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LEGL910
International Cooperation in Crime Prevention
(4 Credit Points)
The politics of international relations, regional
security and transnational crime and their historical
background. UN institutions including the proposed
International Criminal Court, different regional
institutions, anti-corruption mechanisms, whistleblowing,
transparency in governance and the role of civil
society.
LEGL911
International Criminal Law (4 Credit Points)
International law related to national extraterritorial
regulatory and enforcement jurisdiction, mutual
assistance and extradition, and international
crimes and tribunals. Includes an overview of
relevant international instruments such as the
UN Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
Treaty, the OECD Convention Bribery, the Draft
UN Convention against Transnational Organised
Crime, the Law of the Sea Convention, and bilateral
instruments such as extradition treaties and mutual
assistance treaties.
LEGL912
Comparative Criminal Justice (4 Credit Points)
Common Law, civil law and shari'a criminal justice
systems are compared with the objective of developing
an appreciation of different legal systems, cultures
and ethics. International criminal procedure is
examined including international policing cooperation.
LEGL913
Intelligence & Policy in the New Security
Environment (4 credit points)
In the post 9/11 world, the spotlight has fallen
on intelligence as a key factor in dealing with
transnational problems such as terrorism and transnational
crime. This course will provide an understanding
of intelligence, its purposes, its successes and
failures and its history. It will examine the
increasing intersection of law enforcement and
national security intelligence. It will describe
the intelligence cycle and some of the broad methodologies
of intelligence, particularly in the contexts
of the information revolution and globalisation.
It will examine methods for cooperating between
jurisdictions. And finally, it will consider ethical
issues surrounding intelligence, such as the intelligence-policy
relationship and issues related to privacy of
personal data.
LEGL920
Transnational Corporate Crime (4 Credit Points)
Fraud, money laundering, tax evasion and tax havens,
securities offences, corporate structures including
holding companies and subsidiaries, directors'
responsibilities. Case studies and examples provided
by relevant guest lecturers from government and
commerce.
LEGL921
Crime and Transnational Financial Transactions
(4 Credit Points)
The subject focuses on the implications of fraud
for the financial sector. It entails analysis
of fraudulent activity in financial transactions,
eg. letters of credit, credit cards, electronic
transfers, insurance, banking codes, and other
banking procedures, together with the rules governing
the disclosure of account holders and other forms
of government record tracing.
LEGL922
Financial Investigations Practice and Procedure
(4 Credit Points)
This subject focuses on the investigation of accounts
and other relevant financial information held
by financial organisations. It entails analysis
of financial and other account information, auditing
of accounts, and accountant and lawyer ethics
and responsibilities eg. in relation to confidentiality,
search warrants and subpoenas.
LEGL923
Crime and Information Technology Regulation (4
Credit Points)
The subject focuses on the implications of developments
in information technology for corporate and governmental
security. It entails analysis of E-commerce regimes,
theft of services and intellectual property and
information piracy, dissemination of offensive
materials, money laundering, vandalism, illegal
interception, fraud, mobility and location of
crime together with the rules governing the disclosure
of account holders by Internet Service Providers
(ISP) and forensic skills.
LEGL930
Legal Research and Writing (2 Credit Points)
The subject is intended to introduce students
to the particular characteristics of legal research
and writing relevant to the Master of Transnational
Crime Prevention (MTCP) program.
LEGL931
Computing and Statistical Skills (2 Credit Points)
The subject is intended to introduce students
to the application of information technology in
legal and financial work, including information
retrieval, litigation support, property (land)
transactions, company searches, court and office
management and the use of expert systems.
LEGL940
Transnational Organised Crime (8 Credit Points)
All students will undertake a common core module
on the analysis and structure of transnational
organised crime, including the sociology of the
development of such crime. Thereafter, students
will choose one case study on serious organised
crime to be selected from Terrorism, Banking Fraud,
Firearms Trafficking, Narcotics, People Trafficking,
Environmental Crime, Maritime Crime and Intellectual
Property Crimes. Examples and case studies will
be provided by relevant experts from Government
and Commerce.
LEGL950
Transnational Crime Prevention Research Project
(8 Credit Points)
Students will research and write a dissertation
of approximately 10,000 words, on a subject selected
by the student and approved by the subject coordinator.
The student should approach the topic from an
international and comparative law perspective
drawing together different threads of the Master
of Transnational Crime Prevention (MTCP) program
undertaken by the student in light of the student's
experience and background. Where appropriate,
assistance from external experts is encouraged.
LEGL951
Special Studies in Transnational Crime Prevention
and Investigation (8 Credit Points)
This subject permits the inclusion in the Master
of Transnational Crime Prevention (MTCP) program
of an in depth study of a particular aspect of
transnational crime prevention within the specialisation
of a visiting expert, which would otherwise not
be offered by the Faculty.
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