Law and Justice

An introduction to the basic concepts needed to undertake a critical study of law and the legal system. Topics include the nature and function of law, legal reasoning, the origins and fundamental principles of Canadian common and civil law systems and the relationship of law to other disciplines such as economics, history, philosophy and sociology. (lec 3) cr 6. Students may not retain credit for both JURI 1105 and JURI 1205.

This course provides an introduction to private law principles, focusing on the law as a facilitator and regulator of relationships between individuals, including contractual relationships, property relationships and personal injury claims, as well as the origins and functioning of the common law. PREREQ: JURI 1105 (minimum 60%) and completion of 30 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3. Students may not retain credit for both JURI 2106 and JURI 2206.

This course provides an introduction to the field of public law, examining areas such as constitutional law, administrative law, public international law and criminal law. PREREQ: JURI 1105 (minimum 60%) and completion of 30 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3. Students may not retain credit for both JURI 2107 and JURI 2206.

This course explores the central role that conflict plays in society, along with the wide variety of legal and quasi-legal disputing processes that have been devised to deal with it through time and across the cultures. PREREQ: JURI 1105 and completion of 30 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3.

This course examines the legal rights and duties of buyers, sellers, employers and employees in Canadian law. Topics include contracts, insurance, negotiable instruments, business forms, property and credit. PREREQ: JURI 1105 and completion of 30 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3. Cross-listed with COMM 4716, JURI 2306, MGMT-2006, ADMN 2306 and MGMT 4001. Students may not retain credit for JURI 2306, MGMT 2007, COMM 4716, ADMN 2306 and MGMT 4001. Students enrolled in the Faculty of Management may not take this course for credit within their program.

This course analyzes Canadian environmental law through a study of federal and provincial statutes, and jurisprudence. Topics include federal and provincial jurisdiction, the implications of the Charter, the interaction of federal and provincial statutes, the economic and political factors affecting the decision to prosecute for environmental infractions, and the adequacy of the current legal protection of the environment as reflected in cases applying environmental statutes. PREREQ: JURI 1105 and completion of 30 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3.

This course examines the nature of legal authority through a study of classical and contemporary jurisprudence. PREREQ: JURI 1105 and completion of 30 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3.

This course examines theories, forms and regulation of property. PREREQ: JURI 1105 and completion of 30 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3.

This course considers theoretical perspectives on the process of judicial decision making and its implications for the policy and law making role of judges. PREREQ: JURI 1105 and completion of 60 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3.

This course explores the historical development of the adversarial legal system from Norman times to the present. The common law is compared and contrasted with alternative legal systems, particularly the civil law. The ethical implications of the model of zealous advocacy are explored. Contemporary movements toward de-legalization through alternative dispute resolution are also introduced. PREREQ: JURI 1105 and completion of 60 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3.

This course examines the theoretical foundations of criminal responsibility, as well as basic criminal procedure. PREREQ: JURI 1105 and completion of 60 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3.

This course considers aspects of the criminal justice system as they affect both adult and young offenders. Topics may include Charter rights of accused and convicted persons, concepts of punishment, and goals of sentencing. PREREQ: JURI 1105 and completion of 60 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3. Students may not retain credit for both JURI 3216 and JURI 3306.

This course allows students to explore varying recent explanatory frameworks for, and applications of, theories of women's criminality in differing contexts. Emphasis is placed on fostering critical analyses of the interconnections among women's and girls' criminal actions, social relations, and responses by the police, prosecutorial, judicial, and correctional systems. PREREQ: JURI 1105 and completion of 60 university credits, or permission of the instructor. (lec 3) cr 3. Students may not retain credit for both JURI 3246 and JURI 4246.

This course focuses on the study of law in relation to modern western culture and cultural forms such as music, cyberspace and street art. Traditional concepts such as property, identity, privacy and jurisdiction have to be reconsidered and reconfigured in view of rapid transitions in social technologies and social change. The interdisciplinary study of existing and emerging socio-legal forms of everyday life reveals fertile new questions, considerations and concerns about identity, interaction, consumption, regulation and power. PREREQ: JURI 1105 and completion of 60 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3.

This course will look at the legal regulation of close adult personal relationships from an historical and theoretical perspective. PREREQ: JURI 1105 and completion of 60 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3. Students may not retain credit for both JURI 3506 and JURI 3505.

This course will look at how and why the law regulates parent-child relationships and the competing interests of parents, children and the state in such regulation. PREREQ: JURI 1105 and completion of 60 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3. Students may not retain credit for both JURI 3606 and JURI 3505.

This course considers the history of child protection law and policy in Ontario, including the ideological, social and economic factors, and people who have influenced its development. PREREQ: JURI 1105 and completion of 60 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3.

