2001-2002
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Law Courses
Not all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for 2001-2002, please consult the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule booklet published in the summer.
First-Year Seminar 01.152
Selected Topics in Legal Studies
Selected topics in legal studies. For 2001-02, the topic for Section A is Law and Cyberspace. The topic for Section B is Law and Literature. The topic for Section D is Governance and the Rule of Law. A fourth topic may be offered and will be announced in advance of the registration period. Limited enrolment.
Prerequisite: Normally restricted to students entering the First year of a B.A. program.
Seminar three hours a week.
Law 51.100
Introduction to Legal Studies
Concepts, sources, nature and function of law; law and social change; historical and constitutional foundations of the Canadian legal system; common and civil law traditions; statutory interpretation and precedent; legal institutions; the role of judges, lawyers and lay persons; accessibility; alternative dispute resolution.
Lectures two hours a week and group workshops one hour every second week.
Law 51.203
Introduction to Private Law Relationships
Origins and scope of modern private law relationships; values espoused by legal personality, property and obligations arising from contracts, torts and the law of restitution will be studied; interaction of private law categories; role of the state in ordering private relations.
Prerequisite: Law 51.100.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.204
An Introduction to Criminal Law in Context
Canadian criminal process; nature and purpose of criminal law; criminal acts distinguished from civil wrongs; origins and development of principles and procedures; categories of criminal conduct; role of enforcement agencies and courts; criminal correction; relationship between criminal activity and deviant behavior.
Prerequisite: Law 51.100.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.205
Introduction to Public Law
Law relating to the state and its relationship to other legal persons; basic principles of constitutional law, administrative law and selected areas; special features and problems of public law; implications of the expanded new role of modern governments; legal and alternative processes.
Prerequisite: Law 51.100 or Political Science 47.101* and 47.102*, or 47.100.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.215*
Law, Social Justice and Human Rights
Theories and practices of law and social justice. Issues examined may include: civil democracy and repression; global governance and the rule of law; democratic movements and social power; human rights instruments, regimes and remedies; armed conflict; and humanitarian intervention.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
Law 51.300*
The Legal Process
Advanced topics in the legal process such as the nature and function of law, dispute resolution and law-making.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.301*
Women and the Legal Process
How the legal process has affected the status of women. Areas of concentration within the Canadian context include the criminal law, citizenship and immigration, education, employment, and welfare and social services.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.303*
Contracts
The enforcement of promises and agreements; basic doctrines and underlying principles of the law of contract are studied from formation of the contract to remedies for breach of contract; role of contract for economic and social purposes is also considered.
Prerequisite: Law 51.203.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.305*
Law and Regulation
Definitions and goals of regulation; contemporary theories and debates about legal and non-legal approaches to regulation. Approaches studied may include market mechanisms, public agency regulation, self-regulation and governance in co-operation with associations in civil society.
Prerequisite: Law 51.203 or 51.205.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.306*
Mediation
Theory and practice of mediation; historical roots and influences; contrasts with formal litigation and other dispute resolution processes; issues of social and legal control; critiques, including feminist, Marxist and critical race theory; issues of power, gender, race and class; application to contemporary issues and disputes.
Prerequisites: Law 51.100 and one of 51.203, 51.204, 51.205 or Business 42.261*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.311*
Philosophy of Law: The Nature of Law
The concept of law, leading theories of law and related concepts such as rules and obligations, power and authority, coercion, and justice. (Also listed as Philosophy 32.311*.)
Prerequisite: Third-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.312*
Philosophy of Law: The Logic of the Law
The nature of legal reasoning and concepts particularly used in the course of legal reasoning such as rights and duties, ownership and possession, liability and punishment. (Also listed as Philosophy 32.312*.)
Prerequisite: Third-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.315*
Theory of Law and Politics
Theories of law and politics; prominent thinkers and schools of thought; influence on legal and political institutions. Topics include law and ethics, justice and equity, positivism and natural law, state absolutism, codifications, and anthropological and historical theories of law and society.
Precludes additional credit for Law 51.315.
Prerequisites: Law 51.100 and one of 51.203, 51.204, 51.205, 51.215* or Political Science 47.100 and 47.230.
Law 51.316*
Sociology of Law
Development of law in the context of modernity, the West and capitalism. Writings on law by Durkheim, Weber and Marx; their influence on the development of the sociology of law. (Also listed as Sociology 53.381*.)
