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Selected Topics Course Descriptions
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**Please refer to the Undergraduate Calendar for necessary course prerequisites.**
| Course | Section | Term | Description / Link | Instructor |
| FYSM 1502 | A | F&W | First Year Seminar | Tasson, Steve |
| LAWS 1001 | A | F | Introduction to Legal Studies I | Tasson, Steve |
| B | F | Introduction to Legal Studies I | Dickson, Jane | |
| C | F | Introduction to Legal Studies I | Kazmierski, Vincent | |
| D | F | Introduction to Legal Studies I | Malette, Sebastien | |
| E | W | Introduction to Legal Studies I | Kazmierski, Vincent | |
| LAWS 1002 | A | F | Introduction to Legal Studies II | Schwisberg, Sam |
| B | W | Introduction to Legal Studies II | Tasson, Steve | |
| C | W | Introduction to Legal Studies II | Dickson, Jane | |
| D | W | Introduction to Legal Studies II | Malette, Sebastien | |
| E | W | Introduction to Legal Studies II | Dickson, Jane | |
| LAWS 2105 | A | F | Social Justice & Human Rights | Christensen, Michael |
| B | F | Social Justice & Human Rights | Hasan, Mohammad | |
| C | W | Social Justice & Human Rights | Doutaghi, Helyeh | |
| D | W | Social Justice & Human Rights | Konuk, Deniz | |
| LAWS 2201 | A | F | Persons and Property | Dawson, T. Brettel |
| B | F | Persons and Property | Dawson, T. Brettel | |
| C | W | Persons and Property | Hasan, Mohammad | |
| D | W | Persons and Property | Fletcher, Collin | |
| LAWS 2202 | A | F | Obligations | Salazar, Alberto |
| B | F | Obligations | Dwoskin, David | |
| C | W | Obligations | Salazar, Alberto | |
| D | W | Obligations | Heckbert, Lori Anne | |
| LAWS 2301 | A | F | Criminal Justice System | Grace, Anita |
| B | F | Criminal Justice System | Rochelle, Safiyah | |
| C | F | Criminal Justice System | Rochelle, Safiyah | |
| D | W | Criminal Justice System | Grace, Anita | |
| E | W | Criminal Justice System | Rochelle, Safiyah | |
| F | W | Criminal Justice System | Thompson, Jonathan | |
| LAWS 2302 | A | F | Criminal Law | Giancaterino, Paolo |
| B | F | Criminal Law | Hale, John | |
| C | F | Criminal Law | Hale, John | |
| E | W | Criminal Law | Giancaterino, Paolo | |
| F | W | Criminal Law | Smith, Michael | |
| G | W | Criminal Law | Smith, Michael | |
| LAWS 2501 | A | F | Law, State and Constitution | Oklopcic, Zoran |
| B | F | Law, State and Constitution | Milanovic, Nikola | |
| C | W | Law, State and Constitution | Oklopcic, Zoran | |
| LAWS 2502 | A | F | Law, State and Citizen | Costa, Andrew |
| B | W | Law, State and Citizen | Milanovic, Nikola | |
| C | W | Law, State and Citizen | Costa, Andrew | |
| LAWS 2601 | A | F | Public International Law | Masaeli, Mahmoud |
| B | F | Public International Law | Richmond, Sean | |
| C | W | Public International Law | Ozsu, Faik | |
| D | W | Public International Law | Ozsu, Faik | |
| LAWS 2908 | A | F | Approaches in Legal Studies I | Pinnawala, Sriyan |
| B | F | Approaches in Legal Studies I | Pinnawala, Sriyan | |
| C | W | Approaches in Legal Studies I | Bou-Zeid, Zeina | |
| D | W | Approaches in Legal Studies I | Fletcher, Collin | |
| E | W | Approaches in Legal Studies I | Schoenholz, Jean-Simon | |
| LAWS 3001 | A | F | Women and the Legal Process | Ketterling, Jean |
| LAWS 3003 | A | F | Contracts | Dwoskin, David |
| B | W | Contracts | Oudeh, Hashim | |
| LAWS 3005 | A | W | Law and Regulation | Ahmed-Hassan, Faiza |
| LAWS 3006 | A | F | Mediation | Fletcher, Collin |
