HD (90%)- 2nd in course 2025 - Crime & Criminal Process Summary Notes

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Detailed notes used to learn the course - came 2nd in the course in 2025 & scored 90% using these notes. Topics Covered: Class 1: Contextualising Criminal Law Class 2: Theories of Criminalisation: Contextual vs. Normative Class 3: General Principles; Legal Personhood; Burden of proof Class 4: Actus Reus Class 5: Mens Rea; Creating "facts" through interrogation Class 6: Strict Liability; Interpreting Statutory Offences: He Kaw Teh v The Queen (1985) 157 CLR 523 Class 7: Exercise of Police Discretion; Regulation of Police Powers; Safeguards and Accountability Class 8: Arrest; Reasonable Use of Force Class 9: Stop and Search Class 10: Two Tiers of Justice; So Help Me God Class 11: The Process as Punishment; Case Studies: Deaths in Police Custody and Bail 'Reform' Class 12: Application of the Bail Act 2013 (NSW) Class 13: Technocratic Justice; Case Studies: Covid Fines & Drug Possession Class 14: (In)visibility of Pre-Trial Process Class 15: Miscarriages of Justice; Saving Andrew Mallard Class 16: Regulating Public Space; Offensiveness Class 17: NSW Drug Offences Class 18: Revision