Enrollment as of 2020
Below is a list of the required and complementary law courses in the BCL/JD program for students enrolled in or after 2020. All first-year courses are offered in both English and French. Upper-year courses can be in either French or English.
1. Required courses (47 credits)
These Law Courses are absolutely required in the program. All students enrolled in the BCL/JD program must successfully complete these courses in order to graduate.
A. Required Courses in First Year
The following 33 credits of courses may be taken only in the first year:
LAWG 100D1. Contractual Obligations.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Students must register for both LAWG 100D1 and LAWG 100D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 100D1 and LAWG 100D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 100D2. Contractual Obligations.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite: LAWG 100D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 100D1 and LAWG 100D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 101D1. Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Students must register for both LAWG 101D1 and LAWG 101D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 101D1 and LAWG 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 101D2. Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite: LAWG 101D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 101D1 and LAWG 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 102D1. Criminal Justice.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Basis, nature and functioning of criminal justice within and across legal orders, with a focus on Canadian criminal justice. Main determinants of crime and rationales for criminalizing certain conduct. Key substantive, procedural, evidentiary and sentencing aspects of the criminal law, and the social impact of criminal justice.
- Students must register for both LAWG 102D1 and LAWG 102D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 102D1 and LAWG 102D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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LAWG 102D2. Criminal Justice.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Basis, nature and functioning of criminal justice within and across legal orders, with a focus on Canadian criminal justice. Main determinants of crime and rationales for criminalizing certain conduct. Key substantive, procedural, evidentiary and sentencing aspects of the criminal law, and the social impact of criminal justice.
- Prerequisite: LAWG102D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 102D1 and LAWG 102D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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LAWG 103. Indigenous Legal Traditions.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to Indigenous law in Canada by teaching, inter alia, the connections between Indigenous ways of being and knowing and Indigenous law, including how
those connections have been damaged in colonial contexts, and efforts to revitalize them. Topics include: the worldviews and constitutional contexts of Indigenous legal
traditions; and the colonial contexts which have shaped the contemporary realities of Indigenous laws and Indigenous legal education.
- Restrictions: Open only to first-year 好色TVl law students.
- Languages of instruction are English and French.
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LAWG 110D1. Integration Workshop.
Credits: 1.5
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to law and legal studies that complements the other first-year courses using transversal and integrative approaches.
- Students must register for both LAWG 110D1 and LAWG 110D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 110D1 and LAWG 110D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 110D2. Integration Workshop.
Credits: 1.5
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to law and legal studies that complements the other first-year courses using transversal and integrative approaches.
- Prerequisite: LAWG110D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 110D1 and LAWG 110D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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PUB2 101D1. Constitutional Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Students must register for both PUB2 101D1 and PUB2 101D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PUB2 101D1 and PUB2 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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PUB2 101D2. Constitutional Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite: PUB2 101D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PUB2 101D1 and PUB2 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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PUB3 116. Foundations.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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B. Required Courses in Second Year:
The following 14 credits of courses may be taken only in the second year:
LAWG 210. Legal Ethics and Professionalism.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The course provides an overview of the ethical principles and rules that are relevant to one鈥檚 life as an expert in the law, including ethical requirements for the practice of law in Canada and abroad. The course is taught over the course of weekly meetings during the term, in addition to an intensive period during Focus Week.
- Prerequisite(s): PRAC 147D1/D2 or equivalent (transfer & advance standing students only).
- Restriction(s): Limited to 2nd year Law students only. Not open to students who have completed PRAC 155D1/D2.
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LAWG 220D1. Property.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Integrated study of the foundations, principles and mechanisms of property law. Examination of common law, civil law and indigenous traditions in respect of property. Key relationships in respect of things and services as well as limitations on property rights.
- Students must register for both LAWG 220D1 and LAWG 220D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 220D1 and LAWG 220D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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LAWG 220D2. Property.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for description.
- Prerequisite: LAWG 220D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 220D1 and LAWG 220D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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PRAC 200. Advocacy.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Critical analysis of oral advocacy skills, including a range of settings and appellate advocacy.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the first lecture day and withdrawal is the second lecture day.
- Prerequisite(s): Completed PRAC 147D1/D2 Intro Legal Research OR equivalent (transfer & advance standing students only).
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have completed PRAC 155D1/D2. Limited to 2nd year Law students only.
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PROC 124. Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- **This course will be held on May 3, 5, 6,10, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26, 31, June 2, 3, 7 & 9.
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2. Complementary Courses (12 credits)
Complementary courses are those courses that appear on a restricted list from which students must take a minimum number of credits. All students enrolled in the BCL/JD program must successfully complete the minimum number of credits required in each group of complementary courses in order to graduate.