| LAWS 3101 | A | F | Philosophy: Nature of Law | Balasubramaniam, Rueban |
| LAWS 3104 | A | W | Critical Theory Intro | Kaisary, Philip James |
| LAWS 3201 | A | F | Business Enterprise Frameworks | Levasseur, Gilles |
| B | W | Business Enterprise Frameworks | Thomson, Carey & Huxley, Stuart | |
| LAWS 3202 | A | F | Intellectual Property | Hasan, Mohammad |
| B | W | Intellectual Property | Hasan, Mohammad | |
| LAWS 3206 | A | F | Banking Law | Waxman, Stephen |
| B | W | Banking Law | Waxman, Stephen | |
| LAWS 3207 | A | W | International Transactions | Marcoux, Jean-Michel |
| LAWS 3208 | A | F | International Trade Regulation | Marcoux, Jean-Michel |
| LAWS 3305 / HIST 3305 | A | F | Crime and State in History | Kropf, Joel |
| B | W | Crime and State in History | Kropf, Joel | |
| LAWS 3306 | A | F | Crime, Law, Process & Politics | Giancaterino, Paolo |
| B | W | Crime, Law, Process & Politics | Giancaterino, Paolo | |
| LAWS 3307 | A | F | Youth and Criminal Law | Smith, Michael |
| B | W | Youth and Criminal Law | Hale, John | |
| C | W | Youth and Criminal Law | Hale, John | |
| LAWS 3308 | A | F | Punishment and the Law | Hepburn, Taryn |
| B | F | Punishment and the Law | Madden, Mike | |
| C | W | Punishment and the Law | Moore, Dawn | |
| D | W | Punishment and the Law | Moore, Dawn | |
| LAWS 3401 | A | F | Employment Law | Zbyszewska, Ania |
| B | W | Employment Law | Zbyszewska, Ania | |
| LAWS 3405 | A | F | Labour Law | Thomson, Carey |
| LAWS 3500 | B | W | Constitutional Law | Oklopcic, Zoran |
| LAWS 3502 | A | W | Freedom of Expression in Canada | Rochelle, Safiyah |
| LAWS 3503 | A | F | Equality & Discrimination | Steiner, Philip |
| B | W | Equality & Discrimination | Steiner, Philip | |
| LAWS 3504 | A | W | Law and Aboriginal Peoples | Malette, Sebastien |
| LAWS 3506 | A | F | Administrative Law | Schoenholz, Jean-Simon |
| LAWS 3508 | A | W | Health Law | Ketterling, Jean |
| LAWS 3509 | A | F | The Charter of Rights Topics – The Charter, Disability Rights & the Right to Health Care | Rickwood, Roger |
| B | W | The Charter of Rights Topics | Rickwood, Roger | |
| LAWS 3602 | A | F | International Human Rights | Buss, Doris |
| B | F | International Human Rights | Ashtakala, Tara | |
| C | W | International Human Rights | Balasubramaniam, Rueban | |
| LAWS 3604 | A | F | International Organizations | Sookmark, Supanai |
| B | W | International Organizations | Ashtakala, Tara | |
| C | W | International Organizations | Sookmark, Supanai | |
| LAWS 3800 | A | W | Law of Environmental Quality | Cloutier de Repentigny, Pierre |
| LAWS 3903 | A | F | Selected Legal Topics: Foundations of Race and Law | Donoghue, Stephen |
| B | F | Selected Legal Topics: Policing | Rigakos, George | |
| C | W | Selected Legal Topics: Policing | Rigakos, George | |
| LAWS 3908 | A | F | Approaches in Legal Studies II | Tasson, Stephen |
| B | W | Approaches in Legal Studies II | Wilke, Christiane | |
| C | W | Approaches in Legal Studies II | Khan, Ummni | |
| D | W | Approaches in Legal Studies II | Hebert, William | |
| E | W | Approaches in Legal Studies II | Wilke, Christiane | |
| LAWS 3999 | A | F | Co-op Work Term | Dickson, Jane |
| A | W | Co-op Work Term | Dickson, Jane | |
| LAWS 4002 | A | W | Feminist Theories of Law | MacLellan, Tiffany |
| LAWS 4100 | A | F | Modern Legal Theory | Oklopcic, Zoran |
| B | W | Modern Legal Theory | Costa, Andrew | |
| LAWS 4101 | A | F | Contemporary Justice Theories | Balasubramaniam, Rueban |
