KRIM4951 - Comparative Justice
Course content
The course provides a historical and sociological overview of the major legal traditions and criminal justice systems of the world.
Learning outcome
By analyzing similarities and variations between contemporary legal (both criminal and non-criminal) systems, the course aims to provide students with comparative knowledge that might enable them to make more appropriate empirical and normative assessments of the legal system in their own country.
Admission
Students at UiO must apply for courses in StudentWeb.
International applicants, if you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
The examination in this course is not available for external candidates. Only students admitted to the course may sit for the examination.
Prerequisites
Formal prerequisite knowledge
Id does not exist in shared text No obligatory prerequisites beyond the minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway.Overlapping courses
10 credits overlap with KRIM2951 - Comparative Justice.Teaching
Lectures
Access to teaching
A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.
Examination
Students are graded on the basis of a 7-day take-home exam.
Size: Maximum 4000 words (roughly 10 pages). Front page, contents page (optional) and bibliography are not included. If footnotes are used in the text (at the bottom of each page), they are included in the 4000 word limit.
The essays shall be handed in at the Information Centre at the Faculty of law in Domus Academica, Karl Johansgate 47 Bring two copies of your essay, remember to also bring your student card or some other kind of ID. The paper shall also be submitted in Fronter
Any exam at the University of Oslo may be checked for both correct word count and incidents of cheating. The text recognition software Ephorus will be used to find cases of plagiarism.
Examination support material
Id does not exist in shared textLanguage of examination
Id does not exist in shared textThe examination question will be given in English, and students
may answer in English or Scandinavian (Norwegian, Swedish or Danish).
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Explanations and appeals
You may request an explanation of your grades, and you may also appeal against your grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals.
Resit an examination
You can usually resit an exam, but the conditions depend on whether you had a valid reason for absence from the regular exam. Read more about resitting an exam.
Withdrawal from an examination
A student may sit this exam up to 3 times. If a student wishes to withdraw from the exam, s/he must do so in StudentWeb at least two weeks prior to the first day of the exam. Failure to do so will be counted as one of the three opportunities to sit the exam.
Special examination arrangements
If you have a disability or a health problem that entails significant inconvenience in an examination situation, you may be considered for special examination arrangements. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.
Evaluation
Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, periodic evaluation of this course.