{"id":24155,"date":"2020-08-17T18:40:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T22:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/law\/?page_id=24155"},"modified":"2026-06-23T08:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:37:53","slug":"topics-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/topics-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"LAWS Topics Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        LAWS Topics Courses\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><a id=\"UP\"><\/a>Below are the topic names and descriptions for our undergraduate and graduate topics courses being offered this upcoming academic year. Each semester the instructors and topics can change, review the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/course-outlines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Course Outlines<\/a> for complete course information. Date and times of course offerings can be confirmed in <a href=\"https:\/\/central.carleton.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carleton Central<\/a> or in the <a href=\"https:\/\/central.carleton.ca\/prod\/bwysched.p_select_term?wsea_code=EXT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Public Class Schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"undergraduate-selected-topics-courses\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Undergraduate Selected Topics Courses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"fall-2026\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fall 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-laws-3509-a-the-charter-rights-of-topics-32860\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    LAWS 3509 A &#8211; The Charter Rights of Topics (32860)\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-laws-3509-a-the-charter-rights-of-topics-32860\">\n            \n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/people\/oklopcic-zoran\/\">Professor Zoran Oklopcic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course examines the <em>Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms<\/em> not as a fixed body of doctrine but as a site of enduring political, theoretical, and comparative contestation. Beginning with the Charter&#8217;s origins in the patriation of 1982\u2014and the questions of legitimacy, popular authorization, and unfinished consent that surround it\u2014the course approaches rights as artifacts of constitutional design and imagination rather than as self-evident entitlements. Across the term we ask who &#8220;the people&#8221; of the Charter are, what work rights actually do, and how Canada&#8217;s framework compares with constitutional rights regimes elsewhere. This year\u2019s topics will include: the structure and legitimacy of the Charter and the amending process; the limitation of rights and the proportionality (<em>Oakes<\/em>) framework in comparative perspective; the notwithstanding clause and the relationship between popular sovereignty and judicial review; fundamental freedoms; equality and the recognition of difference; collective, minority, and language rights; the place of Indigenous peoples and Quebec within the constitutional order; and critical and comparative challenges to rights discourse. The emphasis throughout is on theoretically informed, contextual analysis rather than exhaustive doctrinal coverage. Particular topics, cases, and readings are selected at the instructor&#8217;s discretion and may change.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-laws-3903-a-oral-advocacy-32864\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    LAWS 3903 A \u2013 Oral Advocacy (32864)\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-laws-3903-a-oral-advocacy-32864\">\n            \n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/people\/tasson-steve\/\">Professor Steve Tasson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course focuses on developing critical, practical, and effective presentation and oral advocacy strategies and skills for legal studies students. Alongside this focus on skills-building, the course will also explore the historical and contemporary justifications for, and dynamics of, oral advocacy in common law systems. Why does oral argumentation continue to occupy such a central place in legal and political decision-making? Regular and collaborative in-class participation is a core feature of the course design and vital to student success. Evaluations are conducted principally through oral advocacy exercises, including: mooting, debates, committee presentations and more traditional academic presentations.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-laws-4209-a-corporate-law-and-the-new-industrial-revolution-32871\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    LAWS 4209 A \u2013 Corporate Law and the New Industrial Revolution (32871)\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-laws-4209-a-corporate-law-and-the-new-industrial-revolution-32871\">\n            \n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/people\/salazar-alberto\/\">Professor Alberto Salazar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlock the future of Business Law: Join our seminar on Corporate Law and Artificial Intelligence! Delve into the exciting realm of Canadian and comparative corporate law, exploring the transformative impact of the new technology.&nbsp; Discover how algorithms, blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, automation, smart contracts, and platform corporations are reshaping the business landscape and traditional business law. Our course covers a wide range of topics, including the legal implications of financial technology (e.g. investment platforms, cryptocurrency), the changing landscape of fiduciary duties of corporate directors (e.g. AI directors, liability for privacy breaches, algorithmic management, consumer\u2019s rights), the transformation of work (e.g. AI-driven unemployment, workplace algorithms, gig workers), antitrust (e.g. regulation of big tech companies and platform corporations), and corporate social responsibility (e.g. AI\u2019s environmental impact). Don\u2019t miss out on this opportunity to explore the future of business law in the digital age!