A. Civil Law Immersion Courses:
3 credits from the following list of civil law courses:
BUS2 561. Insurance.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BUS2 461
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LAWG 506. Advanced Civil Law Property.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course aims develop civil law reasoning and methodology through the study of certain concepts and constructs in civil law property.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition
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PROC 200. Advanced Civil Law Obligations.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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Course information not available.
PRV2 270. Law of Persons.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PRV4 548. Administration Property of Another and Trusts.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 448
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B. Common Law Immersion Courses:
3 credits from the following list of common law courses:
PRV3 200. Advanced Common Law Obligations.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PRV3 534. Remedies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV3 434
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Course information not available.
PRV4 500. Restitution.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 435.
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PRV4 549. Equity and Trusts.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 449 or PRV4 449D1/D2
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C. Complementary Social Diversity, Human Rights and Indigenous Law Courses:
Students must take at least 3 credits from the following list of courses:
CMPL 500. Indigenous Peoples and the State.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Current legal topics relating to Indigenous peoples, including the concept of Indigenous title, and constitutional aspects of contemporary land claims. Aspects of Canadian law relating to Indigenous peoples, their constitutional status, and hunting and fishing rights.
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CMPL 504. Feminist Legal Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Feminist theory and its relevance and application to law, including feminist methodologies in law, the public versus private dichotomy, and changing conceptions of equality.
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CMPL 511. Social Diversity and Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 516. International Development Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 565. International Humanitarian Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Prerequisite: PUB2 105
- Restriction: Not open to first year students.
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CMPL 571. International Law of Human Rights.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
International protection of human rights, particularly by the United Nations, its specialized agencies, and the Council of Europe.
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CMPL 573. Civil Liberties.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 575. Discrimination and the Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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IDFC 500. Indigenous Field Studies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Intensive field course that focuses on First Nations, M茅tis and Inuit cultures and worldviews, with particular emphasis on linkages to practice areas and integration across disciplinary silos. Attention is given to the effects of Canadian legal, health and social welfare policies on contemporary First Nations, M茅tis and Inuit societies.
- 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 includes 1 week where students live in the field. The field portion of the course may involve rugged field conditions and varying weather for which students must be prepared and equipped.
- A fee of $447.24 is charged to all students registered in IDFC 500 delivered in Montreal. The fee covers food, activities, land use, and other site expenses.
- **This course will be held on May 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and June 2nd.
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LAWG 503. Inter-American Human Rights.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Restricted to Law student. Non-Law students require permission from instructor & SAO
- Language of instruction may not be English - depends on the instructor.
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LAWG 505. Critical Engagements with Human Rights.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This seminar examines the connections between the theory and practice of human rights. It explores theoretical, ethical and strategic issues related to human rights discourse, advocacy and activism, and critically examines fact finding, monitoring and reporting, litigation, grass roots mobilization and media engagement in advancing human rights.
- Prerequisite(s): LAWG 517 or permission from instructor.
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LAWG 507. Critical Race Theory Advanced Seminar.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken LAWG 517 or LAWG 521 when topic was "Critical Race Theory"
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LAWG 508D1. Indigenous Constitutionalism.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of Anishinaabe legality, constitutionalism, and law. Logic and structure through elder鈥檚 teachings, stories, material culture, and the works of myriad
Indigenous writers and orators, including one view of Anishinaabe constitutionalism, what kinds of legal processes and institutions it supports, what kind of law these generate, and how that body of law changes through time and across places. Contemporary Indigenous law revitalization projects in Canada. How
colonialism structures Indigenous-settler relationships on Turtle Island, complicating prospects for Indigenous constitutional and legal revitalization.
- Students must register for both LAWG 508D1 and LAWG 508D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 508D1 and LAWG 508D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LAWG 518 or LAWG 519 when topic was 鈥業ndigenous Constitutionalism鈥�
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LAWG 508D2. Indigenous Constitutionalism.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for description.
- Prerequisite: LAWG 508D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 508D1 and LAWG 508D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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* Students must take both LAWG 508D1 and 508D2.
LEEL 369. Labour Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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LEEL 582. Law and Poverty.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 482
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PUB2 105. Public International Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PUB2 500. Law and Psychiatry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Open to a limited number of students in Law, Psychiatry and Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PUB2 419.
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PUB2 502. International Criminal Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 425.
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PUB2 551. Immigration and Refugee Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 451
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Course information not available.
D. Principles of [Canadian] Administrative Law:
Students must take at least 3 credits from the following list of courses:
BUS1 532. Bankruptcy and Insolvency.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Federal bankruptcy law, including bankruptcy petitions, an individual's rights to a discharge, the nature of claims provable in bankruptcy, the rejection and assumption of executory contracts, the stay of proceedings and the avoidance powers of trustees and receiverships and workouts as alternatives to bankruptcy proceedings.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken BUS1 432.
