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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor) and 2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
law
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Miriam Gur-Arye
Coordinator Office Hours:
Monday 1430-1530
Teaching Staff:
Prof Miri Gur-Arye
Course/Module description:
Iמtimes of crisis- such as a security crisis due to terrorists attacks or a perceived threat due to a moral panic - there is a tendency to turn to the criminal law. New criminal Bills are being proposed, punishments are aggravated, and the case law might deviate from general principles of criminal liability in order to cope with the crisis.
Course/Module aims:
To identify the crisis that originated a response through the criminal justice system and to evaluate those responses.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
To identify crisis that the criminal justice system responses to.
To analyse the criminal justice systems to crisis.
The critically evaluate new Bills
To evaluate punsihment
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
discussion,presenting papers and personal tutorials
Course/Module Content:
I. Moral Panic
II. Social Trauma - The reaction to the assassination of Prime Minster Rabin: Criminal Bans on Speech
III. Reactions to Terror - Torture
IV. Political Environment - Conscientious Objection
V. Burglary as a "National Disaster" - The Special Defense on Homes and Farms
VI. Political Corruption - the offence of Breach of Trust
Required Reading:
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 10 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 90 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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