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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:3 / 4.5
Course supervisor:Jānis Baumanis
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Person and Property Defence
Study course descriptionFull description
Branch of science:Law; Criminal Rights

Objective

Acquire knowledge of the procedures and conditions for the application of criminal law provisions in criminal procedure. Raise awareness of criminal procedural relations with a particular focus on the stage of pre-trial criminal action - investigation.

Tasks:
1. Acquaint students with the basic principles of the Criminal Procedure Law; 2. Gain an idea of the participants of the criminal procedure and their rights and obligations; 3. Acquire understanding of the types of criminal procedure, progress of criminal action in its separate stages and the correct application of criminal procedure law provisions.

Prerequisites

It is required to complete the study courses: Theory of Law, Criminal Law.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Of Criminal Procedure Law as a sub-branch of the juridical science; of the concept of fair regulation of criminal legal relations; of the criminal process participants and stages; of evidence and proving in criminal procedure; of the legal aspects of the use of coercive measures; of the Criminal Procedure Law as a sub-branch of the juridical science, its subject and research methods.

Skills

Analyse, critically evaluate and interpret the legal provisions of the criminal procedure law; conduct procedural actions and formulate them correctly; evaluate specific situations and take the right procedural decisions; evaluate the evidence and establish the limits of proof in the particular process.

Competence

Evaluate specific situations and take the right procedural decisions; evaluate the evidence and establish the limits of proof in the particular process; conduct investigation in the criminal procedure; choose the most appropriate type of the process; ensure a fair resolution of criminal legal relations in the criminal procedure.