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BUS2 504. Securities Regulation.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BUS2 372.
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CMPL 539. International Taxation.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Canadian tax treatment of subjects, including the export of goods and services, carrying on business in other countries, international employee transfers, international re-organizations, and international joint ventures and partnerships.
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CMPL 543. Law and Practice of International Trade.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The fundamental aspects of international law governing international trade, and governmental regulation of international trade in Canada and Canada's major trading partners.
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CMPL 574. Government Control of Business.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Selected topics in government control and regulation of business with emphasis on competition law and policy.
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CMPL 575. Discrimination and the Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 577. Communications Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 580. Environment and the Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Environmental law, with emphasis on ecological, economic, political, and international dimensions.
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LAWG 523. Tax Practice Seminar.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examination of tax practice from a theoretical and practical perspective in five experiential modules featuring local practitioners, including tax planning for
families, analysis of application of general anti-avoidance rules to planned transactions, analysis of tax aspects of new technologies.
- Not open to students who have taken LAWG 537 when topic was "Tax practice Seminar".
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LEEL 369. Labour Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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LEEL 570. Employment Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 470
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LEEL 582. Law and Poverty.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 482
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PRV4 545. Land Use Planning.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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).
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 145
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PRV5 483. Consumer Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A comparative study of civil and common law and consumer protection law in Quebec and in Canada.
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PUB2 400. The Administrative Process.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PUB2 401. Judicial Review of Administrative Action.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PUB2 500. Law and Psychiatry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Open to a limited number of students in Law, Psychiatry and Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PUB2 419.
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PUB2 515. Tax Policy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Public aspects of tax legislation; federal-provincial agreements; tax sharing and equalization; municipal aspects; social problems in tax policy. Negative tax and re-distribution of resources.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 415
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PUB2 551. Immigration and Refugee Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 451
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3. Elective Courses (46 credits) and Minimum Writing Requirement
Students must take 46 other elective courses offered within the Faculty or approved as credit equivalences in order to complete the 105-credit degree requirement. The list of electives varies from year to year, and can be seen on our Current Courses page.
All students are required to submit at least one research paper. This requirement may be satisfied by:
- writing an essay in a course in which the essay constitutes no less than 75% of the final grade;
- writing a term essay under independent supervision, for credit, within the Faculty of Law;
- writing an article, note, or comment of equivalent substance that is published or accepted for publication in the 好色TVl Law Journal and approved by the Faculty Advisor to that publication.
Papers written jointly do not satisfy this requirement.
Enrollment as of 2019
Below is a list of the required and complementary law courses in the BCL/JD program for students enrolled in or after 2018. All first-year courses are offered in both English and French. Upper-year courses can be in either French or English.
1. Required courses
These Law Courses are absolutely required in the program. All students enrolled in the BCL/JD program must successfully complete these courses in order to graduate.
A. Required Courses in First Year
The following 32 credits of courses may be taken only in the first year:
LAWG 100D1. Contractual Obligations.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Students must register for both LAWG 100D1 and LAWG 100D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 100D1 and LAWG 100D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 100D2. Contractual Obligations.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite: LAWG 100D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 100D1 and LAWG 100D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 101D1. Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Students must register for both LAWG 101D1 and LAWG 101D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 101D1 and LAWG 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 101D2. Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite: LAWG 101D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 101D1 and LAWG 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 102D1. Criminal Justice.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Basis, nature and functioning of criminal justice within and across legal orders, with a focus on Canadian criminal justice. Main determinants of crime and rationales for criminalizing certain conduct. Key substantive, procedural, evidentiary and sentencing aspects of the criminal law, and the social impact of criminal justice.
- Students must register for both LAWG 102D1 and LAWG 102D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 102D1 and LAWG 102D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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LAWG 102D2. Criminal Justice.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Basis, nature and functioning of criminal justice within and across legal orders, with a focus on Canadian criminal justice. Main determinants of crime and rationales for criminalizing certain conduct. Key substantive, procedural, evidentiary and sentencing aspects of the criminal law, and the social impact of criminal justice.
- Prerequisite: LAWG102D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 102D1 and LAWG 102D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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LAWG 110D1. Integration Workshop.
Credits: 1.5
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to law and legal studies that complements the other first-year courses using transversal and integrative approaches.
- Students must register for both LAWG 110D1 and LAWG 110D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 110D1 and LAWG 110D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 110D2. Integration Workshop.