Prerequisite: One of Law 51.203, 51.204, or 51.205.
Law 51.321*
The Legal Framework of Business Enterprises
Forms of carrying on business activity: proprietorships, partnerships, corporations and Crown entities. The rights and obligations of such business enterprises both internally and in relation with other persons. The relationship between legal form and economic function. The role of state intervention.
Prerequisite: Law 51.203.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.322*
Information Technology Law and Intellectual Property
Critical assessment of copyright, patents, trademarks, trade secrets and other forms of intellectual property; regulation and governance of information technology including self-regulation, standard setting, licencing, competition policy and international dimensions.
Prerequisite: One of Law 51.203 or 51.205
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.323*
The Legal Nature of Property
An examination of the nature and functions of property as a legal and social institution, with particular reference to theories of property, the scope of property interests, and the relationship between individual property rights and the state.
Prerequisite: Law 51.203.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.325*
Consumer Law
Need for consumer protection in the provision of goods and services; traditional legal protection by statute and common law; legislative responses to consumer pressures; judicial response in recent Canadian, English and American law; reform of consumer law.
Prerequisite: Law 51.203 or Business 42.262*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.326*
Banking Law
The law relating to banks and banking; the nature of the legal relationship created; legal rights and duties of the parties involved. Consumer and corporate aspects of banking (including computerization and electronic funds transfers); regulations of banking.
Prerequisite: Law 51.203 or Business 42.262*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.327*
International Economic Law: Trade and Investment
Topics may include: the international sale of goods, finance of transnational transactions, international carriage of goods, insurance, agency and trading houses; other forms of trade, e.g., counter-trade, foreign investment; settlement of international disputes by litigation and arbitration.
Prerequisite: Law 51.203 or Business 42.262*.
Law 51.328*
International Economic Law: International Regulation
International regulation of trade and investment through bilateral, regional and multilateral treaties and agreements. Topics may include: WTO, NAFTA, the EU, UNCTAD, intergovernmental commodity agreements, dispute settlement.
Prerequisite: Law 51.203 or 51.205.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.333*
Injury, Compensation and the Law
Problems of injury compensation; legal responses in their economic, historical, comparative, philosophical or sociological contexts; definitions of personal injury; objectives and effectiveness of legal intervention; forms of compensation; relation between private law and state regulation.
Prerequisite: Law 51.203.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.335*
Law, Crime and Society in Historical Perspective
The history of the relationship between the criminal law system and society. Changing issues in the criminal law and the nature of institutional responses, covering medieval to early nineteenth-century England and nineteenth to early twentieth-century Canada.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.336*
Criminal Law: Process and Politics
Criminal law process in Canada; structure and use of the process examined for fairness, defects, and possible reform initiatives. Issues concerning gender, race and class bias in the implementation and application of the criminal law.
Prerequisite: Law 51.204.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.337*
Young Offenders and the Law
A review of the Young Offenders Act within the framework of the Canadian justice system, with particular emphasis on historical and philosophical developments and objectives. Current topics include: constitutional issues, procedure, confessions, transfers, sentencing options, alternative measures, reviews, and possible amendments.
Prerequisite: Law 51.204.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.341*
Employment Law
Legal regulation of the employment relationship; its contractual basis; defining employment; rights and duties of employees and employers; termination of employment; statutory regulation through employment standards legislation, human rights codes, workers' compensation acts, occupational health and safety and related statutes.
Prerequisite: Law 51.203, or 51.205, or Business 42.261*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.342*
Landlord and Tenant Relations
An examination of the landlord and tenant relationship in Ontario, focusing on the rights and duties under common law and statute, the distinction between residential and commercial tenancies, recent regulation of residential tenancies, and implications of rent control and security of tenure for housing policy.
Prerequisite: Law 51.203.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.345*
Labour Law
Role of law in industrial relations; effect of law on collective bargaining relationships; recognition of bargaining agent; regulation of bargaining; administration of the collective agreement; methods of conflict resolution.
Prerequisite: Law 51.200 or 51.203 or 51.205. Permission may be given to students in Business or Directed Interdisciplinary Studies who have completed Law 51.231* or Business 42.261*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.348*
Legal Aspects of Sport
Legal regulation of sporting activities in Canada. Subjects include constitutional power to regulate sport, government involvement in sports administration, sports violence, civil liability for sports injuries, sex discrimination, professional and intercollegiate leagues, player employment contracts, disciplinary proceedings.
