CRW2601

General Principles of Criminal Law Resource Hub

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Module Syllabus Overview

This module introduces general criminal concepts such as intention, negligence, criminal capacity, unlawfullness as well as grounds of justification. After completing this module you will be familiar with all the gneral criminal concepts used in law.

This module has a multiple choice (MCQ) exam as well as two assessments. The two assessments combined have a marking weight of 20% and the exam carries 80% of the marks.

This module is at the NQF 6 level and is worth 12 credits.


At the end of this module you will understand the basics of:

  • Criminal capacity
  • Forms of intention
  • Negligence
  • Grounds of justification
  • Sane automatism
  • Insane automatism
  • unlawfullness
  • Culpability
  • Meaning of 'act'
  • Omissions

Interactive Examination Preparation

Do not risk walking into the exam season blind! Watch recordings from our previous exam prep sessions and use our mock exams to simulate what the real exam will be like, assess your current knowledge level and how well prepared you are for the exam.

CRW2601 Recordings

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CRW2601 Mock Exam

Consists of randomized questions covering core topic patterns from past semesters

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