<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-laws-4605-a-international-law-in-international-politics-32884\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    LAWS 4605 A \u2013 International Law in International Politics (32884)\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-laws-4605-a-international-law-in-international-politics-32884\">\n            \n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/people\/sean-richmond\/\">Professor Sean Richmond<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This interdisciplinary seminar examines key theories of the role and limits of international law in international politics; relevant legal rules shaping this relationship; and how these theories and rules apply to important historical and contemporary case studies. It assesses how law and politics interact in areas such as the use of military force by states; international criminal law; the law of the sea and outer space; and international protection of the environment. The seminar is aimed at fourth-year students who have pre-existing knowledge of international law. Active participation in the discussions is expected. Practice problems and current events will be employed to help students apply the theories and rules that are explored to the real world of foreign affairs. Exciting guest speakers will also provide insights on cutting-edge issues such as Indigenous trade relations.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-laws-4702-a-the-gladue-requirements-in-theory-and-practice-32887\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    LAWS 4702 A \u2013 The Gladue Requirements in Theory and Practice (32887)\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-laws-4702-a-the-gladue-requirements-in-theory-and-practice-32887\">\n            \n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/people\/dickson-jane\/\">Professor Jane Dickson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a course about how law works (or doesn\u2019t work) in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 1999 Canadian courts sentencing an Indigenous person have been required to consider their \u2018unique background and circumstances\u2019 and any \u2018alternatives to incarceration that are reasonable in the circumstances\u2019 of the offence and the offender. Since that time, these \u2018Gladue requirements\u2019 have been expanded to apply across the criminal process, from bail through to parole applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite working with the requirements for 25 years, Gladue\u2019s goal of reducing Indigenous incarceration rates remains beyond our reach and Indigenous people remain disproportionately represented at virtually every level of the system from police contacts to incarceration. So what\u2019s the problem? Is it Gladue? Is it courts, lawyers, cops, corrections? Is it that we failed to understand the complexity of the factors that bring people into conflict with the law? Or was Gladue based on flawed assumptions about the system and the society that supports it, and thus the failure is no real surprise? Is this yet another example of how bad policy can thwart law\u2019s best intentions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course will immerse you in the research and evaluations around Indigenous criminal justice system involvement, Gladue and critical discussions of the nature of culpability, accountability and \u2018what works\u2019. You will then have the opportunity to engage with those on the front lines of the criminal justice system \u2013 police, judges, defense and Crown counsel, Gladue writers and workers \u2013 to discuss their understanding of, and role in, decarceration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will have the opportunity to ask some hard questions and get honest answers from the people doing the actual work and to query connections between theory and practice and between research and the real world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because the real-world matters and ready or not, it\u2019s on your doorstep.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-laws-4903-a-law-society-and-ai-32892\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    LAWS 4903 A \u2013 Law, Society, and AI (32892)\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-laws-4903-a-law-society-and-ai-32892\">\n            \n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/people\/michael-christensen\/\">Professor Michael Christensen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course examines some of the socio-legal issues related to the recent expansion of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The course will be organized as a seminar and each week we will discuss foundational topics in the growing field of AI studies. The readings will be multidisciplinary, with an emphasis on questions about the social impact of AI technologies ranging from practical issues regarding copyright and training models, to larger more existential questions about the future of work and human interaction in the AI era. The course will consider many perspectives and voices that are currently impacting debates about AI, including academic, industry, media, and activist perspectives. The goal of the course is to provide a platform for understanding the latest developments in AI products and technologies from a socio-legal academic perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-laws-4904-a-take-a-hike-advanced-research-on-legalities-of-park-usage-ottawa-gatineau-32893\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    LAWS 4904 A \u2013 Take a Hike: Advanced Research on Legalities of Park-Usage, Ottawa\/Gatineau (32893)\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-laws-4904-a-take-a-hike-advanced-research-on-legalities-of-park-usage-ottawa-gatineau-32893\">\n            \n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/people\/buss-doris-e\/\">Professor Doris Buss<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an action research course, examining how park users make sense of, and navigate rules governing trails in the Gatineau Park and National Capital Commission (NCC) green-spaces. Students in this course will study and employ advanced research skills of interviewing and participation observation. Topics covered will include theoretical materials on law and geography; regulation of parks and the National Capital Commission; relationships between human and non-human worlds, and socio-legal research on law in everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a student interested in learning through doing, attending class in person while open to course work that takes you off campus in Ottawa, and if you are interested in exploring how to conduct research on socio-legal dynamics in everyday life, then this course is for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students MUST BE based in Ottawa during the semester, and able to attend class in-person.