Course Outlines: Fall/Winter 2021-2022

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Outlines will be posted as they become available, usually no later than one week prior to the start of a term.

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**Please reference the Undergraduate Calendar for the necessary prerequisites.**

Course	Section	Term	Description	Instructor
FYSM 1502	A	1&2	First Year Seminar	Tasson, Steve

LAWS 1001	A	1	Introduction to Legal Studies I	Dickson, Jane
	B	1	Introduction to Legal Studies I	Ozsu, Faik
	C	1	Introduction to Legal Studies I	Wright, J. Barry
	D	1	Introduction to Legal Studies I	Tasson, Stephen
	E	1	Introduction to Legal Studies I	Dickson, Jane
	F	2	Introduction to Legal Studies I	Ozsu, Faik
	G	1	Introduction to Legal Studies I	Tasson, Stephen

LAWS 1002	A	2	Introduction to Legal Studies II	Tasson, Steve
	B	2	Introduction to Legal Studies II	Dickson, Jane
	C	2	Introduction to Legal Studies II	Dickson, Jane
	D	2	Introduction to Legal Studies II	Tasson, Stephen
	E	2	Introduction to Legal Studies II	Dwoskin, David

LAWS 2105	A	1	Social Justice & Human Rights	Christensen, Michael
	B	1	Social Justice & Human Rights	Grace, Anita
	C	1	Social Justice & Human Rights	Christensen, Michael
	D	2	Social Justice & Human Rights	Husain, Atiya
	E	2	Social Justice & Human Rights	Costa, Andrew

LAWS 2201	A	1	Persons and Property	Dawson, T. Brettel
	B	1	Persons and Property	Hasan, Mohammad
	C	1	Persons and Property	Dawson, T. Brettel
	D	2	Persons and Property	Dawson, T. Brettel
	E	2	Persons and Property	Hasan, Mohammad

LAWS 2202	A	1	Obligations	Dwoskin, David
	B	1	Obligations	Polonskaya, Ksenia
	C	2	Obligations	Polonskaya, Ksenia
	D	2	Obligations	Salazar, Alberto

LAWS 2301	A	1	Criminal Justice System	Richmond, Sean
	B	1	Criminal Justice System	Hebert, William
	C	1	Criminal Justice System	Moore, Hollis
	D	1	Criminal Justice System	Moore, Hollis
	E	2	Criminal Justice System	Grace, Anita
	F	2	Criminal Justice System	Rochelle, Safiyah
	G	2	Criminal Justice System	Rochelle, Safiyah

LAWS 2302	A	1	Criminal Law	Hale, John
	B	1	Criminal Law	Smith, Michael
	C	1	Criminal Law	Thompson, Jonathan
	D	2	Criminal Law	Smith, Michael
	E	1	Criminal Law	Hale, John
	F	2	Criminal Law	Smith, Michael
	G	2	Criminal Law	Giancaterino, Paolo
	H	2	Criminal Law	Giancaterino, Paolo
	I	1	Criminal Law	Smith, Michael

LAWS 2501	A	1	Law, State and Constitution	Milanovic, Nikola
	B	1	Law, State and Constitution	Milanovic, Nikola
	C	2	Law, State and Constitution	Oklopcic, Zoran

LAWS 2502	A	1	Law, State and Citizen	McGuinty, Dylan
	B	2	Law, State and Citizen	Milanovic, Nikola
	C	2	Law, State and Citizen	Milanovic, Nikola
	D	1	Law, State and Citizen	Costa, Andrew

LAWS 2601	A	1	Public International Law	Ashtakala, Tara
	B	1	Public International Law	Ozsu, Faik
	C	2	Public International Law	Richmond, Sean
	D	2	Public International Law	Richmond, Sean
	E	2	Public International Law	Legault- Lacasse, William