Credits: 1.5
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to law and legal studies that complements the other first-year courses using transversal and integrative approaches.
- Prerequisite: LAWG110D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 110D1 and LAWG 110D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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PUB2 101D1. Constitutional Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Students must register for both PUB2 101D1 and PUB2 101D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PUB2 101D1 and PUB2 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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PUB2 101D2. Constitutional Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite: PUB2 101D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PUB2 101D1 and PUB2 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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Course information not available.
Course information not available.
B. Required Courses in Second Year:
The following 14 credits of courses may be taken only in the second year:
LAWG 210. Legal Ethics and Professionalism.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The course provides an overview of the ethical principles and rules that are relevant to one鈥檚 life as an expert in the law, including ethical requirements for the practice of law in Canada and abroad. The course is taught over the course of weekly meetings during the term, in addition to an intensive period during Focus Week.
- Prerequisite(s): PRAC 147D1/D2 or equivalent (transfer & advance standing students only).
- Restriction(s): Limited to 2nd year Law students only. Not open to students who have completed PRAC 155D1/D2.
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LAWG 220D1. Property.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Integrated study of the foundations, principles and mechanisms of property law. Examination of common law, civil law and indigenous traditions in respect of property. Key relationships in respect of things and services as well as limitations on property rights.
- Students must register for both LAWG 220D1 and LAWG 220D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 220D1 and LAWG 220D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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LAWG 220D2. Property.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for description.
- Prerequisite: LAWG 220D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 220D1 and LAWG 220D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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PROC 124. Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- **This course will be held on May 3, 5, 6,10, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26, 31, June 2, 3, 7 & 9.
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PRAC 200. Advocacy.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Critical analysis of oral advocacy skills, including a range of settings and appellate advocacy.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the first lecture day and withdrawal is the second lecture day.
- Prerequisite(s): Completed PRAC 147D1/D2 Intro Legal Research OR equivalent (transfer & advance standing students only).
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have completed PRAC 155D1/D2. Limited to 2nd year Law students only.
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2. Complementary Courses
Complementary Courses are those courses that appear on a restricted list from which students must take a minimum number of credits. All students enrolled in the BCL/JD program must successfully complete the minimum number of credits required in each group of complementary courses in order to graduate.
A. Civil Law Immersion Courses:
3 credits from the following list of civil law courses:
BUS2 561. Insurance.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BUS2 461
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LAWG 506. Advanced Civil Law Property.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course aims develop civil law reasoning and methodology through the study of certain concepts and constructs in civil law property.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition
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PROC 200. Advanced Civil Law Obligations.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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Course information not available.
PRV2 270. Law of Persons.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PRV4 548. Administration Property of Another and Trusts.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 448
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B. Common Law Immersion Courses:
3 credits from the following list of common law courses:
PRV3 200. Advanced Common Law Obligations.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PRV3 534. Remedies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV3 434
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Course information not available.
PRV4 500. Restitution.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 435.
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PRV4 549. Equity and Trusts.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 449 or PRV4 449D1/D2
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C. Complementary Social Diversity, Human Rights and Indigenous Law Courses:
Students must take at least 3 credits from the following list of courses:
CMPL 500. Indigenous Peoples and the State.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Current legal topics relating to Indigenous peoples, including the concept of Indigenous title, and constitutional aspects of contemporary land claims. Aspects of Canadian law relating to Indigenous peoples, their constitutional status, and hunting and fishing rights.
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CMPL 504. Feminist Legal Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Feminist theory and its relevance and application to law, including feminist methodologies in law, the public versus private dichotomy, and changing conceptions of equality.
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Course information not available.
CMPL 511. Social Diversity and Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 516. International Development Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 565. International Humanitarian Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Prerequisite: PUB2 105
- Restriction: Not open to first year students.
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CMPL 571. International Law of Human Rights.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
International protection of human rights, particularly by the United Nations, its specialized agencies, and the Council of Europe.
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CMPL 573. Civil Liberties.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 575. Discrimination and the Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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IDFC 500. Indigenous Field Studies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Intensive field course that focuses on First Nations, M茅tis and Inuit cultures and worldviews, with particular emphasis on linkages to practice areas and integration across disciplinary silos. Attention is given to the effects of Canadian legal, health and social welfare policies on contemporary First Nations, M茅tis and Inuit societies.
- 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 includes 1 week where students live in the field. The field portion of the course may involve rugged field conditions and varying weather for which students must be prepared and equipped.
- A fee of $447.24 is charged to all students registered in IDFC 500 delivered in Montreal. The fee covers food, activities, land use, and other site expenses.
- **This course will be held on May 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and June 2nd.
