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Master of Social Work with Bachelor of Civil Law & Bachelor of Laws (Joint M.S.W. & B.C.L./LL.B.) Social Work (Non-Thesis) & Law (132 credits)

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Offered by: Social Work     Degree: Master of Social Work

Program Requirements

A joint Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) with integrated Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.) and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) program is offered by the School of Social Work and the Faculty of Law.

Students complete 45 credits for the M.S.W. degree and 87 credits for the integrated B.C.L. and LL.B. degrees for a total of 132 credits.

Required - Social Work (30 credits)

  • SWRK 643 Research Methods 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Social Work : Quantitative methods used in social work, including data collection and analysis, critical appraisal of existing research, and proposal writing. Descriptive and explanatory designs, covering quantitative methods used in experimental studies, surveys, and in analyzing administrative data.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Roy, Catherine; Khan, Mohammad (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: SWRK 653.

    • Restriction: Limited to M.S.W. students.

  • SWRK 650 Field Work Practicum 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Social Work : Supervised educational experience in social work practice integrating practice with theoretical knowledge characteristic of the specialized field. Individual and group instruction. Involves approximately 115 hours of work in a field setting.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017

    Instructors: Rowell, Marilyn (Fall) Rowell, Marilyn (Winter) Rowell, Marilyn (Summer)

  • SWRK 651 Field Work Practicum 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Social Work : Supervised educational experience in social work practice integrating practice with theoretical knowledge characteristic of the specialized field. Individual and group instruction. Involves approximately 115 hours of work in a field setting.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017

    Instructors: Rowell, Marilyn (Fall) Rowell, Marilyn (Winter) Rowell, Marilyn (Summer)

  • SWRK 653 Research Methods 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Social Work : Qualitative methods used in social work, including data collection and analysis, critical appraisal of existing research, and proposal writing. Description and interpretation of social phenomena, the foundations of qualitative research and methods of qualitative inquiry.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Martin, Shadi (Fall)

  • SWRK 660 Field Work Practicum 3 (6 credits)

    Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Social Work : Supervised educational experience in social work practice integrating practice with theoretical knowledge characteristic of the specialized field. Individual and group instruction. Involves approximately 115 hours of work in a field setting.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017

    Instructors: Rowell, Marilyn (Fall) Rowell, Marilyn (Winter) Rowell, Marilyn (Summer)

    • Involves approximately 220 hours of work in a field setting

  • SWRK 691 Social Work / Law Independent Study Project (12 credits)

    Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Social Work : Students will produce an essay consisting of: 1) identifying a substantive area which integrates core legal and social work knowledge; 2) analyzing the legal and behavioural science information in each substantive area; 3) developing and applying relevant theoretical frameworks; 4) developing research questions to be examined by qualitative or quantitative methods; 5) integrating research findings.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

Complementary - Social Work (15 credits)

Students complete 15 credits of 500- or 600-level SWRK courses. A total of 6 graduate-level credits may be taken outside the School of Social Work with the approval of the academic adviser.

Required - Law (53 credits)

  • BUS2 365 Business Associations (4 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Business Law 2 : An introduction to agency or mandate, partnership and co-operatives. The nature of corporate personality; the two systems of incorporation; constitutional problems; the raising and maintenance of a company's capital; the organs of the company; and protection of investors and minority shareholders.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017

    Instructors: Miller, Paul; Adamski, Jakub (Fall) Janda, Richard (Winter) Simmonds, Ralph Lloyd (Summer)

  • LAWG 100D1 Contractual Obligations (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law General : Basic concepts of contractual obligation in the Civil and Common Law. Formation and consent; formalities; cause and consideration; relativity of contracts and privity; lesion and unconscionability; performance and breach; frustration and force majeure; contractual remedies.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Jukier, Rosalie; Dedek, Helge; Gélinas, Fabien (Fall)

  • LAWG 100D2 Contractual Obligations (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law General : See LAWG 100D1 for course description.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Jukier, Rosalie; Dedek, Helge; Gélinas, Fabien (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: LAWG 100D1