LAWS 2908	A	1	Approaches in Legal Studies I	Pinnawala, Sriyantha
	B	1	Approaches in Legal Studies I	Pinnawala, Sriyantha
	C	1	Approaches in Legal Studies I	Fletcher, Collin
	D	2	Approaches in Legal Studies I	Pinnawala, Sriyan
	E	2	Approaches in Legal Studies I	Madden, Michael
	F	2	Approaches in Legal Studies I	Fletcher, Collin

LAWS 3003	A	1	Contracts	Dwoskin, David
	B	2	Contracts	Dwoskin, David

LAWS 3005	A	1	Law and Regulation	Thomson, Carey

LAWS 3006	A	1	Mediation	Fletcher, Collin
	B	2	Mediation	Fletcher, Collin

LAWS 3201	A	1	Business Enterprise Frameworks	Levasseur, J.L.
	B	2	Business Enterprise Frameworks	Levasseur, J.L.

LAWS 3202	A	2	Intellectual Property	Hamilton, Sheryl

LAWS 3206	A	1	Banking Law	Schwisberg, Sam
	B	2	Banking Law	Waxman, Stephen

LAWS 3208	A	1	International Trade Regulation	Hasan, Mohammad
	B	2	International Trade Regulation	Hasan, Mohammad

LAWS 3209	A	2	Canadian Correctional Policies in Historical Perspective	Kropf, Joel

LAWS 3305	A	1	Crime and State in History	Kropf, Joel
(HIST 3305)	B	1	Crime and State in History	Wright, J. Barry
	C	2	Crime and State in History	Wright, J. Barry
	D	2	Crime and State in History	Wright, J. Barry
	E	2	Crime and State in History	Grace, Anita

LAWS 3306	A	1	Crime, Law, Process & Politics	Giancaterino, Paolo
	B	1	Crime, Law, Process & Politics	Giancaterino, Paolo

LAWS 3307	A	1	Youth and Criminal Law	Baray, Corinne
	B	2	Youth and Criminal Law	Hale, John
	C	2	Youth and Criminal Law	Hepburn, Taryn
	D	2	Youth and Criminal Law	Hale, John

LAWS 3308	A	1	Punishment and the Law	Moore, Dawn
	B	2	Punishment and the Law	Moore, Dawn
	C	2	Punishment and the Law	Young, Diana

LAWS 3401	A	1	Employment Law	Zbyszewska, Ania
	B	2	Employment Law	Zbyszewska, Ania

LAWS 3405	A	2	Labour Law	Benmergui, Ruben

LAWS 3500	A	1	Constitutional Law	Rickwood, Roger

LAWS 3501	A	2	Law in the Information Society	Lonergan, Megan

LAWS 3502	A	1	Freedom of Expression in Canada	Rochelle, Safiyah

LAWS 3503	A	1	Equality & Discrimination	Steiner, Philip
	B	2	Equality & Discrimination	Steiner, Philip

LAWS 3504	A	1	Law and Aboriginal Peoples	Lawless, Jo-Anne

LAWS 3506	A	2	Administrative Law	Schoenholz, Jean-Simon

LAWS 3508	A	2	Health Law	Ketterling, Jean

LAWS 3509	A	2	The Charter of Rights Topics	Lecoq, Garrett

LAWS 3602	A	1	International Human Rights	Balasubramaniam, Ratna
	B	2	International Human Rights	Ozsu, Faik
	C	2	International Human Rights	Balasubramaniam, Rueban

LAWS 3604	A	1	International Organizations	Sookmark, Supanai
	B	2	International Organizations	Ashtakala, Tara

LAWS 3800	A	1	Law of Environmental Quality	Waxman, Stephen
	B	2	Law of Environmental Quality	Cloutier de Repentigny, Pierre

LAWS 3903	A	1	Selected Legal Topics: Foundations of Race and Law	Husain, Atiya
	B	1	Selected Legal Topics: Reproductive Rights and Justice	Ketterling, Jean

LAWS 3908	A	1	Approaches in Legal Studies II	Hebert, William
	B	1	Approaches in Legal Studies II	de Repentigny, Pierre
	C	2	Approaches in Legal Studies II	Wilke, Christiane
	D	2	Approaches in Legal Studies II	Hebert, William

