LAW-40049 - Module Specification
School of Law
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2023/24

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

First or second class honours degree in Law or a related discipline (such as politics, criminology, sociology or history),
or appropriate professional qualifications and/or experience.

Barred Combinations

LAW-30094 (Transnational Crime)

Description for 2023/24

Transnational crimes are serious problems in the contemporary world. Every country is affected, and criminal groups accumulate a massive amount of profits by providing goods and services such as drugs, weapons and even human beings. There are other crimes, such as terrorism and espionage which have become more serious and dangerous in modern time. While the process of globalisation has brought about many positive changes, it has also made it easier for criminals and criminal groups to operate internationally. This has prompted many states around the world to adopt tough and robust strategies to combat these crimes by giving more powers to their law enforcement authorities. While there are examples of good practice, some measures have simultaneously raised a wide variety of concerns from human rights and other perspectives. There is, therefore, a need to adopt and implement a strategy which not only is effective in preventing and suppressing transnational crimes, but also complies with the norms and principles established by European and international law. With this in mind, the key objectives of this module are to:
- Develop a critical understanding of the nature and extent of some of the major crimes from a multidisciplinary perspective.
- Demonstrate deep understanding of the nature of illegal markets and the modus operandi of criminals and criminal groups.
- Identify, explain and critically evaluate the key legal frameworks to address transnational crimes at national, regional and international levels.
- Identify, explain and critically evaluate the major law enforcement and other responses to transnational crimes at the national, regional and international levels.
- Critically evaluate some of the effective ways to address transnational crimes
- Organise and conduct effective research on transnational crimes.

To help students:
- Develop a critical understanding of the nature and extent of some of the major crimes from a multidisciplinary perspective.
- Demonstrate deep understanding of the nature of illegal markets and the modus operandi of criminals and criminal groups.
- Identify, explain and critically evaluate the key legal frameworks to address transnational crimes at national, regional and international levels.
- Identify, explain and critically evaluate the major law enforcement and other responses to transnational crimes at the national, regional and international levels.
- Critically evaluate some of the effective ways to address transnational crimes.
- Organise and conduct effective research on transnational crimes.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Develop a critical understanding of the nature and extent of some of the major crimes from a multidisciplinary perspective;
will be achieved by assessments: 1
demonstrate deep understanding of the nature of illegal markets and the modus operandi of criminals and criminal groups; will be achieved by assessments: 1
identify, explain and critically evaluate the key legal frameworks to address transnational crimes at national, regional and international levels; will be achieved by assessments: 1
identify, explain and critically evaluate the major law enforcement and other responses to transnational crimes at the national, regional and international levels; will be achieved by assessments: 1
critically evaluate some of the effective ways to address transnational crimes; will be achieved by assessments: 1
organise and conduct effective research on transnational crimes. will be achieved by assessments: 1

Study hours

Weekly Seminars (9 weeks) - 18 hours
Seminar Preparation Hours (research &reading) - 70 hours
Research for an assessed essay - 32 hours
Writing an assessed essay - 30 hours
Total: 150 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment