Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Course
Master the full scope of criminal law and criminal procedure, from foundational doctrine to courtroom strategy. This course covers every stage of the criminal process, including constitutional rights, offence elements, defences, and sentencing. Whether you are preparing for the bar exam or sharpening your litigation skills, this is the most comprehensive criminal law resource available.
from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
You will build a complete understanding of how criminal law is structured, interpreted, and applied in South African courts. The course covers the elements of every major offence category, from homicide and theft to white-collar crime and cybercrime. You will learn how constitutional protections govern police conduct, interrogations, and trial proceedings. Defences including private defence, mental illness (pathological criminal incapacity), entrapment, and mistake of fact are analysed in depth. You will also study pre-trial motions, plea bargaining, sentencing guidelines, and post-conviction remedies. Professional responsibility rules for prosecutors, defence attorneys, and judicial officers are addressed throughout.
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Develop skills
- Constitutional Rights Analysis: Identify Bill of Rights violations in criminal cases.
- Criminal Defence Strategy: Evaluate justification and excuse defences to predict litigation outcomes accurately.
- Offence Element Breakdown: Deconstruct any criminal charge into actus reus, mens rea, and causation.
- Criminal Procedure Navigation: Manage a case from arrest through sentencing using procedural doctrine.
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