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LAWG 503. Inter-American Human Rights.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Restricted to Law student. Non-Law students require permission from instructor & SAO
- Language of instruction may not be English - depends on the instructor.
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LAWG 505. Critical Engagements with Human Rights.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This seminar examines the connections between the theory and practice of human rights. It explores theoretical, ethical and strategic issues related to human rights discourse, advocacy and activism, and critically examines fact finding, monitoring and reporting, litigation, grass roots mobilization and media engagement in advancing human rights.
- Prerequisite(s): LAWG 517 or permission from instructor.
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LAWG 507. Critical Race Theory Advanced Seminar.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken LAWG 517 or LAWG 521 when topic was "Critical Race Theory"
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Course information not available.
LEEL 369. Labour Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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LEEL 582. Law and Poverty.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 482
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PUB2 105. Public International Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PUB2 500. Law and Psychiatry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Open to a limited number of students in Law, Psychiatry and Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PUB2 419.
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PUB2 502. International Criminal Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 425.
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PUB2 551. Immigration and Refugee Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 451
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Course information not available.
D. Principles of [Canadian] Administrative Law:
Students must take at least 3 credits from the following list of courses:
BUS1 532. Bankruptcy and Insolvency.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Federal bankruptcy law, including bankruptcy petitions, an individual's rights to a discharge, the nature of claims provable in bankruptcy, the rejection and assumption of executory contracts, the stay of proceedings and the avoidance powers of trustees and receiverships and workouts as alternatives to bankruptcy proceedings.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken BUS1 432.
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BUS2 504. Securities Regulation.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BUS2 372.
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CMPL 539. International Taxation.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Canadian tax treatment of subjects, including the export of goods and services, carrying on business in other countries, international employee transfers, international re-organizations, and international joint ventures and partnerships.
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CMPL 543. Law and Practice of International Trade.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The fundamental aspects of international law governing international trade, and governmental regulation of international trade in Canada and Canada's major trading partners.
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CMPL 574. Government Control of Business.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Selected topics in government control and regulation of business with emphasis on competition law and policy.
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CMPL 575. Discrimination and the Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 577. Communications Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 580. Environment and the Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Environmental law, with emphasis on ecological, economic, political, and international dimensions.
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LAWG 523. Tax Practice Seminar.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examination of tax practice from a theoretical and practical perspective in five experiential modules featuring local practitioners, including tax planning for
families, analysis of application of general anti-avoidance rules to planned transactions, analysis of tax aspects of new technologies.
- Not open to students who have taken LAWG 537 when topic was "Tax practice Seminar".
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LEEL 369. Labour Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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LEEL 570. Employment Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 470
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LEEL 582. Law and Poverty.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 482
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PRV4 545. Land Use Planning.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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).
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 145
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PRV5 483. Consumer Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A comparative study of civil and common law and consumer protection law in Quebec and in Canada.
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PUB2 400. The Administrative Process.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PUB2 401. Judicial Review of Administrative Action.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PUB2 500. Law and Psychiatry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Open to a limited number of students in Law, Psychiatry and Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PUB2 419.
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PUB2 515. Tax Policy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Public aspects of tax legislation; federal-provincial agreements; tax sharing and equalization; municipal aspects; social problems in tax policy. Negative tax and re-distribution of resources.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 415
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PUB2 551. Immigration and Refugee Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 451
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3. Elective Courses and Minimum Writing Requirement
Students must take 47聽other elective courses offered within the Faculty or approved as credit equivalences in order to complete the 105-credit degree requirement. The list of electives varies from year to year, and can be seen on our Current Courses page.
All students are required to submit at least one research paper. This requirement may be satisfied by:
- writing an essay in a course in which the essay constitutes no less than 75% of the final grade;
- writing a term essay under independent supervision, for credit, within the Faculty of Law;
- writing an article, note, or comment of equivalent substance that is published or accepted for publication in the 好色TVl Law Journal and approved by the Faculty Advisor to that publication.
Papers written jointly do not satisfy this requirement.
Enrollment as of 2018
Below is a list of the required and complementary law courses in the BCL/JD program for students enrolled in or after 2018. All first-year courses are offered in both English and French. Upper-year courses can be in either French or English.
1. Required courses
These Law Courses are absolutely required in the program. All students enrolled in the BCL/JD program must successfully complete these courses in order to graduate.
A. Required Courses in First Year
The following 32 credits of courses may be taken only in the first year:
LAWG 100D1. Contractual Obligations.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Students must register for both LAWG 100D1 and LAWG 100D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 100D1 and LAWG 100D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 100D2. Contractual Obligations.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite: LAWG 100D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 100D1 and LAWG 100D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 101D1. Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Students must register for both LAWG 101D1 and LAWG 101D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 101D1 and LAWG 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 101D2. Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite: LAWG 101D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 101D1 and LAWG 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 102D1. Criminal Justice.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Basis, nature and functioning of criminal justice within and across legal orders, with a focus on Canadian criminal justice. Main determinants of crime and rationales for criminalizing certain conduct. Key substantive, procedural, evidentiary and sentencing aspects of the criminal law, and the social impact of criminal justice.
