Comparative Criminal Law II

1. Compare and contrast criminal law principles across different jurisdictions.
2. Analyze the elements of specific offences, such as stealing, burglary, and fraud.
3. Evaluate the role of the judiciary and legal officers in the criminal justice system.
4. Understand the administration of juvenile justice and the treatment of young offenders.
5. Assess the impact of corruption on the administration of justice.

13 weeks, about 34 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1: Offences Against Property

   • Unit 1: Stealing · 2 hours

     Define stealing/theft as used by different criminal law jurisdictions.. Explain the ingredients of stealing as provided for in statutes varying from jurisdictions to jurisdictions.. Understand why some stolen properties are termed as an offence under some jurisdictions..

2. Week 2Module 1: Offences Against Property

   • Unit 2: Housebreaking · 2 hours

     Define or describe the act of housebreaking as it varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.. Differentiate the elements of house breaking from stealing..

3. Week 3Module 1: Offences Against Property

   • Unit 3: Burglary · 2 hours

     Explain the peculiarities of the offence of burglary as differ from housebreaking.. Explain the distinct punishment for burglary and the severity of the offence as in other jurisdictions..

4. Week 4Module 1: Offences Against Property

   • Unit 4: Obtaining Property by False Pretence · 2 hours

     Distinguish the offence of obtaining property by false pretence from stealing.. Understand the elements of the offence and appreciate why this offence is grievously dealt with under the law in the various jurisdiction.

5. Week 5Module 2: Offences Against the State and Public Order

   • Unit 1: Sedition · 2 hours

     Understand and define the offence of sedition as distinct from treason.. Explain how the offence amounts to curtailment of freedom of speech under the democratic rule..

6. Week 6Module 2: Offences Against the State and Public Order

   • Unit 2: Treason · 2 hours

     Explain the grounds for prosecution for the offence of treason and in each jurisdiction, know the time limitation for such prosecution..

7. Week 7Module 2: Offences Against the State and Public Order

   • Unit 3: Riot & Affray · 2 hours

     Explain the definitions given to each of the offences in this unit by the different statutes in the different jurisdictions of study.. Explain the differences in the offences, and the punishment allotted by law to these offences. Understand the gravity of these offence as different from jurisdiction to jurisdiction..

   • Unit 1: Definition of Corruption and Its Components · 2 hours

     Explain the offence of corruption and state how the different jurisdictions of study regulate the offence and the different levels of punishment prescribed by the different laws.. Understand the laws enacted by the different jurisdictions to combat the offence of corruption in the respective jurisdictions..

8. Week 8Module 3: Offences Against Administration of Justice

   • Unit 2: Abuse of Office by Public Officers · 2 hours

     Understand the offences that make up corruption in the jurisdictions under study.

9. Week 9Module 3: Offences Against Administration of Justice

   • Unit 3: Corruption Relating to Administration of Justice · 2 hours

     Define terms such as administration of justice, perversion of justice, perjury, corruption of witnesses, fabricating evidence and so on.. Understand what the different codes in relation to corruption in administration of justice..

10. Week 10Module 3: Offences Against Administration of Justice

    • Unit 4: Offences of Corruption Under the ICPC and EFCC in Nigeria and Related Agencies in Other Jurisdictions · 2 hours

      Explain the scope of the offences that are provided for in the other statutes outside the NCC AND THE NPC.. Identify more corruption practices in the Nigeria anti-corruption Acts as differ from other jurisdictions of study..

11. Week 11Module 4: Administration of Criminal Justice System

    • Unit 1: The Personnel of Criminal Justice System · 2 hours

      Identify and understand the judicial officers and their related functions in the jurisdictions..

    • Unit 2: The Court System · 2 hours

      Enumerate the different levels of court system in the related jurisdictions of study.. State the powers of the various courts as they function in their respective levels..

12. Week 12Module 4: Administration of Criminal Justice System

    • Unit 3: The Judiciary; The Judges and Magistrates · 2 hours

      State the roles of the judiciary as it applies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.. Explain other additional roles the judiciary could take up in some jurisdictions other than Nigeria..

    • Unit 4: Legal Officers Other Than the Judges and Magistrates · 2 hours

      Understand those that constitute non- judicial personnel of the court.. State the role of the legal practitioners, the police as they are part of the judicial system in some jurisdictions. The role of the attorney general should be well defined as judicial personnel in some jurisdictions..

13. Week 13Module 5: Juvenile Justice Administration

    • Unit 1: Administration of Juvenile Criminal Justice · 2 hours

      Identify who the law refers to as juveniles under the jurisdiction under study.. Discuss in details the administration of the juvenile criminal justices in reference to all applicable legislations as they vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction..

    • Unit 2: Juvenile Justice Court System/Welfare Courts Procedures · 2 hours

      Get an in-depth knowledge and ability in identifying the special group of children and young person.. Discuss the court procedures in juvenile criminal matters and the welfare courts, their duties and roles in juvenile matters.. Compare adult and juvenile justice court procedures in Nigeria and other jurisdictions of study..