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 100D1 and LAWG 100D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

  • LAWG 101D1 Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law General : Integrated study of basic concepts of extracontractual obligations in the Civil and Common law. Fault and other bases for liability; protected interests; causation; reasons for exoneration; apportionment of liability; intersection of human rights and civil wrongs.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Van Praagh, Shauna; Smith, Stephen; Saumier, Genevieve (Fall)

  • LAWG 101D2 Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law General : See LAWG 101D1 for course description.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Van Praagh, Shauna; Smith, Stephen; Saumier, Genevieve (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: LAWG 101D1

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 101D1 and LAWG 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

  • PRAC 147D1 Introductory Legal Research (1.5 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Practicums : Introduction to legal research skills in Civil and Common Law jurisdictions, including computer-assisted research. Teaching occurs in small groups, and focuses on materials from courts, administrative tribunals, legislatures, executive and administrative agencies, and some international sources. In so doing, it provides an introduction to basic issues of process and authority.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • PRAC 147D2 Introductory Legal Research (1.5 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Practicums : See PRAC 147D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: PRAC 147D1

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both PRAC 147D1 and PRAC 147D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

  • PRAC 155D1 Legal Ethics and Advocacy (1.5 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Practicums : Introduction to philosophical concepts of ethics and examines issues in ethics and responsibility in the legal profession, such as self-regulation, confidentiality, loyalty, conflicts of interest, whistle-blowing, and access to justice. Students will carry out research and writing assignments throughout the year on specific problems in these areas.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • PRAC 155D2 Legal Ethics and Advocacy (1.5 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Practicums : See PRAC 155D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: PRAC 155D1

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both PRAC 155D1 and PRAC 155D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

  • PROC 124D1 Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure (2 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Procedure : Pre-trial civil procedure and applications for appeal in Canada. Launching a civil action and pleadings; jurisdiction and judicial organization; prerogative writs and evocation; motions and interlocutory relief; pre-trial mediation and settlement; discovery and costs. Emphasis on Quebec Code of Civil Procedure, Ontario Courts of Justice Act and Rules of Practice, Supreme Court Rules and Federal Court Rules.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • PROC 124D2 Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure (2 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Procedure : See PROC 124D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: PROC 124D1

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both PROC 124D1 and PROC 124D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

  • PROC 200 Advanced Civil Law Obligations (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Procedure : General theory of obligations in the Civil Law tradition, the interaction of contractual and extra-contractual obligations; introduction to unjust enrichment; relationship of general law to special regimes of compensation such as no-fault regimes; certain aspects of the modalities, transfer, alteration and extinction of obligations. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017

    Instructors: Fan, Kun (Fall) Forray, Vincent; Steer, Cassandra (Winter) Steer, Cassandra (Summer)

  • PRV1 144D1 Civil Law Property (2.5 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Private Law 1 : The theoretical framework of property law. The patrimony and the basic classifications of property. The evolution of land rights in Quebec including the rights of Native Peoples. The study of real rights and their modalities. Possession and its effects. Publicity and its effects. Some consideration of regulation in the public interest and the interest of the family.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • PRV1 144D2 Civil Law Property (2.5 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Private Law 1 : See PRV1 144D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: PRV1 144D1

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both PRV1 144D1 and PRV1 144D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

  • PRV3 200 Advanced Common Law Obligations (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Private Law 3 : Relationship between tort, contract, and restitution in theory and practice (including consideration of negligent misrepresentation, economic loss, exclusion clauses, and means of overcoming problems of privity); relationship between Common law and no-fault regimes; special problems in civil liability, such as non-feasance and the liability of public authorities. The study of unjust enrichment as a basis for remedies at common law, in equity and under statute and of its role as an integral part of the common law alongside contract and tort. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Common Law Tradition.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017

    Instructors: Bjorklund, Andrea; Van Praagh, Shauna (Fall) Antaki, Mark (Winter)

