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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 | Kazmierski, Vincent | |
| C | F | Introduction to Legal Studies I | Malette, Sebastien | |
| D | W | Introduction to Legal Studies I | Kazmierski, Vincent | |
| LAWS 1002 | A | F | Introduction to Legal Studies II | Steiner, Philip |
| B | W | Introduction to Legal Studies II | Tasson, Steve | |
| C | W | Introduction to Legal Studies II | Malette, Sebastien | |
| D | W | Introduction to Legal Studies II | Steiner, Philip | |
| LAWS 2105 | A | F | Social Justice & Human Rights | Kale, Diksha |
| B | F | Social Justice & Human Rights | Christensen, Michael | |
| C | W | Social Justice & Human Rights | Konuk, Deniz Pinar | |
| D | W | Social Justice & Human Rights | Husain, Atiya Fatima | |
| 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 | Hasan, Mohammad | |
| LAWS 2202 | A | F | Obligations | Salazar, Alberto |
| B | F | Obligations | Dwoskin, David | |
| C | W | Obligations | Salazar, Alberto | |
| LAWS 2301 | A | F | Criminal Justice System | Moore, Hollis |
| B | F | Criminal Justice System | Thompson, Jonathan | |
| C | F | Criminal Justice System | D’Intino, David | |
| D | W | Criminal Justice System | Thompson, Jonathan | |
| E | W | Criminal Justice System | Smith, Kory | |
| F | W | Criminal Justice System | D’Intino, David | |
| LAWS 2302 | A | F | Criminal Law | Smith, Michael |
| B | F | Criminal Law | Smith, Michael | |
| C | F | Criminal Law | Giancaterino, Paolo | |
| D | W | Criminal Law | Smith, Michael | |
| E | W | Criminal Law | Smith, Michael | |
| F | W | Criminal Law | Giancaterino, Paolo | |
| LAWS 2501 | A | F | Law, State and Constitution | Legault-Lacasse, William |
| B | F | Law, State and Constitution | Milanovic, Nikola | |
| C | W | Law, State and Constitution | Milanovic, Nikola | |
| LAWS 2502 | A | F | Law, State and Citizen | Milanovic, Nikola |
| B | W | Law, State and Citizen | Milanovic, Nikola | |
| C | W | Law, State and Citizen | Koo, Ryan | |
| LAWS 2601 | A | F | Public International Law | Richmond, Sean |
| B | F | Public International Law | Schoenholz, Jean-Simon | |
| C | W | Public International Law | Richmond, Sean | |
| D | W | Public International Law | Ozsu, Umut | |
| LAWS 2908 | A | F | Approaches in Legal Studies I | Bou-Zeid, Zeina |
| B | F | Approaches in Legal Studies I | Fletcher, Collin | |
| C | W | Approaches in Legal Studies I | Bou-Zeid, Zeina | |
| D | W | Approaches in Legal Studies I | Sheridan, Sylva | |
| E | W | Approaches in Legal Studies I | Fletcher, Collin | |
| LAWS 3001 | A | W | Women and the Legal Process | Stansbury, Tasha |
| LAWS 3003 | A | F | Contracts | Dwoskin, David |
| B | W | Contracts | Oudeh, Hashim | |
| LAWS 3005 | A | F | Law and Regulation | Jeffries, Ryan |
| LAWS 3006 | A | F | Mediation | Fletcher, Collin |
| B | W | Mediation | Fletcher, Collin | |
| LAWS 3101 | A | F | Philosophy: Nature of Law | Balasubramaniam, Rueban |
| LAWS 3104 | A | F | Critical Theory Intro | Kaisary, Philip |
| LAWS 3201 | A | F | Business Enterprise Frameworks | Thomson, Carey |
| LAWS 3202 | A | F | Intellectual Property | Hasan, Mohammad |
| B | W | Intellectual Property | Hamilton, Sheryl | |
| LAWS 3206 | A | F | Banking Law | Waxman, Stephen |
| LAWS 3207 | A | F | International Transactions | Marcoux, Jean-Michel |
