Transnational Criminal Law.

The module will provide a basis for study for students to:

Understand transnational criminal law and to appreciate the global significance of certain forms of criminal behaviour.

Introduction to the procedural and institutional responses to global crime.

Consider the procedures for international cooperation against transnational criminals including jurisdiction, police cooperation, asset recovery and extradition.

Foster a critical awareness of the limitations of the current frameworks for the control and detection of transnational crime.

Content Summary

The module will cover a wide-ranging and contextual examination of the rules of media law including the following indicative content:

Drug trafficking.

Money laundering and financial crime.

Consider, at a global level, the enforcement of sanctions to counteract transnational bribery and corruption.

Environmental crime such as the illegal movement between states of toxic and hazardous waste and other illegal chemicals; illicit trade in wildlife; illegal trade in timber and the Illicit trade in ozone depleting substances.

Consider the global nature of corporate bodies and consider the need for a more ‘joined-up’ response to corporate liability for corporate criminality.

Human trafficking.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 20
Seminar 20
Independent Study 88
Directed Study 72
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Evidence analysis and critical appreciation of the enforcement machinery for transnational criminal law.
LO2 Identification and critical analysis of the scope of and limits to transnational criminal law

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Synchronous Onsite Oral Assessment Oral Assessment (Internally assessed, Onsite) 1 A presentation critically evaluating a topical Transnational Criminal Law issue as it relates to a particular group(s) of individuals. 15 N/A 50 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Essay 1 A critical evaluation of an area of Transnational Criminal Law. 0 2000 50 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Oral Assessment (Internally assessed, Onsite) 1
Essay 1

Reading List

Boister, Neil, An Introduction to Transnational Criminal Law. Oxford.

Albanese, Jay S.,Transnational crime. Whitby, ON: de Sitter Publications.

Dammer, Harry R., Erika Fairchild, and Jay S. Albanese. Comparative criminal justice systems. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth Learning.

Fichtelberg, Aaron. Crime without borders: An introduction to international criminal justice. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.

Pakes, Francis. Comparative criminal justice. Cullompton, UK, and Portland, OR: Willan

Reichel, Philip L. Comparative criminal justice systems: A topical approach. 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.

Journals:

Global Crime, 1744-0572 (Print), 1744-0580 (Online)

Criminal Law Review

Human Rights Law Review

Human Rights Quarterly

Websites:

http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/organized-crime/index.html

International Criminal Court http://www.icc-cpi.int/home.html

International Court of Justice http://www.icj-cij.org

International Council on Human rights Policy?http://www.ichrp.org/