  • PRV4 144D1 Common Law Property (2 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Private Law 4 : Classification of proprietary interests; concepts of ownership, seisin and possession; legal and equitable interests; acquisition of proprietary interests including gifts and assignments; doctrine of estates; future interest; concurrent ownership; rights in property of another including bailments, covenants, easements, profits and licenses; adverse possession; proprietary remedies; registration systems.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • PRV4 144D2 Common Law Property (2 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Private Law 4 : See PRV4 144D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • PUB2 101D1 Constitutional Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Public Law 2 : A comprehensive treatment of the theory, law and practice of the constitution, including legislative, executive and judicial institutions in Canada. The rule of law in executive government and in the lawmaking process. Parliamentary sovereignty, constitutional amendment, and the federal system, including the division of legislative powers. Guarantees of fundamental freedoms with emphasis on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Pless, Alexander; Poirier, Johanne; Walters, Mark (Fall)

  • PUB2 101D2 Constitutional Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Public Law 2 : See PUB2 101D1 for course description.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Pless, Alexander; Poirier, Johanne; Walters, Mark (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: PUB2 101D1

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both PUB2 101D1 and PUB2 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

  • PUB2 111 Criminal Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Public Law 2 : The exploration of major problems in criminal law and its administration; emphasis on basic concepts which govern the implementation of the Criminal Code in Canada.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017

    Instructors: Manikis, Marie; Israel, Robert Joseph (Fall) Akhavan, Payam; Kennedy, Jeffrey (Winter)

  • PUB3 116D1 Foundations (2 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Public Law 3 : Overview of the spirit, history, and sources of Civil and Common Law traditions in their Canadian manifestations; introduction to Aboriginal legal traditions. The course explores issues of legal history and institutions, relationship between private and public law, comparative methodology, legal theory and ethics.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Antaki, Mark; Provost, Rene; Weinstock, Daniel; Muniz-Fraticelli, Victor (Fall)

  • PUB3 116D2 Foundations (2 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Public Law 3 : See PUB3 116D1 for course description.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Antaki, Mark; Provost, Rene; Weinstock, Daniel; Muniz-Fraticelli, Victor (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: PUB3 116D1

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both PUB3 116D1 and PUB3 116D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

Complementary - Law

9-15 credits

Students complete 9-15 credits of complementary courses toward the B.C.L. and LL.B. degrees.

Complementary - Law, Civil Law (3 credits)

Students complete 3 credits of Civil Law courses. The following courses count for their full credit weight as Civil Law.

  • BUS2 561 Insurance (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Business Law 2 : The general principles of the insurance contract under the law of Quebec, with reference to the Ontario Insurance Act and the insurance acts of other common law provinces. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BUS2 461

  • LEEL 570 Employment Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law : Survey of the employment contract including hiring practices, dismissals, duties of the employer and the employee including loyalty, non-competition, impact of statutes (Labour Standards Act, Charter of the French Language, etc...) and recourses. The purpose of the course is to deal with non-collective agreement employment contracts, which govern most of the working population.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Longpre, Francois (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 470

  • PROC 549 Lease, Enterprise, Suretyship (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Procedure : The contracts of lease, including some aspects of residential leases, enterprise and suretyship in the law of Quebec.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PROC 349

  • PRV2 270 Law of Persons (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Private Law 2 : The existence and attributes of physical and legal persons in the Civil Law of Quebec. Modes of recognition of legal persons. Enjoyment and exercise of civil and personality rights; domicile; acts of civil status; capacity and regimes of supervised protection. Some introduction to rights under the Quebec and Canadian Charter.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Forray, Vincent (Winter)

  • PRV4 548 Administration Property of Another and Trusts (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Private Law 4 : The basic law on the administration of the property of another by those performing acts of custody, simple administration or full administration. Includes those holding property under tutorship, curatorship, testamentary executorship, deposit, mandate, substitution and trust.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 448

Complementary - Law, Common Law (3 credits)

Students complete 3 credits of Common Law courses. The following courses count for their full credit weight as Common Law.

