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LAW 122 Criminal Law II

ND1 levelLaw24 topics

LAW 122 covers 24 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Meaning of offence
  2. Offences against the person
  3. Offences against property
  4. Offences against the state
  5. Burden of proof
  6. General defences in criminal law
  7. Accident and mistake
  8. Self-defence and compulsion
  9. Insanity, intoxication and provocation
  10. Punishment in criminal law
  11. Types of punishment
  12. Theories of punishment
  13. Commencement of Proceedings in Civil Procedure
  14. Service of Process
  15. Proof of Service
  16. Appearance in Civil Procedure
  17. Motions and Legal Requests
  18. Interim and Interlocutory Injunctions
  19. Affidavits in Civil Procedure
  20. Summary Judgment Procedure
  21. Undefended List Procedure
  22. Pre-trial Conference and Trial
  23. Judgment and Enforcement of Judgment
  24. Appeals in Civil Procedure

A sample from this course

One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Meaning of offence

The meaning of an offence in Nigerian criminal law is defined by the convergence of the elements of actus reus, mens rea, and the legal sanction. Mastering these elements, their interrelation, and the distinction between offences that are absolute, conditional, or discretionary is essential for correctly identifying and classifying criminal conduct on the exam.

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