Please note: This subject had been discontinued and is no longer on offer.

Building on the foundation established in LLB 130 Criminal Law and Process A and LLB 180 Criminal Law and Process B, this subject will be an advanced examination of the workings of ‘summary justice’, particularly as it relates to the regulation of public space. It will have two inter-related foci:

i) the relationship between substantive offences, on-the-spot fines and the practices of police, council rangers and other enforcement officers in relation to the regulation of public spaces (eg move along powers, offensive conduct/language, public drinking and intoxication, street art, busking, homelessness, begging, protests, bike-riding, skateboarding and other public space recreational activities).

ii) the criminal jurisdiction of the Local Court of NSW and the expanding usage of penalty notices for criminal offences.