LAWS 3999	A	1	Co-op Work Term	Dawson, T Brettel
	A	2	Co-op Work Term	Young, Diana

LAWS 4100	A	1	Modern Legal Theory	Oklopcic, Zoran
	B	2	Modern Legal Theory	Oklopcic, Zoran

LAWS 4101	A	2	Contemporary Justice Theories	Balasubramaniam, Rueban

LAWS 4106	A	1	Law and Violence	Rochelle, Safiyah

LAWS 4107	B	2	Law in Modern Society	Polonskaya, Ksenia

LAWS 4200	A	1	International Economic Law	Polonskaya, Ksenia
	B	2	International Economic Law	Heckbert, Lori- Anne

LAWS 4202	A	1	Accountability of Management	Salazar, Alberto

LAWS 4204	A	1	Legal Issues in eCommerce	Waxman, Stephen
	B	2	Legal Issues in eCommerce	Waxman, Stephen

LAWS 4209	A	1	Topics in Business Law: Corporate Law and the New Industrial Revolution	Salazar, Alberto
	B	1	Topics in Business Law: Business and Human Rights	Hasan, Mohammad
	B	2	Topics in Business Law: Corporate Law and the New Industrial Revolution	Salazar, Alberto
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LAWS 4302	A	1	Regulation of Corporate Crime	Hasan, Mohammad
	B	2	Regulation of Corporate Crime	Hasan, Mohammad
	C	2	Regulation of Corporate Crime	Brownlee, Jamie

LAWS 4303	E	2	Drugs, The User and the State	Brown, Gregory

LAWS 4304	A	1	Policing & Social Surveillance	Brown, Gregory

LAWS 4305	A	1	Criminal Justice Reform	Young, Diana
	B	2	Criminal Justice Reform	McCaffery, Patrick

LAWS 4306	A	1	Criminal Law Issues: Wrongful Convictions	Lauzon, Kelly
	B	1	Criminal Law Issues	Poloz, Adriana
	C	2	Criminal Law Issues	Edem, Ekpedeme
	D	2	Criminal Law Issues	Moore, Hollis

LAWS 4308	A	1	Sentencing	Rickwood, Roger
	B	1	Sentencing	Donoghue, Stephen
	C	2	Sentencing	Rickwood, Roger
	D	2	Sentencing	Rickwood, Roger

LAWS 4309	A	2	State, Security and Dissent	Hameed, Yavar

LAWS 4402	A	2	Employment Dispute Resolution	Zbyszewska, Ania

LAWS 4504	A	1	Indigenous Criminal Justice	Lawless, Jo-Anne
	B	2	Indigenous Criminal Justice	Lawless, Jo-Anne

LAWS 4601	A	1	Transnational Law and Human Rights	Oguanobi, Hembadoon
	A	2	Transnational Law and Human Rights	Buss, Doris

LAWS 4603	B	1	Transitional Justice	MacLellan, Tiffany
	A	2	Transitional Justice	Wilke, Christiane

LAWS 4605	A	1	Topics in International Law: International Law in International Politics	Richmond, Sean
	B	1	Topics in International Law: Climate Change and the Law	Ashtakala, Tara

LAWS 4606	A	1	International Law of Armed Conflict	Levasseur, J.L.

LAWS 4607	A	2	Immigration and Refugee Law	Gaucher, Megan

LAWS 4800	A	1	Environment and Social Justice	Littlechild, Danika
	B	2	Environment and Social Justice	Littlechild, Danika

LAWS 4801	A	1	Risk and the Legal Process	Barnaby, Dwight
	B	1	Risk and the Legal Process	Barnaby, Dwight
	C	2	Risk and the Legal Process	Ashtakala, Tara
	D	2	Risk and the Legal Process	Heckbert, Lori Anne

LAWS 4802	A	1	Criminal Jury Trials	McCaffery, Patrick
	B	2	Criminal Jury Trials	Lauzon, Kelly