Prerequisite: Law 51.203 or 51.205.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.350*
Constitutional Law
An investigation of the Canadian constitution. Sovereignty, the nature and units of executive, legislative, and judicial power in Canada as interpreted by the courts. The distribution of powers under the Canadian constitution including an investigation of contemporary problems of federalism. Problems of judicial review.
Prerequisite: Law 51.205 or a Political Science course in Canadian government.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.351*
Law in the Information Society
Legal responses to challenges of the information society. Topics may include privacy, surveillance and monitoring, access to information, freedom of expression, control of objectionable content, Charter and human rights issues, and security.Prerequisite: One of Law 51.203, or 51.204, or 51.205 or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.352*
Telecommunications Regulation
The law regulating Canadian broadcasting and communications industries. Focus on the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission. Topics may include: administrative formulation of policy, ownership rules, program content and quality, access to the media, cablevision licensing and control, alternative sanctions. (Also listed as Journalism 28.352* and Mass Communication 27.352*.)
Prerequisite: One of Law 51.203, 51.204 or 51.205; or 1.0 credit at the 200-level in Journalism or Mass Communication.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.353*
Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law
Human rights issues and law in Canada; history and present day experiences of discrimination; critical exploration of law's effectiveness in responding to discrimination; meaning(s) of equality and discrimination; focus on Human Rights Codes - interpretation, administration, enforcement - some reference to s.15 of the Charter.
Precludes additional credit for Law 51.353.
Prerequisite: Law 51.204 or 51.205.
Lectures and seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.354*
Law and Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
The legal situation of aboriginal peoples in Canada. Topics include status, aboriginal rights, treaties, legislative jurisdiction and the constitutional framework, aboriginal claims, and self-government. Comparative references to aboriginal policy in other countries.
Prerequisite: Law 51.205 or 51.353* or 51.353, or 51.359*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.356*
Administrative Law
Structure and procedure of Canadian administrative authorities; policy, statutory and judicial environments in which they operate. Topics include: techniques for implementing public policy and structuring public authorities; statutory interpretation; procedural safeguards; exercise of statutory discretion; reconciling efficiency and fairness.
Prerequisites: One of Law 51.205, 51.305*, or 51.352* (Journalism 28.352*, Mass Communication 27.352*), or Political Science 47.200.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.357*
Music, the Law and Morality
An introduction to the relationships that have developed between music, the law and moral issues. Special attention will be paid to issues of copyright infringement, censorship, obscenity, and to the phenomenon of moral panics. (Also listed as Music 30.344*).
Prerequisite: Second-year standing
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.358*
Health Law
Legal/ethical issues in health care regulation. Topics may include: regulation of health professions; economics of health care; informed consent/choice; regulation of drugs, devices and research; medical malpractice and other liability; mental health issues; patient/client records.
Precludes additional credit for Law 51.355* and 51.493* B (if taken in 1994-95 or 1995-96).
Prerequisite: Law 51.203, 51.204, or 51.205.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.359*
The Charter of Rights: Selected Topics
Selected issues in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The topics of this course may vary from year to year, and are announced in advance of registration.
Precludes additional credit for Law 51.353.
Prerequisite: Law 51.204 or 51.205.
Lectures and seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.363*
Public International Law
Examination of the role of law in contemporary international relations. Nature, history and sources of international law; international personality of states; the status of international organizations and individuals; creation and effect of international obligations; importance and functions of law in the settlement of international disputes.
Precludes additional credit for Law 51.363.
Prerequisite: Law 51.100 or 51.205, or Public Affairs and Policy Management 58.100 or a Political Science or History course in international relations.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.364*
The Law of International Organizations
Nature, character, legal status and jurisdiction of intergovernmental international organizations. Rights and duties of states arising from membership in international organizations. Distinction between international and supra-national institutions. United Nations system, selected subsidiary organs, and specialized agencies; non-governmental organizations at times of crisis.
Precludes additional credit for Law 51.460*.
Prerequisite: Law 51.363* or 51.363.
Law 51.380*
Law of Environmental Quality
Various aspects of environmental law; pollution control, legal actions and remedies; legal foundations for participation in decision-making processes. Social, economic and political forces influencing the formulation and implementation of environmental law. Alternative forms of regulation that may articulate different demands.