| B | W | Contemporary Justice Theories | Balasubramaniam, Rueban | |
| LAWS 4106 | A | F | Law and Violence | Malette, Sebastien |
| B | W | Law and Violence | Rickwood, Roger | |
| LAWS 4107 | B | W | Law in Modern Society | Polonskaya, Ksenia |
| C | W | Law in Modern Society | Polonskaya, Ksenia | |
| LAWS 4200 | A | F | International Economic Law | Marcoux, Jean-Michel |
| B | W | International Economic Law | Leroux, Eric | |
| LAWS 4202 | A | F | Accountability of Management | Salazar, Alberto |
| LAWS 4204 | A | F | Legal Issues in eCommerce | Waxman, Stephen |
| B | W | Legal Issues in eCommerce | Waxman, Stephen | |
| LAWS 4209 | A | W | Topics in Business Law: Corporate Law and the New Industrial Revolution | Salazar, Alberto |
| LAWS 4302 | A | F | Regulation of Corporate Crime | Hasan, Mohammad |
| B | W | Regulation of Corporate Crime | Hasan, Mohammad | |
| C | W | Regulation of Corporate Crime | Brownlee, Jamie | |
| LAWS 4303 | A | F | Drugs, The User and The State | Farrokhzad, Kourosh |
| B | F | Drugs, The User and The State | Farrokhzad, Kourosh | |
| C | W | Drugs, The User and The State | Farrokhzad, Kourosh | |
| LAWS 4304 | A | F | Policing & Social Surveillance | Rigakos, George |
| B | W | Policing & Social Surveillance | Rigakos, George | |
| LAWS 4305 | A | F | Criminal Justice Reform | Brown, Gregory |
| B | W | Criminal Justice Reform | Hebert, William | |
| LAWS 4306 | A | F | Criminal Law Issues | Dickson, Jane |
| B | F | Criminal Law Issues | Lauzon, Kelly | |
| LAWS 4307 | A | W | Medical Criminal Law Issues | Lauzon, Kelly |
| LAWS 4308 | A | F | Sentencing | Smith, Michael |
| B | W | Sentencing | Rickwood, Roger | |
| C | W | Sentencing | Donoghue, Stephen | |
| LAWS 4309 | A | W | State, Security and Dissent | Hameed, Yavar |
| LAWS 4402 | A | W | Employment Dispute Resolution | Zbyszewska, Ania |
| LAWS 4503 | A | F | Law, Disability and Society | Kazmierski, Vincent |
| B | W | Law, Disability and Society | Kazmierski, Vincent | |
| LAWS 4504 | A | W | Indigenous Criminal Justice | Muise Lawless, Jo-Anne |
| LAWS 4507 | A | F | Administrative Law and Control | Schoenholz, Jean-Simon |
| LAWS 4601 | A | F | Transnational Law and Human Rights | Buss, Doris |
| A | W | Transnational Law and Human Rights | Buss, Doris | |
| LAWS 4603 | A | F | Transitional Justice | Ozsu, Faik |
| B | F | Transitional Justice | Ozsu, Faik | |
| C | W | Transitional Justice | MacLellan, Tiffany | |
| LAWS 4605 | A | F | Topics in International Law – The Blue, Green, Yellow and White Planet: Earth’s Environments and Current Legal Challenges | Ashtakala, Tara |
| B | W | Topics in International Law | Richmond, Sean | |
| LAWS 4606 | A | W | International Law and Armed Conflict | Levasseur, Gilles |
| LAWS 4607 | A | F | Immigration and Refugee Law | Kilicaslan, Gulay |
| B | W | Immigration and Refugee Law | Kilicaslan, Gulay | |
| LAWS 4800 | A | W | Environmental and Social Justice | Littlechild, Danika |
| LAWS 4801 | A | F | Risk and the Legal Process | D’Intino, David |
| B | F | Risk and the Legal Process | Fletcher, Collin | |
| D | W | Risk and the Legal Process | Ashtakala, Tara | |
| LAWS 4802 | A | F | Criminal Jury Trials | Lauzon, Kelly |
| B | W | Criminal Jury Trials | Lauzon, Kelly | |
| LAWS 4901 | A | F | Tutorial in Law | Guidelines || Application Form |
| B | W | Tutorial in Law | Guidelines || Application Form | |
| C | F | Academia and Activism: Seminar in Advanced Human Rights Advocacy | Adrian, Melanie | |
