HD NOTES - COMPREHENSIVE AND DETAILED FOR LAWS1021/JURD7221 (Crime & the Criminal Process)

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COMPREHENSIVE AND DETAILED HD NOTES FOR LAWS1021/JURD7221 (Crime & the Criminal Process) Straight to the point yet packed with depth, these notes helped me achieve a High Distinction in LAWS1021 and are designed to give you the clearest possible roadmap through one of UNSW Law’s most content-heavy second-year subjects. ALL WEEKS INCLUDED (Weeks 1–18) Every lecture, every theme, fully rewritten and consolidated. Topics Covered: • Class 1: Contextualising Criminal Law • Class 2: Theories of Criminalisation — Contextual vs Normative • Class 3: General Principles; Legal Personhood; Burden & Standard of Proof • Class 4: Actus Reus • Class 5: Mens Rea; Creating “Facts” Through Interrogation • Class 6: Strict Liability; Statutory Interpretation of Criminal Offences • Includes full case breakdown of He Kaw Teh v R (1985) 157 CLR 523 • Class 7: Exercise of Police Discretion; Regulating Police Powers • Class 8: Arrest; Reasonable Use of Force • Class 9: Stop & Search; Drug Detection Dogs • Class 10: McBarnet’s Two Tiers of Justice; “So Help Me God” • Class 11: The Process as Punishment; Deaths in Custody; Bail “Reform” • Class 12: Application of the Bail Act 2013 (NSW) • Class 13: Technocratic Justice; Covid Fines; Drug Possession • Class 14: (In)visibility of the Pre-Trial Process • Class 15: Miscarriages of Justice; Case Study: Andrew Mallard • Class 16: Regulating Public Space; Offensiveness • Class 17: NSW Drug Offences (DMTA) • Class 18: Full Course Revision Frameworks