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/dl>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"winter-2027\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winter 2027<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-laws-3904-a-law-borders-and-belonging-12762\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    LAWS 3904 A \u2013 Law, Borders, and Belonging (12762)\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-laws-3904-a-law-borders-and-belonging-12762\">\n            \n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/people\/gaucher-megan\/\">Professor Megan Gaucher<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citizenship and immigration continue to be important legal issues, particularly in Canada where the welcoming and subsequent accommodation of immigrants and refugees is a longstanding part of the national imaginary. Debates on admission criteria, migrant rights, and the legal limits of integration\/accommodation dominate academic and non-academic circles alike. Moreover, the question of \u201cwho belongs,\u201d continues to underpin political and popular opinion, drawing attention to the complexity of narratives of membership and belonging. The Canadian story of multiculturalism, while no doubt pleasant, often glosses over the inequalities that immigrants and refugees experience both in seeking access to Canadian borders and integrating into Canadian society. This course will introduce students to a theoretical and empirical examination of these questions, while considering the lived experiences of immigrants and refugees. In our examination of topics including, but not limited to, citizenship\/non-citizenship, statelessness, temporary foreign labour, family reunification, refugee determination, and migrant policing\/criminalization, this course will address the gap between immigration and refugee law and the implications of these laws in practice.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-laws-4306-a-wrongful-convictions-12775\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    LAWS 4306 A \u2013 Wrongful Convictions (12775)\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-laws-4306-a-wrongful-convictions-12775\">\n            \n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/people\/lauzon-kelly\/\">Instructor Kelly Lauzon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this class, we will rely on Canadian and American research to examine and analyze the factors that have been linked to wrongful conviction cases. We will use this knowledge to study known cases of wrongful conviction within the Canadian justice system to help us consider the implications that a wrongful conviction has for the accused person who is subsequently exonerated. In doing so, we will attempt to answer a variety of questions such as what impact do wrongful conviction cases have on the credibility of the criminal justice system? How do the state and the justice system respond when people complain that they have been wrongfully convicted? What role do police, crown attorneys, judiciary and other justice officials play in wrongful conviction cases? What impact do wrongful convictions have on the lives of the wrongfully convicted and their families? Finally, can anything be done to reduce the frequency with which people are wrongfully convicted by the criminal justice system in the future?<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/dl>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><a id=\"UGWinter2022\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"graduate-topics-courses\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Graduate Topics Courses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"fall-2026\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fall 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-laws-5903-f-psychology-of-the-jury-32905\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    LAWS 5903 F \u2013 Psychology of the Jury (32905)\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-laws-5903-f-psychology-of-the-jury-32905\">\n            \n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/people\/maeder-evelyn\/\">Professor Evelyn Maeder<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exploration of psychological phenomena in the legal system. Discussion of theory and method, level of analysis, and limits to understanding. Application of psychological principles to multiple stages\/actors within the legal process, with particular focus on the criminal legal system. Students will engage with psycholegal scholarship from Canadian, U.S., and global contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/dl>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"winter-2027\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winter 2027<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-laws-5903-w-law-labour-and-post-work-worlds-12799\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    LAWS 5903 W \u2013 Law, Labour, and Post\u2011Work Worlds (12799)\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-laws-5903-w-law-labour-and-post-work-worlds-12799\">\n            \n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/people\/ania-zbyszewska\/\">Professor Ania Zbyszewska<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seminar examines how law constitutes, organizes, and regulates labour across historical and contemporary contexts, drawing on critical feminist, decolonial, heterodox political economy, and ecological perspectives. 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