- Students must register for both LAWG 102D1 and LAWG 102D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 102D1 and LAWG 102D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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LAWG 102D2. Criminal Justice.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Basis, nature and functioning of criminal justice within and across legal orders, with a focus on Canadian criminal justice. Main determinants of crime and rationales for criminalizing certain conduct. Key substantive, procedural, evidentiary and sentencing aspects of the criminal law, and the social impact of criminal justice.
- Prerequisite: LAWG102D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 102D1 and LAWG 102D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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LAWG 110D1. Integration Workshop.
Credits: 1.5
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to law and legal studies that complements the other first-year courses using transversal and integrative approaches.
- Students must register for both LAWG 110D1 and LAWG 110D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 110D1 and LAWG 110D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 110D2. Integration Workshop.
Credits: 1.5
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to law and legal studies that complements the other first-year courses using transversal and integrative approaches.
- Prerequisite: LAWG110D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 110D1 and LAWG 110D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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PUB2 101D1. Constitutional Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Students must register for both PUB2 101D1 and PUB2 101D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PUB2 101D1 and PUB2 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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PUB2 101D2. Constitutional Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite: PUB2 101D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PUB2 101D1 and PUB2 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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Course information not available.
Course information not available.
B. Required Courses in Second Year
The following 13 credits of courses may be taken only in the second year:
LAWG 210. Legal Ethics and Professionalism.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The course provides an overview of the ethical principles and rules that are relevant to one鈥檚 life as an expert in the law, including ethical requirements for the practice of law in Canada and abroad. The course is taught over the course of weekly meetings during the term, in addition to an intensive period during Focus Week.
- Prerequisite(s): PRAC 147D1/D2 or equivalent (transfer & advance standing students only).
- Restriction(s): Limited to 2nd year Law students only. Not open to students who have completed PRAC 155D1/D2.
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LAWG 220D1. Property.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Integrated study of the foundations, principles and mechanisms of property law. Examination of common law, civil law and indigenous traditions in respect of property. Key relationships in respect of things and services as well as limitations on property rights.
- Students must register for both LAWG 220D1 and LAWG 220D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 220D1 and LAWG 220D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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LAWG 220D2. Property.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for description.
- Prerequisite: LAWG 220D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 220D1 and LAWG 220D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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PROC 124. Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- **This course will be held on May 3, 5, 6,10, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26, 31, June 2, 3, 7 & 9.
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C. Other Required Courses
The following 1聽credit course may be taken in any year after completing the first year:
PRAC 200. Advocacy.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Critical analysis of oral advocacy skills, including a range of settings and appellate advocacy.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the first lecture day and withdrawal is the second lecture day.
- Prerequisite(s): Completed PRAC 147D1/D2 Intro Legal Research OR equivalent (transfer & advance standing students only).
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have completed PRAC 155D1/D2. Limited to 2nd year Law students only.
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2. Complementary Courses
Complementary courses are those courses that appear on a restricted list from which students must take a minimum number of credits. All students enrolled in the BCL/JD program must successfully complete the minimum number of credits required in each group of complementary courses in order to graduate.
A. Civil Law Immersion Courses:
3 credits from the following list of civil law courses:
BUS2 561. Insurance.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BUS2 461
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LAWG 506. Advanced Civil Law Property.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course aims develop civil law reasoning and methodology through the study of certain concepts and constructs in civil law property.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition
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PROC 200. Advanced Civil Law Obligations.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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Course information not available.
PRV2 270. Law of Persons.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PRV4 548. Administration Property of Another and Trusts.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 448
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B. Common Law Immersion Courses:
3 credits from the following list of common law courses:
PRV3 200. Advanced Common Law Obligations.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PRV3 534. Remedies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV3 434
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Course information not available.
PRV4 500. Restitution.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 435.
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PRV4 549. Equity and Trusts.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 449 or PRV4 449D1/D2
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C. Complementary Social Diversity, Human Rights and Indigenous Law Courses:
Students must take at least 3 credits from the following list of courses:
CMPL 500. Indigenous Peoples and the State.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Current legal topics relating to Indigenous peoples, including the concept of Indigenous title, and constitutional aspects of contemporary land claims. Aspects of Canadian law relating to Indigenous peoples, their constitutional status, and hunting and fishing rights.