  • PRV3 534 Remedies (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Private Law 3 : A study of selected private law remedies available at common law, in equity and under statute. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Common Law Tradition

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Smith, Stephen (Fall)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV3 434

  • PRV4 451 Real Estate Transactions (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Private Law 4 : Problems arising out of the vendor and purchaser relationship. The contract of sale in its drafting, interpretation and enforcement; fixtures, recording and land titles systems; mortgages. Emphasis on the law of Ontario. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Common Law Tradition.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • PRV4 500 Restitution (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Private Law 4 : The law relating to the restitution of benefits wrongfully or unfairly acquired: a study of unjust enrichment as a doctrinal basis for various remedies at common law, in equity and under statute and the role of unjust enrichment as an integral part of the common law alongside contract and tort.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Common Law Tradition.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 435.

  • PRV4 549 Equity and Trusts (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Private Law 4 : A consideration of the law of gratuitous transfers, concentrating on the express trust: the nature of the trust, the creation and conditions of validity of the trust, effect of failure, obligations and interests arising under the trust, variation, renovation, and termination of the trust. Related topics such as gifts, wills, intestate succession, powers of appointment and the rule against perpetuities may also be discussed.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Smith, Lionel David (Winter)

  • PRV5 582 Advanced Torts (2 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Private Law 5 : This seminar examines in depth one or more selected problems in the law of torts such as protection of privacy, interference with economic and other relations, defamation, products liability, professional malpractice, strict liability, the future of tort law, and statutory compensation schemes.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV5 182

Complementary - Law, Civil & Common Law

The following trans-systemic courses count half their credit weight toward the Civil Law requirement of 3 credits and half their credit weight toward the Common Law requirement of 3 credits.

  • CMPL 522 Medical Liability (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Comparative Law : Trans-systemic and critical examination of medical liability issues, including doctor-hospital-patient relationship; medical duty of care; medical fault and causation; wrongful life, birth and conception; informed consent and refusal; lack of resources; defective products; nosocomial infections; contaminated blood transfusions; interaction between law and science; future of medical liability.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Khoury, Lara (Fall)

    • Restriction: Not open to students in first year of Law.

  • LAWG 200 Commercial Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law General : The contract of sale in the Civil Law and Common Law traditions; nature and scope of the contract of sale; conditions of formation; sale of property of another; obligations of the seller, including delivery, quality, title; obligations of the buyer, transfer of title; product liability; comparative reference made to American U.C.C. rules and U.N. Convention on the International Sale of Goods.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Edwards, Jeffrey F; Afif, Nadine (Winter)

  • LAWG 273 Family Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law General : Study of conjugality and other close personal relationships as understood by law; parent-child relationships; dissolution of conjugal relationships; support rights at the end of close personal relationships.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Lamed, Helena Jane; Leckey, Robert (Winter)

  • LAWG 300 Family Property Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law General : Administration of and entitelment to wealth in conjugal and other close personal relationships, in common and civil law, with consideration of other legal traditions. Management and distribution of family resources through matrimonial regimes, marriage and domestic contracts, household mandates, common law trusts, legislative division of family assets, liberalities, social practice.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • LAWG 316 Private International Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law General : The function, nature and sources of Private International Law in the common law and civil law traditions. Conflicts of laws; general operation of conflict rules (application of foreign law, substitution of laws of forum). Conflicts of jurisdiction and recognition of foreign judgments. Harmonization and unification of laws.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Walsh, Catherine (Fall)

  • LAWG 400 Secured Transactions (4 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law General : Main incidents of law and suretyship and the law of real security in the common and civil traditions; security on land and commodities; nature of suretyship and effects of a contract among the creditor, debtor, surety and co-sureties; classifications and types of preferences, priorities and real security.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017

    Instructors: Walsh, Catherine (Fall) Emerich, Yaell (Winter)