| LAWS 4902 | A | F | Tutorial in Law | Guidelines || Application Form |
| B | W | Tutorial in Law | Guidelines || Application Form | |
| C | W | Activism and Academic Freedom: Seminar in Advanced Human Rights Advocacy | Adrian, Melanie | |
| LAWS 4903 | A | F | Advanced Legal Topics: Islam and Religious Freedom in Europe and Canada | Adrian, Melanie |
| B | F | Advanced Legal Topics: Indigenous Relations, Ethics, and Law | Littlechild, Danika | |
| C | W | Advanced Legal Topics | Dawson, Brettel | |
| D | W | Advanced Legal Topics | Littlechild, Danika | |
| LAWS 4904 | A | F | Advanced Legal Topics: Feminist Controversies in Sexuality and the Law | Lonergan, Meg |
| LAWS 4905 | A | F&W | Full-Year Service Learning Placement – Application Form | Guidelines || Application Form |
| LAWS 4906 | A | F | Service Learning Placement – Application Form | Guidelines || Application Form |
| LAWS 4906 | B | W | Service Learning Placement – Application Form | Guidelines || Application Form |
| LAWS 4908 | A | F&W | Honours Research Paper – Application Form | Guidelines || Application Form |
| LAWS 4908 | B | F&W | Honours Research Paper – Application Form | Guidelines || Application Form |
| LAWS 4908 | C | F&W | Honours Research Paper – Application Form | Guidelines || Application Form |
Grad Course Outlines – 2022 to 2023 |
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| LAWS 5000 | F | F | Theories of Law & Social Transformation | Wilke, Christiane |
| G | F | Theories of Law & Social Transformation | Wilke, Christiane | |
| LAWS 5001 | W | W | Legal Method & Social Inquiry | Christensen, Michael |
| X | W | Legal Method & Social Inquiry | Christensen, Michael | |
| LAWS 5004 | F | F | Law, Crime and Social Order | Khan, Ummni |
| LAWS 5200 | W | W | International Economics Law: Regulations of Trade | Marcoux, Jean-Michel |
| LAWS 5603 / INAF 5505F | W | W | International Law: Theory and Practice | Richmond, Sean |
| LAWS 5662 | F | F | Law, Regulation and Governance | Hamilton, Sheryl |
| LAWS 5663 | W | W | Human Rights, Citizenship and Global Justice | Buss, Doris |
| LAWS 5664 | F | F | Crime, Law and Security | Moore, Dawn |
| LAWS 5900 | F | F | Tutorials/Directed Readings | Application Form |
| W | W | Tutorials/Directed Readings | Application Form | |
| LAWS 5901 | F | F | Tutorials/Directed Readings | Application Form |
| W | W | Tutorials/Directed Readings | Application Form | |
| LAWS 5903 | F | F | Contemporary Topics in Legal Studies: Medicine, Criminal Law, and Governance | Hebert, William |
| G | F | Contemporary Topics in Legal Studies – Regulating Labour in the 21st Century | Zbyszewska, Ania | |
| H | F | Contemporary Topics in Legal Studies: Migration, Border, and Social Justice | Kilicaslan, Gulay | |
| W | W | Contemporary Topics in Legal Studies | Kaisary, Philip James | |
| X | W | Contemporary Topics in Legal Studies | Dawson, Brettel | |
| LAWS 5904 | W | W | Contemporary Topics in Legal Studies | Ijaz, Nadine |
| LAWS 6000 | F | F | Doctoral Seminar Legal Studies | Douglas, Stacy |
| LAWS 6001 | F | F&W | Proseminar in Legal Studies | Spencer, Dale |
| LAWS 6002 | F | F | Law, Regulation and Governance | Hamilton, Sheryl |
| LAWS 6003 | W | W | Human Rights, Citizenship and Global Justice | Buss, Doris |
| LAWS 6004 | F | F | Crime, Law and Security | Moore, Dawn |
| LAWS 6010 | F | F | Directed Readings in Legal Studies | Application Form |
| W | W | Application Form | ||