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CMPL 504. Feminist Legal Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Feminist theory and its relevance and application to law, including feminist methodologies in law, the public versus private dichotomy, and changing conceptions of equality.
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CMPL 511. Social Diversity and Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 516. International Development Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 565. International Humanitarian Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Prerequisite: PUB2 105
- Restriction: Not open to first year students.
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CMPL 571. International Law of Human Rights.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
International protection of human rights, particularly by the United Nations, its specialized agencies, and the Council of Europe.
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CMPL 573. Civil Liberties.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 575. Discrimination and the Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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IDFC 500. Indigenous Field Studies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Intensive field course that focuses on First Nations, M茅tis and Inuit cultures and worldviews, with particular emphasis on linkages to practice areas and integration across disciplinary silos. Attention is given to the effects of Canadian legal, health and social welfare policies on contemporary First Nations, M茅tis and Inuit societies.
- 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 includes 1 week where students live in the field. The field portion of the course may involve rugged field conditions and varying weather for which students must be prepared and equipped.
- A fee of $447.24 is charged to all students registered in IDFC 500 delivered in Montreal. The fee covers food, activities, land use, and other site expenses.
- **This course will be held on May 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and June 2nd.
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LAWG 503. Inter-American Human Rights.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Restricted to Law student. Non-Law students require permission from instructor & SAO
- Language of instruction may not be English - depends on the instructor.
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LAWG 505. Critical Engagements with Human Rights.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This seminar examines the connections between the theory and practice of human rights. It explores theoretical, ethical and strategic issues related to human rights discourse, advocacy and activism, and critically examines fact finding, monitoring and reporting, litigation, grass roots mobilization and media engagement in advancing human rights.
- Prerequisite(s): LAWG 517 or permission from instructor.
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LAWG 507. Critical Race Theory Advanced Seminar.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken LAWG 517 or LAWG 521 when topic was "Critical Race Theory"
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LEEL 369. Labour Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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LEEL 582. Law and Poverty.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 482
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PUB2 105. Public International Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PUB2 500. Law and Psychiatry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Open to a limited number of students in Law, Psychiatry and Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PUB2 419.
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PUB2 502. International Criminal Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 425.
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PUB2 551. Immigration and Refugee Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 451
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Course information not available.
D. Principles of [Canadian] Administrative Law:
Students must take at least 3 credits from the following list of courses:
BUS1 532. Bankruptcy and Insolvency.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Federal bankruptcy law, including bankruptcy petitions, an individual's rights to a discharge, the nature of claims provable in bankruptcy, the rejection and assumption of executory contracts, the stay of proceedings and the avoidance powers of trustees and receiverships and workouts as alternatives to bankruptcy proceedings.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken BUS1 432.
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BUS2 504. Securities Regulation.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BUS2 372.
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CMPL 543. Law and Practice of International Trade.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The fundamental aspects of international law governing international trade, and governmental regulation of international trade in Canada and Canada's major trading partners.
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CMPL 574. Government Control of Business.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Selected topics in government control and regulation of business with emphasis on competition law and policy.
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CMPL 575. Discrimination and the Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 577. Communications Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 580. Environment and the Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Environmental law, with emphasis on ecological, economic, political, and international dimensions.
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LEEL 369. Labour Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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LEEL 570. Employment Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 470
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LEEL 582. Law and Poverty.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 482
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PRV4 545. Land Use Planning.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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).
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 145
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PRV5 483. Consumer Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A comparative study of civil and common law and consumer protection law in Quebec and in Canada.
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PUB2 400. The Administrative Process.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PUB2 401. Judicial Review of Administrative Action.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PUB2 500. Law and Psychiatry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Open to a limited number of students in Law, Psychiatry and Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PUB2 419.
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PUB2 551. Immigration and Refugee Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 451
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3. Elective Courses and Minimum Writing Requirement
Students must take 47聽other elective courses offered within the Faculty or approved as credit equivalences in order to complete the 105-credit degree requirement. The list of electives varies from year to year, and can be seen on our Current Courses page.
All students are required to submit at least one research paper. This requirement may be satisfied by:
- writing an essay in a course in which the essay constitutes no less than 75% of the final grade;
- writing a term essay under independent supervision, for credit, within the Faculty of Law;
- writing an article, note, or comment of equivalent substance that is published or accepted for publication in the 好色TVl Law Journal and approved by the Faculty Advisor to that publication.
Papers written jointly do not satisfy this requirement.
Enrollment as of 2016
Below is a list of the required and complementary law courses in the BCL/JD program for students enrolled in or after 2016. All first-year courses are offered in both English and French. Upper-year courses can be in either French or English.