  • LAWG 415 Evidence (Civil Matters) (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law General : Basic principles of evidence as applied and developed in the context of the civil process in all jurisdictions in Canada. Topics include: burden and standard of proof; relevance; the different kinds of evidence, i.e. documentary evidence; testimonial evidence (lay and opinion evidence), presumptions, admissions and real evidence; the principal rules of admissibility, including the hearsay rule and its exceptions.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Moyse, Pierre-Emmanuel; Bachand, Frederic (Winter)

  • LAWG 504 Death and Property (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law General : An exploration, from a transsystemic perspective, of legal approaches to the transfer of property on death. Topics covered include: wills; estate administration; testamentary intention and its intersection with public order; survivorship; testamentary interpretation; intestacy; and family obligations and entitlements upon death, as these concepts arise within different legal traditions.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • LEEL 570 Employment Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law : Survey of the employment contract including hiring practices, dismissals, duties of the employer and the employee including loyalty, non-competition, impact of statutes (Labour Standards Act, Charter of the French Language, etc...) and recourses. The purpose of the course is to deal with non-collective agreement employment contracts, which govern most of the working population.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Longpre, Francois (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 470

  • PRV5 483 Consumer Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Private Law 5 : A comparative study of civil and common law and consumer protection law in Quebec and in Canada.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

Complementary - Law, Social Diversity, Human Rights and Indigenous Law (3 credits)

Revision, December 2016. Start of revision.

Students must take at least 3 credits from the following courses related to social diversity and human rights.

  • CMPL 500 Aboriginal Peoples and the Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Comparative Law : Current legal topics relating to native peoples, including the concept of aboriginal title, and constitutional aspects of contemporary land claims. Aspects of Canadian law relating to native peoples, their constitutional status, and hunting and fishing rights.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Fox-Decent, Evan (Fall)

  • CMPL 504 Feminist Legal Theory (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Comparative Law : Feminist theory and its relevance and application to law, including feminist methodologies in law, the public versus private dichotomy, and changing conceptions of equality.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • CMPL 511 Social Diversity and Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Comparative Law : The interaction of law and cultural diversity. Through the use of a number of case studies, we will examine: 1. The empirical effect of cultural diversity on legal systems. 2. Institutional structures to accommodate diversity. 3. Theoretical perspectives.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • CMPL 516 International Development Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Comparative Law : The law and economics of development, including the role of agencies of the United Nations in development, the role of UNCTAD in formulating uniform rules of international trade, and the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and their role in financing development.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Ramanujam, Nandini (Winter)

  • CMPL 565 International Humanitarian Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Comparative Law : Rules governing international and internal armed conflicts; historical and philosophical foundations; constraints on means to wage war; treatment of protected individuals, including prisoners of war, civilians and peacekeepers; enforcement, including belligerent reprisals and criminal prosecution; links with norms protecting human rights, the environment and cultural property; impact of cultural diversity.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: PUB2 105

    • Restriction: Not open to first year students.

  • CMPL 571 International Law of Human Rights (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Comparative Law : International protection of human rights, particularly by the United Nations, its specialized agencies, and the Council of Europe.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Akhavan, Payam; Chowdhury, Rokeya (Fall)

  • CMPL 573 Civil Liberties (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Comparative Law : The protection of civil liberties in Canada with particular reference to public and private law remedies and emphasis on discrimination, race relations, language rights outside the Charter, and police powers.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Eliadis, Flora Pearl (Fall)

  • CMPL 575 Discrimination and the Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Comparative Law : Equality rights and legal protections against discrimination under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, and human rights legislation.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • IDFC 500 Indigenous Field Studies (3 credits)

    Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    IDFC : This 4-week intensive course (3 weeks Â鶹Çø, 1 week Kahnawake, Mohawk Territory) provides an opportunity for Social Work, Law, Medicine and Anthropology students to learn about Haudenosaunee cultures and worldviews, with particular emphasis on linkages to students' practice areas. Attention given to effects of Canadian policies on contemporary Aboriginal society.

    Terms: Summer 2017

    Instructors: Ives, Nicole; Loft, Michael; Kesserwan, Karina (Summer)

    • Restrictions: The course is only open to students in Social Work, Anthropology, Law and Medicine or by permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken IDFC 380.