Prerequisite: Law 51.203, 51.204 or 51.205.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.384*
Law of the Family
Legal framework surrounding the family and family relationships in Canadian society. Topics include marriage and cohabitation, matrimonial support, custody and access, and dissolution of marriage. State interventions through law; law and change in family structures; equality issues; dispute resolution processes. (Also listed as Social Work 52.384*)
Precludes additional credit for Law 51.384.
Prerequisite: Law 51.203.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.393*
Selected Legal Topics
The topics of this course may vary from year to year, and are announced in advance of registration.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.394*
Selected Legal Topics
The topics of this course may vary from year to year, and are announced in advance of registration.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.397*
Legal Research Methods
Basic methods in the design and execution of research projects in law in a social science context. Research principles; theoretical approaches; law-related materials and research procedures. Computer-assisted legal research; problem solving, bibliographic and citation skills.
Prerequisites: Any two of Law 51.203, 51.204, or 51.205 and Honours standing.
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.401*
Law, Family and Gender
Relationship between family law and ideology of the family, gender roles and the reproduction of family structures. Social ramifications of family law; potential for family law reform as an agency of social change.
Prerequisites: Law 51.301* or 51.384 and Fourth-year Honours standing.
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.402*
Feminist Theories of Law
The literature comprising feminist perspectives on law; theoretical bases of these perspectives; place of feminist theories within other critiques of law; significance of different feminist theories for equality theory and law reform strategies; unique contributions of the various perspectives.
Prerequisite: Law 51.301* or Fourth-year Honours standing.
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.406*
Religion and the State in Canada
Legal nature of the interaction of religion and state within an historical framework. Emphasis on Canada after the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and on religious pluralism and resistance to state intervention in religion. Interdisciplinary readings drawn from legal, historical and theological sources.
Prerequisite: Law 51.100.
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.410*
Modern Legal Theory
Realist and post-realist legal scholarship; emphasis on Canadian, American and British approaches. Topics include the Canadian treatise tradition, American legal realism, empirical approaches to legal problems, the sociological movement in law, critical and Canadian feminist legal scholarship, Marxian theories of law, normative economic theory.
Prerequisites: Any two of Law 51.203, 51.204, or 51.205.
Law 51.411*
Contemporary Theories of Justice
Selected major contemporary theories of justice such as those associated with Rawls, Walzer, and Habermas, with emphasis on both their procedural and substantive elements and their concrete ramifications for law, policy and political practice.
Precludes additional credit for Law 51.494A* (if taken between 1995-96, and 1997-98).
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing.
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.412*
Contemporary Controversies in Rights Theory
Selected controversies in rights theories and practices. Illustrative questions may include: Are human rights culturally relative? Can rights be justified after the demise of natural rights philosophy? Do rights undermine "difference"? Do communities benefit from a rights-based culture? Are "rights" forms of governance?
Precludes additional credit for Law 51.353.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing.
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.413*
Special Topic in the Philosophy of Law
Detailed study of a special topic in philosophy of law. (Also listed as Philosophy 32.447*)
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Law or Philosophy Honours program or permission of either Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Law 51.414*
Special Topic in the Philosophy of Law
Detailed study of a special topic in philosophy of law. (Also listed as Philosophy 32.448*)
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Law or Philosophy Honours program or permission of either Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Law 51.417*
Law in Modern Society
Sociological and legal theory accounts of the changing role and function of law in modern society with particular reference to advanced capitalist societies. Topics include: the welfare state and the use of regulatory law; juridification and legalisation; counter-trends, deregulation, informalism, legal pluralism. (Also listed as Sociology 53.433*.)
Prerequisite: Law 51.311*, 51.315* 51.315, 51.316*, or Sociology 53.381*.
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.420*
Advanced International Economic Law
Selected topics in international economic law. May include: the legal regulation of international economic activity; methods of dispute settlement; standardization and development of an autonomous international trade law; and selected conventions and institutions governing international economic law.
Prerequisite: Law 51.327* or 51.328*
Seminar three hours a week.
Law 51.422*
Legal Accountability of Management
Role, function, and legal regulation of persons managing business enterprises. Status, social responsibility, fiduciary obligations and rights. Control and accountability of managers, obligations owed to the enterprise unit itself, constitutional rights of members, standards imposed by statutory regulation.
Prerequisite: Law 51.321*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.428*
Field Placement in Business Law
Field placement in an approved business organization or environment. Evaluation consists of assessment by employer and student report graded by the departmental placement supervisor interpreting theoretical and practical experiences in business law.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing; registration in the Concentration in Business Law; and permission of the Department.