This course traces the evolution of employment and labour law in the context of the justification for modern labour legislation, industrial safety regulation and employment standards. The primary focus is the law of individual work or the Common Law work regime and the regulatory framework that impacts upon it, and how these are transformed by the law of industrial relations. PREREQ: JURI 1105 or LBST 1006/1007, and completion of 18 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3. Crosslisted with JURI 3616.

This course traces the emergence of Canada's present labour regime in the context of the mobilization and discipline of workers from the first master and servant laws to contemporary laws relating to collective bargaining. The primary focus of the course will be the unionized workplace or industrial relations law and some of the key statutes that impact upon it. PREREQ: LBST 1006/1007 or JURI 1105, and LBST 3616 or JURI 3616, and completion of 60 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3. Crosslisted with JURI 3616.

This course examines rights-oriented approaches to law. Topics may include theoretical and historical foundations of rights-oriented approaches, the evolution of charters, declarations, and bills of right, and critiques of rights-oriented approaches. PREREQ: JURI 1105 and completion of 60 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3.

This course considers the sources of and influences on Canadian environmental law. Topics may include using common law actions to protect both private and public environment rights, the role of courts in developing environmental law principles, the nature of federal, provincial and international environmental law, the role of individual citizens and environmental groups in the creation and enforcement of environmental law, and individual rights approaches to environmental law. PREREQ: JURI 1105 and completion of 60 university credits. (lec 3) cr 3. Students may not retain credit for both JURI 3316 and JURI 2316 or JURI 4306.

This course considers the dilemma facing judges when they confront immoral laws. PREREQ: JURI 1105 and JURI 2106/2107 (minimum 60%) and completion of 90 university credits, or permission of chair and instructor. (lec 3) cr 3.

An opportunity for qualified students to do special studies in the field of law and justice beyond or outside the regular course offerings in Law and Justice. A member of the program supervises the students' work. Written work and periodic discussions are required. PREREQ: JURI 2106/2107 (minimum 60%) and completion of 90 university credits, or permission of chair and instructor. (lec 3) cr 3.

An opportunity for qualified students to do special studies in the field of law and justice beyond or outside the regular course offerings in Law and Justice. A member of the program supervises the students' work. Written work and periodic discussions are required. PREREQ: JURI 2106/2107 (minimum 60%) and completion of 90 university credits, or permission of chair and instructor. (lec 3) cr 3.

This course considers the Canadian legal response to crimes committed by children and young people from a theoretical and historical perspective. PREREQ: JURI 2106/2107 (minimum 60%) and completion of 90 university credits, or permission of chair and instructor. (lec 3) cr 3.

This course examines the role and function of courts and judges. PREREQ: JURI 2106/2107 (minimum 60%) and completion of 90 university credits, or permission of chair and instructor. (lec 3) cr 3.

This course examines some of Canada's and the world's best known trials, placing them in historical, social, religious and political context. PREREQ: JURI 2106/2107 (minimum 60%) and completion of 90 university credits, or permission of chair and instructor. (lec 3) cr 3.

The course is designed to give students a general understanding of the circumstances under which modern law firms function with reference to concepts like specialization, marginalization and stratification. Themes explored may include the impact an expansion of state structures had historically on the profession, the legal construction of gender and family, the relationship between the legal profession and the economy, the difference between professional ideals and professional reality, judges and the process of judicial selection, and the impact the growth of the modern law firm had on lawyers. PREREQ: JURI 2106/2107 (minimum 60%) and completion of 90 university credits, or permission of chair and instructor. (lec 3) cr 3.

This course considers the justification for legal intervention in personal beginning and end of life decisions and the competing interests and values involved in such decisions. Topics may include the history of the control of reproduction, abortion, forced medical treatment of pregnant women, modern reproductive technologies, forcing or withholding medical treatment, euthanasia and human biotechnology. PREREQ: JURI 2106/2107 (minimum 60%) and completion of 90 university credits, or permission of chair and instructor. (lec 3) cr 3.

The content varies from year to year, depending on which faculty member teaches the course. PREREQ: JURI 2106/2107 (minimum 60%) and completion of 90 university credits, or permission of chair and instructor. (lec 3) cr 3.

The content varies from year to year, depending on which faculty member teaches the course. PREREQ: JURI 2106/2107 (minimum 60%) and completion of 90 university credits, or permission of chair and instructor. (lec 3) cr 3.

The content varies from year to year, depending on which faculty member teaches the course. PREREQ: JURI 2106/2107 (minimum 60%) and completion of 90 university credits, or permission of chair and instructor. (lec 3) cr 3.

This course provides qualified students with an opportunity to write an Honours thesis based on original research in an area related to their specialization or major(s) for which faculty supervision is available. Students are not permitted to obtain credit for more than one Honours thesis. PREREQ: A minimum overall GPA of 7 (75-79% or B+), completion of at least 90 university credits, completion of JURI 2106 and 2017 (minimum of 70% or B in each), and permission of the department. Students must normally submit their research proposal to the department chair by March 31 to register in the next academic year. (tut 3) cr 6.