    • This intensive course is offered over 4 weeks. Weeks 1, 2 and 4 are held at Â鶹Çø. Week 3 consists of living in Kahnawake for 6 days. This field portion of the course may involve rugged field conditions and varying weather for which students must be prepared and equipped.

    • A fee of $390.20 is charged to all students registered in IDFC 500 Aboriginal Field Course, a course that has a field experience in week 3 in Kahnawake. The fee covers food, activities, land use, and other site expenses.

    • **This course will be held on May 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25 & 29.

  • LAWG 503 Inter-American Human Rights (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law General : History and development of the Inter-American System, with a focus on the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights and Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Examination of their constitutive statutes. Survey of the mechanisms for redress provided by the Commission and the Court.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Restricted to Law student. Non-Law students require permission from instructor & SAO

    • Language of instruction may not be English - depends on the instructor.

  • LAWG 507 Critical Race Theory Advanced Seminar (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law General : This course will explore the evolving contours of a theoretical approach to law that has developed both a substantive challenge to legal liberalism and critical legal studies, as well as an alternative literary style built on the use of narrative.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken LAWG 517 or LAWG 521 when topic was "Critical Race Theory"

  • LEEL 369 Labour Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law : An introduction to Canadian labour law including collective bargaining, arbitration and industrial relations generally. Emphasis on the Canada Labour Code, the Quebec Labour Code and related statutes.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Blackett, Adelle (Winter)

  • LEEL 582 Law and Poverty (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law : The differential character of the law concerning rich and poor as reflected in case studies in criminal law, consumer law, housing law, welfare law. The "delivery systems" available for legal services to the poor and alternative organizational models for legal services; the role of law schools, government and the professional bar.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 482

  • PUB2 105 Public International Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Public Law 2 : The traditional fields of International Law including nature and sources; recognition, territory and acquisition of territory; jurisdiction on the high seas; nationality; diplomatic and consular privileges and immunities; responsibility of states; interpretation of treaties; legal control of force and aspects of the U.N. Charter, special Canadian problems of international law.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017

    Instructors: Ellis, Jaye Dana; Provost, Rene (Fall) Akhavan, Payam (Winter)

  • PUB2 500 Law and Psychiatry (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Public Law 2 : The roles of lawyers and psychiatrists in the handling of the mentally ill within the legal process. Consideration of the civil commitment and criminal commitment processes, insanity and "automatism" defences, the psychiatrist as expert witness, mental illness as a problem in relation to legal capacity. Some sessions will be conducted jointly with members of the psychiatric profession.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Open to a limited number of students in Law, Psychiatry and Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PUB2 419.

  • PUB2 502 International Criminal Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Public Law 2 : Crimes against the law of nations, war crimes (the Nuremberg trials, the Eichmann case), genocide and the way in which states co-operate to fight organized crime, terrorism, hijacking, etc. Topics include: jurisdiction (crimes committed in foreign countries, at sea, in aircraft, extradition, international judicial assistance) and the recognition and enforcement of foreign criminal sentences.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 425.

  • PUB2 551 Immigration and Refugee Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Public Law 2 : A study of Canadian and Quebec immigration and refugee law, practice and policy, with particular exploration of the historical development-and contemporary paradox-of border regulation; interface with national security, employment policy and trade theory; admissions categories and the construction of illegality; impact of Charter and international human rights law.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Crépeau, François; Szigeti, Peter (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 451

  • PUB3 515 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Public Law 3 : A critical analysis of the Charter and its implications for the legal process in general, and domestic human rights law in particular, organized around the following themes: pre-Charter human rights law and its legacy; general considerations respecting the entrenchment, application and interpretation of the Charter; procedural issues and judicial review under the Charter; advocacy under the Charter.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB3 115

Revision, December 2016. End of revision.