| LAWS 3208 | A | W | 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 | Young, Diana |
| B | W | Crime, Law, Process & Politics | Bromwich, Rebecca (updated Jan 4, 2024) | |
| LAWS 3307 | A | F | Youth and Criminal Law | Spencer, Dale |
| B | F | Youth and Criminal Law | Giancaterino, Paolo | |
| C | W | Youth and Criminal Law | Giancaterino, Paolo | |
| LAWS 3308 | A | F | Punishment and the Law | Moore, Dawn |
| B | F | Punishment and the Law | Hale, John | |
| C | W | Punishment and the Law | Moore, Dawn | |
| LAWS 3401 | A | W | Employment Law | Zbyszewska, Ania |
| LAWS 3405 | A | F | Labour Law | Thomson, Carey |
| LAWS 3501 | A | F | Law in the Information Society | Christensen, Michael |
| LAWS 3502 | A | W | Regulating Freedom of Expression in Canada | Smith, Kory |
| LAWS 3503 | B | W | Equality & Discrimination | Rickwood, Roger |
| LAWS 3504 | A | F | Law and Aboriginal Peoples | Malette, Sebastien |
| LAWS 3506 | A | W | Administrative Law | Shoenholz, Jean-Simon |
| LAWS 3508 | A | F | Health Law | Ijaz, Nadine |
| LAWS 3602 | A | F | International Human Rights | Buss, Doris |
| C | W | International Human Rights | Balasubramaniam, Rueban | |
| LAWS 3604 | A | F | International Organizations | Hasan, Mohammad |
| B | W | International Organizations | Ashtakala, Tara | |
| LAWS 3800 | A | W | Law of Environmental Quality | Waxman, Stephen |
| LAWS 3804 | A | W | Law of the Family | Steele, Connor |
| LAWS 3903 | A | F | Selected Legal Topics: Policing | Rigakos, George |
| B | W | Selected Legal Topics: Foundations of Race and Law | Husain, Atiya Fatima | |
| C | W | Selected Legal Topics: Policing | Rigakos, George | |
| LAWS 3904 | A | W | Selected Legal Topics: Law, Borders and Belonging | Gaucher, Megan |
| LAWS 3908 | A | F | Approaches in Legal Studies II | Hebert, William |
| B | F | Approaches in Legal Studies II | Bromwich, Rebecca | |
| C | W | Approaches in Legal Studies II | Wilke, Christiane | |
| E | W | Approaches in Legal Studies II | Polonskaya, Ksenia | |
| LAWS 4002 | A | F | Feminist Theories of Law | MacLellan, Tiffany |
| LAWS 4006 | A | W | Religion and State in Canada | Levasseur, Gilles |
| LAWS 4101 | A | F | Contemporary Justice Theories | Balasubramaniam, Rueban |
| B | W | Contemporary Justice Theories | Balasubramaniam, Rueban | |
| LAWS 4106 | A | F | Law and Violence | Rickwood, Roger |
| B | W | Law and Violence | Malette, Sebastien | |
| C | W | Law and Violence | Lonergan, Meg | |
| LAWS 4200 | A | F | International Economic Law | Marcoux, Jean-Michel |
| B | W | International Economic Law | Marcoux, Jean-Michel | |
| LAWS 4204 | A | F | Legal Issues in eCommerce | Waxman, Stephen |
| LAWS 4202 | A | W | Accountability of Management | Salazar, Alberto |
| LAWS 4209 | A | F | Topics in Business Law: Corporate Law and the New Industrial Revolution | Salazar, Alberto |
| LAWS 4302 | A | F | Regulation of Corporate Crime | Hasan, Mohammad |
| B | F | Regulation of Corporate Crime | Brownlee, Jamie | |
| C | W | Regulation of Corporate Crime | Hasan, Mohammad | |
| 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 | Spencer, Dale | |
| LAWS 4305 | A | F | Criminal Justice Reform | McCaffery, Patrick |
| B | W | Criminal Justice Reform | McCaffery, Patrick | |
| LAWS 4306 | A | F | Criminal Law Issues | Lauzon, Kelly |
| B | W | Criminal Law Issues | Moore, Hollis | |
