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| 1411-7168-01 | Sex Offences | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FACULTY OF LAW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 3.0
Course description
Sex Offences – Dr. Amit Pundik
This course on sex offences deals with some of its fundamental questions. Among the questions discussed are: why consent is so important (rather than the will, for instance)? What renders consent invalid (coercion vs deception)? How lack of consent ought to be proven in court (in particular, should a complainant be examined on her previous sexual history)? What is the required mens rea in sexual offences (and in particular, can one rape negligently)? Should the accused’s past behaviour be admissible evidence to prove his guilt (for instance, previous convictions of paedophilia-related offences)? Are sexual offences a special kind of offence (as in Israel) or are they just a type of assault on the person (as in Canada, where no offence is named “rape”)?
Parallel to discussing these questions, the course also seeks to equip students with basic skills of academic writing. A Particular emphasis is placed on managing the research, defining the research question, and understanding the differences between academic and other types of writing.