Complementary - Law, Principles of Canadian Administrative Law

Requirement: Students must choose one course (0-6 credits) from the following courses to meet this requirement:

  • BUS2 504 Securities Regulation (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Business Law 2 : An introduction to the structure of Canada's capital markets and a review of major features of securities regulation using the Quebec or Ontario scheme as background. An examination of the general regulatory framework for licensing of securities professionals, disclosure to investors and enforcement powers of regulators.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Adamski, Jakub (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BUS2 372.

  • CMPL 543 Law and Practice of International Trade (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Comparative Law : The fundamental aspects of international law governing international trade, and governmental regulation of international trade in Canada and Canada's major trading partners.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Bjorklund, Andrea (Fall)

  • CMPL 574 Government Control Of Business (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Comparative Law : Selected topics in government control and regulation of business with emphasis on competition law and policy.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • CMPL 575 Discrimination and the Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Comparative Law : Equality rights and legal protections against discrimination under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, and human rights legislation.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • CMPL 577 Communications Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Comparative Law : Regulation of common communication carriers and mass media in Canada, including legal developments initiated by foreign market competition, and the regulatory authority of the C.R.T.C.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Handa, Sunny (Fall)

  • CMPL 580 Environment and the Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Comparative Law : Environmental law, with emphasis on ecological, economic, political, and international dimensions.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Janda, Richard (Fall)

  • LEEL 369 Labour Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law : An introduction to Canadian labour law including collective bargaining, arbitration and industrial relations generally. Emphasis on the Canada Labour Code, the Quebec Labour Code and related statutes.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Blackett, Adelle (Winter)

  • LEEL 570 Employment Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law : Survey of the employment contract including hiring practices, dismissals, duties of the employer and the employee including loyalty, non-competition, impact of statutes (Labour Standards Act, Charter of the French Language, etc...) and recourses. The purpose of the course is to deal with non-collective agreement employment contracts, which govern most of the working population.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Longpre, Francois (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 470

  • LEEL 582 Law and Poverty (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law : The differential character of the law concerning rich and poor as reflected in case studies in criminal law, consumer law, housing law, welfare law. The "delivery systems" available for legal services to the poor and alternative organizational models for legal services; the role of law schools, government and the professional bar.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 482

  • PRV4 545 Land Use Planning (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Private Law 4 : A study of private and public control of land use and development, including: constitutional jurisdiction; provincial, regional and local planning; regulatory and discretionary tools (e.g., zoning by-laws, subdivision control, site-plan control), acquired rights; expropriation, land values and compensation, protection of sensitive areas (e.g. heritage property, agricultural land).

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 145

  • PRV5 483 Consumer Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Private Law 5 : A comparative study of civil and common law and consumer protection law in Quebec and in Canada.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • PUB2 400 The Administrative Process (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Public Law 2 : The administrative process and the legal structure of administrative agencies. Statutory interpretation, delegated legislation, policy rules, administrative discretion, administrative procedures and problems of institutional design will be considered in the context of some contemporary administrative agencies.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Janda, Richard (Fall)

  • PUB2 401 Judicial Review of Administrative Action (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Public Law 2 : The control of administrative decision-makers. Problems of delegation, formal jurisdiction, natural justice and errors of fact and law. Judicial review remedies; appeals; reconsideration; tort and contractual liability of administrative agencies; privative clauses; public inquiries; ombudsman schemes.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Fox-Decent, Evan (Winter)

  • PUB2 403 Municipal Law (2 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Public Law 2 : Municipal institutions in the Province of Quebec and their constitution and powers. Judicial review of the acts of municipal authorities and officers in the general context of administrative law. Judicial nullity and other problems. Municipal taxation. Civil responsibility.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • PUB2 500 Law and Psychiatry (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Public Law 2 : The roles of lawyers and psychiatrists in the handling of the mentally ill within the legal process. Consideration of the civil commitment and criminal commitment processes, insanity and "automatism" defences, the psychiatrist as expert witness, mental illness as a problem in relation to legal capacity. Some sessions will be conducted jointly with members of the psychiatric profession.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Open to a limited number of students in Law, Psychiatry and Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PUB2 419.