| LAWS 4307 | A | W | Medical Criminal Law Issues | Lauzon, Kelly |
| LAWS 4308 | A | F | Sentencing | Rickwood, Roger |
| B | F | Sentencing | McCluskey, Mary | |
| C | W | Sentencing | Rickwood, Roger | |
| LAWS 4311 | A | F | Human Rights in Canadian Prisons | Smith, Kory |
| 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 4601 | B | W | Transnational Law and Human Rights | Van Houten, Kirsten |
| LAWS 4603 | A | F | Transitional Justice | Ozsu, Umut |
| B | F | Transitional Justice | Ozsu, Umut | |
| C | W | Transitional Justice | Gharji, Elham | |
| LAWS 4605 | A | W | Topics in International Law | Ozsu, Umut |
| LAWS 4606 | A | W | International Law and Armed Conflict | Richmond, Sean |
| LAWS 4607 | A | F | Immigration and Refugee Law | Stansbury, Tasha |
| B | W | Immigration and Refugee Law | Sookmark, Supanai | |
| LAWS 4800 | A | F | Environmental and Social Justice | Littlechild, Danika |
| LAWS 4801 | A | F | Risk and the Legal Process | Ashtakala, Tara |
| B | W | Risk and the Legal Process | Ashtakala, Tara | |
| C | W | Risk and the Legal Process | D’Intino, David | |
| 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 | |
| LAWS 4902 | A | F | Tutorial in Law | Guidelines || Application Form |
| B | W | Tutorial in Law | Guidelines || Application Form | |
| LAWS 4903 | B | F | Advanced Legal Topics: Indigenous Relations, Ethics, and Law | Littlechild, Danika |
| C | W | Advanced Legal Topics: Judges and Courts | Dawson, Brettel | |
| D | W | Advanced Legal Topics: Indigenous Relations, Ethics and Law | Littlechild, Danika | |
| LAWS 4904 | A | F | Advanced Legal Topics: Law and the Senses | Hamilton, Sheryl |
| B | W | Advanced Legal Topics: Psychology of the Jury | Maeder, Evelyn | |
| 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 4907 | A | F | Service Learning Placement – Application Form | Guidelines || Application Form |
| LAWS 4907 | 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 – 2023 to 2024 |
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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 5007 | F | F | Race, Ethnicity, and the Law | Husain, Atiya Fatima |
| LAWS 5200 | W | W | International Economics Law: Regulations of Trade | Polonskaya, Ksenia |
| LAWS 5306 | W | W | Police and Capital | Rigakos, George |
| LAWS 5603 / INAF 5505F | F | F | International Law: Theory and Practice | Richmond, Sean |
| LAWS 5662 | W | W | Law, Regulation, and Governance | Ijaz, Nadine |
| LAWS 5663 | F | F | 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 | Moore, Hollis |
| G | F | Contemporary Topics in Legal Studies – Sociolegal Theory and Film | Young, Diana | |
| W | W | Contemporary Topics in Legal Studies | Dawson, Brettel | |
| LAWS 5904 | F | F | Contemporary Topics in Legal Studies | Kaisary, Philip |
| X | W | Contemporary Topics in Legal Studies | Hebert, William | |
| LAWS 5908 | F | F | M.A. Research Essay | |
| LAWS 5908 | W | W | M.A. Research Essay | |
| LAWS 5909 | F | F | M.A. Thesis | |
| LAWS 5909 | W | W | M.A. Thesis | |
| LAWS 6000 | F | F | Doctoral Seminar Legal Studies | Douglas, Stacy |
| LAWS 6001 | A | F&W | Proseminar in Legal Studies | Gaucher, Megan |
| LAWS 6002 | W | W | Law, Regulation, and Governance | Ijaz, Nadine |
| LAWS 6003 | F | F | 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 | Directed Readings in Legal Studies | Application Form | |