ABSTRACT
This chapter will look at how simulation, based on a set of well-known criminal trials, can be used as an effective educational tool on a law degree programme. I begin with Kafka’s The Trial.1 An exercise based on the ‘legal’ proceedings in the book can be conducted to aid learning about the concept of due process. The material is of relevance to both civil and common law jurisdictions. To further illustrate the value of this methodology, I then go on to utilize extracts from the three other trials – of the Chicago Seven, of Nelson Mandela and more recently of Saddam Hussein – to teach about the role of lawyers, judges and the accused in the criminal justice system.
