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LAW 3502 - Evidence and Advocacy

Career: Undergraduate Law
Units: 6
Term: 4320
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 6 hours per week
Restriction: Available to LLB and B.Criminology with B.Laws and BArts Advanced with B.Laws students only
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: Yes
Available for Non-Award Study: No
Discovery Experience – Working: Yes
Pre-Requisite: LAW 3501 and (LAW 2503 or LAW 2599) and LAW 2504 and (LAW 2505 or LAW 2598)
Assumed Knowledge: LAW 2504, LAW 2505, LAW 2598
Incompatible: LAW 3003 and LAW 3007
Assessment: Typically to include participation in seminar, written work, mock trial exercises and examination
Syllabus:

Evidence & Advocacy is the study of "proof"; particularly, what is proof in legal proceedings and how do we prove matters as fact. Through problem solving and practical/interactive role plays, students will critically analyse the laws of evidence applicable to the proof of facts in South Australian and Australian Federal courts. These laws determine the evidence which will be received by courts to establish material facts, the form in which such evidence must be presented and the uses to which such evidence can be put by the court. Laws applicable to civil and criminal proceedings are examined with a concentration on the evidential constrictions applicable to criminal proceedings. In this context, criminal procedure is itself examined, particularly police investigative process and prosecution and defence obligations prior to and at trial. The Course relies on an interdisciplinary framework of study for students to actively ascertain the techniques, limitations and requirements for eliciting, challenging and scrutinising evidence for the purpose of considering whether it amounts to proof. Students will gain an understanding and appreciation for the neuro-psychology, physiological, forensic and mathematical disciplines which inform and shape proof in law.

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Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
4320 Mon 07/08/2023 Wed 16/08/2023 Fri 15/09/2023 Fri 27/10/2023


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Seminar
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
20018 SE13 24 FULL 26 Jul - 13 Sep Wednesday 10am - 1pm Ligertwood, 314, Flinders Room
4 Oct - 1 Nov Wednesday 10am - 1pm Ligertwood, 314, Flinders Room
23231 SE14 24 FULL 25 Jul - 12 Sep Tuesday 5pm - 8pm Ligertwood, 314, Flinders Room
3 Oct - 24 Oct Tuesday 5pm - 8pm Ligertwood, 314, Flinders Room
23498 SE04 24 1 27 Jul - 14 Sep Thursday 1pm - 4pm Ligertwood, 214, Piper Alderman Room
5 Oct - 2 Nov Thursday 1pm - 4pm Ligertwood, 214, Piper Alderman Room
25373 SE01 24 FULL 27 Jul - 14 Sep Thursday 10am - 1pm Ligertwood, 314, Flinders Room
5 Oct - 2 Nov Thursday 10am - 1pm Ligertwood, 314, Flinders Room
25375 SE03 24 1 28 Jul - 15 Sep Friday 12pm - 3pm Ligertwood, 314, Flinders Room
6 Oct - 3 Nov Friday 12pm - 3pm Ligertwood, 314, Flinders Room
25376 SE05 24 FULL 28 Jul - 15 Sep Friday 12pm - 3pm Ligertwood, 214, Piper Alderman Room
6 Oct - 3 Nov Friday 12pm - 3pm Ligertwood, 214, Piper Alderman Room
25377 SE06 24 FULL 26 Jul - 13 Sep Wednesday 1pm - 4pm Ligertwood, 314, Flinders Room
4 Oct - 1 Nov Wednesday 1pm - 4pm Ligertwood, 314, Flinders Room
25378 SE07 24 3 28 Jul - 15 Sep Friday 3pm - 6pm Ligertwood, 314, Flinders Room
6 Oct - 3 Nov Friday 3pm - 6pm Ligertwood, 314, Flinders Room
25380 SE09 24 2 28 Jul - 15 Sep Friday 3pm - 6pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
6 Oct - 3 Nov Friday 3pm - 6pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
25381 SE10 0 FULL 28 Jul - 15 Sep Friday 12pm - 3pm Ligertwood, 216, Sarawak Room
6 Oct - 3 Nov Friday 12pm - 3pm Ligertwood, 216, Sarawak Room
25382 SE11 24 9 28 Jul - 15 Sep Friday 3pm - 6pm Ligertwood, 216, Sarawak Room
6 Oct - 3 Nov Friday 3pm - 6pm Ligertwood, 216, Sarawak Room
Related Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
25372 LE01 200 49 28 Jul - 15 Sep Friday 9am - 12pm Horace Lamb, 1022, Horace Lamb Lecture Theatre
6 Oct - 3 Nov Friday 9am - 12pm Horace Lamb, 1022, Horace Lamb Lecture Theatre
28836 LEC0 80 5 This class does not have any timetabled face-to-face sessions. Please check MyUni or contact your Course Coordinator for details.
Note: This Lecture can be viewed on the web via MyUni and so has no time or location allocated to it. Students enrolling in the Lecture can attend the live lecture if space permits.