General Criminal Law Course
Master core criminal law principles including mens rea, causation, defenses, offense typologies, and sentencing in civil law systems. Develop skills for sharp legal analysis, persuasive arguments, and confident application in real cases and courtroom practice.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This General Criminal Law Course equips you with practical tools to analyze offenses, intent, causation, and defenses. Learn to classify conduct, apply legality and proof standards, structure reasoning, and craft persuasive, ethical arguments and sentencing proposals for reliable case assessments and memos.
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Develop skills
- Apply mens rea and causation tests to complex criminal liability scenarios.
- Draft clear IRAC-style criminal law memos with precise offense qualification.
- Build persuasive sentencing proposals using aggravating and mitigating factors.
- Analyze defenses, excuses, and partial justifications in civil law systems.
- Classify offenses and penalties using core civil law criminal law principles.
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