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Nottingham LLB Law ยท Year 1

Nottingham Criminal Law

Criminal Law is a Year 1 module on the University of Nottingham LLB Law. The principles of criminal responsibility โ€” the conduct and mental states the law punishes, the major offences, and the defences that excuse or justify.

What Criminal Law covers

  • Actus reus and mens rea
  • Murder and manslaughter
  • Non-fatal offences against the person
  • Theft, fraud and property offences
  • General and partial defences
  • Inchoate offences and participation

How to revise Criminal Law at Nottingham

Start from the leading cases โ€” every criminal law answer turns on them. Brief each one (facts, issue, held, ratio), then practise applying it to past-paper questions under timed conditions. Our case library has a plain-English brief for each of the leading authorities. When you write a practice answer, run it through Quill for exam-grade feedback grounded in the case law, and cite everything with the free OSCOLA generator.

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