Field placement one day a week.
Law 51.429*
Advanced Topics in Business Law
Examination of a selected advanced topic in business law. The topics of this course may vary from year to year and are announced in advance of registration.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing or permission of the Department.
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.432*
Legal Regulation of Corporate Crime
Legal, policy and theoretical perspectives on the regulation of corporate crime. Nature and causes of corporate crime. Selected case studies on the role of the state in regulating corporate behaviour. Failure of the criminal justice system to respond to corporate crime.
Prerequisites: Law 51.204 and one of Law 51.305*, 51.321* or 51.380*.
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.435*
Criminal Justice Reform: Theory and Practice
Social transformation and criminal justice reform. Theoretical and practical reasons for the use of criminal law as an instrument of social control. Specific reform initiatives and processes. Alternate responses to social problems.
Prerequisites: Law 51.204 or 51.234 and Fourth-year Honours standing.
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.436*
Contemporary Issues in Criminal Law
Selected issues and problems in the area of criminal law. The topics may vary from year to year depending on demand and interest and are announced in advance of registration.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing.
Law 51.437*
Legal Medical Issues in Criminal Law
Legal-medical issues, conflicts and relationships in the field of social control. Topics include mental disorder and criminal liability, diversion of offenders to civil commitment in hospital, insanity, automatism, fitness to stand trial, prediction of dangerousness, regulation of psychoactive drugs.
Prerequisites: Law 51.204 and Fourth-year Honours standing.
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.438*
Sentencing: Theories and Practice
Theories of sentencing, current sentencing laws and practices, perceptions of sentencing. Data on sentencing practice across Canada. Reforms in other jurisdictions. Critical review of the Canadian Sentencing Commission. Multidisciplinary approach using research and theory in law, criminology, social psychology and sociology.
Prerequisites: Law 51.204 and Fourth-year Honours standing. This course may not be taken by students who have completed the course as a special topics course.
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.439*
Criminal Proceedings and Dissent: Political Offences and National Security Measures
Historical and contemporary analysis of legal responses of Canadian governments to dissent, political opposition, insurrection, etc. Includes trial of political offences (treason, sedition, riot), national security measures (War Measures/Emergencies Act, Official Secrets Act), and other special powers (police, labour, immigration, parliamentary privilege, etc.)
Precludes additional credit for Law 51.436* (if taken in 1990-91).
Prerequisites: Fourth-year Honours standing, Law 51.353* or Law 51.359* or Law 51.335*.
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.442*
Employment Dispute Resolution
Theory and practice of dispute resolution in employment relations; analysis of such techniques as negotiation, grievance and interest arbitration, mediation, investigation and litigation applied to a range of employment disputes such as collective agreements, termination of employment, discrimination, harassment, occupational health and safety, etc.
Precludes additional credit for Law 51.440*.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year Honours standing and one of Law 51.306* or 51.341* or 51.345*, or Business 42.262* and 42.317*.
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.451*
Selected Problems in Comparative Constitutional Law
The topics of this course may vary from year to year. Topics may include comparative federalism, comparative study of civil liberties and human rights, comparative bases and theories of judicial review in their social, political, economic or historical contexts.
Prerequisite: Law 51.350*.
Law 51.454*
Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian Criminal Legal System
Aboriginal peoples and the administration of Canadian criminal justice including policing, courts, corrections and aftercare. Content and effects of past and present policies, processes and laws. Alternatives such as self-government and self-determination; potential approaches to an appropriate justice system for Aboriginal peoples.
Precludes additional credit for Law 51.436*B (if taken in 1992-94).
Prerequisites: Law 51.204 and Fourth-year Honours standing.
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.457*
Administrative Law and Control
An examination of characteristics and selected problems of control of administrative action. Topics include: varieties of traditional and constitutional, legal and judicial control, impact of the Charter, reforms to administrative law control systems in Canada, and comparisons with developments outside Canada. Also offered at the graduate level, with additional or different requirements, as Public Administration 50.537, for which additional credit is precluded.
Prerequisites: Law 51.205 or 51.305* or 51.356* or Public Administration 50.536.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.459
Internship in Law, Policy and Government
A one-term, full-time work placement in a government department or governmental or non-governmental organization. Evaluation will be based on a written project report related to the work completed during the Internship and on an assessment from the employer.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing; and registration in the Internship Option of the Concentration in Law, Policy and Government.