LAWS 4901	A	1	Tutorial in Law – Application Form	Guidelines
	B	2	Tutorial in Law – Application Form	Guidelines

LAWS 4902	A	1	Tutorial in Law – Application Form	Guidelines
	B	2	Tutorial in Law – Application Form	Guidelines

LAWS 4903	A	1	Advanced Legal Topics: Is Religious Freedom a Human Right?	Adrian, Melanie
	B	1	Advanced Legal Topics: Indigenous Relations, Ethics and Law	Littlechild, Danika
	C	1	Advanced Legal Topics: Is Religious Freedom a Human Right?	Adrian, Melanie
	D	2	Advanced Legal Topics: TBD	Littlechild, Danika

LAWS 4904	A	1	Advanced Legal Topics: The Idea of Hierarchy	Oklopcic, Zoran
	C	2	Advanced Legal Topics: Feminist Controversies in Sexuality and the Law	Lonergan, Meg
	D	2	Advanced Legal Topics: Ocean and Coastal Law	de Repentigny, Pierre
	E	1	Advanced Legal Topics: Patriarchy, Human Rights and Informal Justice	Hashmi, Rehana

LAWS 4905	A	1&2	Full-Year Service Learning Placement	Guidelines

LAWS 4906	A/B	1&2	Service Learning Placement	Guidelines

LAWS 4908	A	1&2	Honours Paper – Application Form	Guidelines
LAWS 4908	B	1&2	Honours Paper – Application Form	Guidelines
LAWS 4908	C	1&2	Honours Paper – Application Form	Guidelines

Grad Course Outlines – 2021-2022
LAWS 5000	F	1	Theories of Law & Social Transformation	Wilke, Christiane
	X	2	Theories of Law & Social Transformation	Gaucher, Megan

LAWS 5001	W	2	Legal Method & Social Inquiry	Christensen, Michael
	X	2	Legal Method & Social Inquiry	Christensen, Michael

LAWS 5004	F	1	Law, Crime and Social Order	Young, Diana

LAWS 5007	A	1	Race, Ethnicity and the Law	Husain, Atiya

LAWS 5603 (INAF 5505F)	W	2	International Law: Theory and Practice	Appel Kuzmarov, Betina

LAWS 5662	A	1	Law, Regulation and Governance	Hamilton, Sheryl

LAWS 5663	W	2	Human Rights, Citizenship and Global Justice	Buss, Doris

LAWS 5664	F	1	Crime, Law and Security	Moore, Dawn

LAWS 5900	F	1	Tutorials/Directed Readings	Application Form
	W	2	Tutorials/Directed Readings	Application Form

LAWS 5901	F	1	Tutorials/Directed Readings	Application Form
	W	2	Tutorials/Directed Readings	Application Form

LAWS 5903	G	1	Contemporary Topics in Legal Studies: Regulating Labour in the 21st Century – Bodies, Spaces, Flows, Utopias	Zbyszewska, Anna
	W	2	Contemporary Topics in Legal Studies: Everyday Experiences of Law	Moore, Hollis
	X	2	Contemporary Topics in Legal Studies:	Young, Diana
	Y	2	Contemporary Topics: Judges and Judging	Dawson, Brettel
	Z	2	Contemporary Topics in Legal Studies: Medicine, Criminal Law, and Governance	Hebert, William

LAWS 6000	F	1	Doctoral Seminar Legal Studies	Wilke, Christiane

LAWS 6001	F	1&2	Proseminar in Legal Studies	Spencer, Dale

LAWS 6002	F	1	Law, Regulation and Governance	Hamilton, Sheryl

LAWS 6003	W	2	Human Rights, Citizenship and Global Justice	Buss, Doris

LAWS 6004	F	1	Crime, Law and Security	Moore, Dawn

LAWS 6010	F,W	1&2	Directed Readings in Legal Studies	Application Form

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Grad Course Outlines – 2021-2022