  • PUB2 551 Immigration and Refugee Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Public Law 2 : A study of Canadian and Quebec immigration and refugee law, practice and policy, with particular exploration of the historical development-and contemporary paradox-of border regulation; interface with national security, employment policy and trade theory; admissions categories and the construction of illegality; impact of Charter and international human rights law.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Crépeau, François; Szigeti, Peter (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 451

  • WRIT 433D1 Legal Clinic 1 (3 credits) *

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law Writing Courses : Legal clinic that complements legal education through practical work.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017

    Instructors: Lamed, Helena Jane (Fall) Lamed, Helena Jane (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken WRIT 434 or WRIT 435.

    • Students must register for both WRIT 433D1 and WRIT 433D2.

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both WRIT 433D1 and WRIT 433D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

    • Note: Student who have completed four terms in the Faculty of Law may, with permission of the Dean or the Dean's delegate, work only once in an approved 6-credit legal clinic.

  • WRIT 433D2 Legal Clinic 1 (3 credits) *

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law Writing Courses : See WRIT 433D1 for course description.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017

    Instructors: Lamed, Helena Jane (Fall) Lamed, Helena Jane (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: WRIT 433D1

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken WRIT 434 or WRIT 435.

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both WRIT 433D1 and WRIT 433D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

    • Note: Student who have completed four terms in the Faculty of Law may, with permission of the Dean or the Dean's delegate, work only once in an approved 6-credit legal clinic.

  • WRIT 434 Legal Clinic 2 (3 credits) *

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law Writing Courses : Legal clinic that complements legal education through practical work.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017

    Instructors: Lamed, Helena Jane (Fall) Lamed, Helena Jane (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken WRIT 433.

  • WRIT 435 Legal Clinic 3 (3 credits) *

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law Writing Courses : Legal clinic that complements legal education through practical work.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017

    Instructors: Lamed, Helena Jane (Fall) Lamed, Helena Jane (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: WRIT 434

    • Restriction: Cannot take course if completed WRIT 433.

    • Students who have completed four terms in the Faculty of Law may, with permission of the Dean or the Dean's delegate, work only twice in an approved 3-credit legal clinic.

  • WRIT 440 Clerkship A (6 credits) *

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law Writing Courses : Students who have completed four terms in the Faculty may, with permission of the Dean or the Dean's delegate, work only once as a clerk for a judge of the Quebec Court of Appeal, Quebec Superior Court, Quebec Court or an administrative tribunal under general Faculty Supervision.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017

    Instructors: Kong, Hoi Leun; Narain, Vrinda (Fall) Kong, Hoi Leun; Narain, Vrinda (Winter)

  • WRIT 440D1 Clerkship A (3 credits) *

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law Writing Courses : Students who have completed four terms in the Faculty may, with permission of the Dean or the Dean's delegate, work only once as a clerk for a judge of the Quebec Court of Appeal, Quebec Superior Court, Quebec Court or an administrative tribunal under general Faculty Supervision.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017

    Instructors: Narain, Vrinda (Fall) Kong, Hoi Leun (Winter)

  • WRIT 440D2 Clerkship A (3 credits) *

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law Writing Courses : See WRIT 440D1 for course description.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017

    Instructors: Kong, Hoi Leun (Fall) Narain, Vrinda (Winter)

  • WRIT 441 Clerkship B (3 credits) *

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Law Writing Courses : Students who have completed four terms in the Faculty may, with permission of the Dean or the Dean's delegate, work only once as a clerk for a judge of the Quebec Court of Appeal, Quebec Superior Court, Quebec Court or an administrative tribunal under general Faculty Supervision.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017

    Instructors: Kong, Hoi Leun (Fall) Kong, Hoi Leun (Winter)

* With the approval of the Associate Dean (Academic), in consultation with the Faculty supervisors, on a case-by-case basis.

Elective - Law, Other Courses

19-25 credits

Students select the remaining 19-25 credits from among Faculty of Law offerings.

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