Internship 35 hours a week.
Law 51.464*
Legal Aspects of the International Protection of Human Rights
The developing international law relating to the protection of human rights. General concepts, rules and institutions. Specific issues include self-determination, aboriginal rights, the refugee problem, and torture. The inherent problems and overall potential of international law.
Prerequisite: Law 51.215*, 51.353*, 51.353, 51.359*, 51.363*, or 51.363
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.465*
Contemporary Issues in Public International Law
Topics vary from year to year and are announced in advance. May include transnational environmental issues; the international law of armed conflict, peacekeeping and neutrality; the law of international treaties and transnational agreements; state responsibility under international law.
Prerequisite: Law 51.363* or 51.363
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.467*
Immigration and Refugee Law
Immigrants and refugees; demographics; Canadian, international and human rights law and policy. The Canadian Immigration Act. Legal and social problems including entry and removal, family reunion, citizenship, remedies, the rights of clandestine migrants; settlement rights; non-discrimination; asylum; a nation's right to determine membership.
Prerequisite: Law 51.205.
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.471*
Special Topic in Criminal Justice and Social Policy
Examination of a selected topic in criminal justice and social policy. Topics to be announced well in advance of registration each year. This course is part of the Summer School in Criminal Justice and Social Policy and is offered by the Department of Law. (Also listed as Social Work 52.471* and Sociology 53.471*.)
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing or permission of the Department.
Law 51.472*
Special Topic in Criminal Justice and Social Policy
Examination of a selected topic in criminal justice and social policy. Topics to be announced well in advance of registration each year. This course is part of the Summer School in Criminal Justice and Social Policy and is offered by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. (Also listed as Social Work 52.472* and Sociology 53.472*.)
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing or permission of the Department.
Law 51.473*
Special Topic in Criminal Justice and Social Policy
Examination of a selected topic in criminal justice and social policy. Topics to be announced well in advance of registration each year. This course is part of the Summer School in Criminal Justice and Social Policy and is offered by the School of Social Work. (Also listed as Social Work 52.473*and Sociology 53.473*)
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing or permission of the Department.
Law 51.480*
Environmental Regulation and Social Justice
The potential of environmental law to protect the environment and people while promoting opportunities for informed participation in environmental decision making by groups traditionally
excluded from these processes; contemporary issues of social justice raised by legal regulation of the environment.
Precludes additional credit for Law 51.494C* (if taken between 1995-96, and 1997-98.).
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing.
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.481*
Risk and the Legal Process
Application of risk assessment and management in various legal arenas including insurance, liability and tort, litigation management, environmental protection, and sentencing and parole.
Precludes additional credit for Law 51.493C* (if taken in 1996-97 or 1997-98.).
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing.
Seminars three hours a week.
Law 51.486*
The Civilist Tradition
Study of several European legal systems based on Roman law. Development of Roman law, including Justinians corpus juris civilis. Reception of Roman law by various European legal systems. Comparative analysis of selected articles of the French, Austrian and German codes.
Prerequisites: Law 51.100 (or its equivalent) and another Law course or a Classics course.
Lectures three hours a week.
Law 51.490
Directed Studies
A reading or research course for selected students who wish to investigate a particular topic of interest. Available to Third- and Fourth-year students only.
Prerequisites: Written acceptance by a faculty adviser and permission of the Department.
Law 51.491*
Tutorial in Law
Members of the Department are prepared to give reading courses in selected fields. Students are encouraged to enquire from individual instructors or the Supervisor of Honours in what fields such reading courses are available.
Prerequisites: Written acceptance by a faculty member and permission of the Department.
Law 51.492*
Tutorial in Law
Members of the Department are prepared to give reading courses in selected fields. Students are encouraged to enquire from individual instructors or the Supervisor of Honours in what fields such reading courses are available.
Prerequisites: Written acceptance by a faculty member and permission of the Department.
Law 51.493*
Advanced Legal Topics
The topics of this course may vary from year to year, and are announced in advance of registration.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing.
Law 51.494*
Advanced Legal Topics
The topics of this course may vary from year to year and are announced well in advance of the period of registration.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing.
Graduate Courses Open to Undergraduate Students
Some graduate courses may also be open to interested Fourth-year students with permission of the Department.
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