1. Required courses
These Law Courses are absolutely required in the program. All students enrolled in the BCL/JD program must successfully complete these courses in order to graduate.
A. Required Courses in First Year
The following 32 credits of courses may be taken only in the first year:
LAWG 100D1. Contractual Obligations.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Students must register for both LAWG 100D1 and LAWG 100D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 100D1 and LAWG 100D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 100D2. Contractual Obligations.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite: LAWG 100D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 100D1 and LAWG 100D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 101D1. Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Students must register for both LAWG 101D1 and LAWG 101D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 101D1 and LAWG 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 101D2. Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite: LAWG 101D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 101D1 and LAWG 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 102D1. Criminal Justice.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Basis, nature and functioning of criminal justice within and across legal orders, with a focus on Canadian criminal justice. Main determinants of crime and rationales for criminalizing certain conduct. Key substantive, procedural, evidentiary and sentencing aspects of the criminal law, and the social impact of criminal justice.
- Students must register for both LAWG 102D1 and LAWG 102D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 102D1 and LAWG 102D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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LAWG 102D2. Criminal Justice.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Basis, nature and functioning of criminal justice within and across legal orders, with a focus on Canadian criminal justice. Main determinants of crime and rationales for criminalizing certain conduct. Key substantive, procedural, evidentiary and sentencing aspects of the criminal law, and the social impact of criminal justice.
- Prerequisite: LAWG102D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 102D1 and LAWG 102D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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LAWG 110D1. Integration Workshop.
Credits: 1.5
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to law and legal studies that complements the other first-year courses using transversal and integrative approaches.
- Students must register for both LAWG 110D1 and LAWG 110D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 110D1 and LAWG 110D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LAWG 110D2. Integration Workshop.
Credits: 1.5
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to law and legal studies that complements the other first-year courses using transversal and integrative approaches.
- Prerequisite: LAWG110D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 110D1 and LAWG 110D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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PUB2 101D1. Constitutional Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Students must register for both PUB2 101D1 and PUB2 101D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PUB2 101D1 and PUB2 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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PUB2 101D2. Constitutional Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite: PUB2 101D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PUB2 101D1 and PUB2 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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Course information not available.
Course information not available.
B. Required Courses in Second Year
The following 13 credits of courses may be taken only in the second year:
LAWG 210. Legal Ethics and Professionalism.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The course provides an overview of the ethical principles and rules that are relevant to one鈥檚 life as an expert in the law, including ethical requirements for the practice of law in Canada and abroad. The course is taught over the course of weekly meetings during the term, in addition to an intensive period during Focus Week.
- Prerequisite(s): PRAC 147D1/D2 or equivalent (transfer & advance standing students only).
- Restriction(s): Limited to 2nd year Law students only. Not open to students who have completed PRAC 155D1/D2.
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LAWG 220D1. Property.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Integrated study of the foundations, principles and mechanisms of property law. Examination of common law, civil law and indigenous traditions in respect of property. Key relationships in respect of things and services as well as limitations on property rights.
- Students must register for both LAWG 220D1 and LAWG 220D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 220D1 and LAWG 220D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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LAWG 220D2. Property.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for description.
- Prerequisite: LAWG 220D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 220D1 and LAWG 220D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
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PROC 124. Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- **This course will be held on May 3, 5, 6,10, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26, 31, June 2, 3, 7 & 9.
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C. Other Required Courses:
The following 5 credits of courses may be taken in any year after completing the first year:
BUS2 365. Business Associations.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
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.
- **This course will be held on May 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, & 24.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day.
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PRAC 200. Advocacy.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Critical analysis of oral advocacy skills, including a range of settings and appellate advocacy.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the first lecture day and withdrawal is the second lecture day.
- Prerequisite(s): Completed PRAC 147D1/D2 Intro Legal Research OR equivalent (transfer & advance standing students only).
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have completed PRAC 155D1/D2. Limited to 2nd year Law students only.
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2. Complementary Courses
Complementary courses are those courses that appear on a restricted list from which students must take a minimum number of credits. All students enrolled in the BCL/JD program must successfully complete the minimum number of credits required in each group of complementary courses in order to graduate.
A. Civil Law Immersion Courses
3 credits from the following list of civil law courses:
BUS2 561. Insurance.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BUS2 461
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LAWG 506. Advanced Civil Law Property.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course aims develop civil law reasoning and methodology through the study of certain concepts and constructs in civil law property.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition
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PROC 200. Advanced Civil Law Obligations.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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Course information not available.
PRV2 270. Law of Persons.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PRV4 548. Administration Property of Another and Trusts.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 448
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B. Common Law Immersion Courses
3 credits from the following list of common law courses:
PRV3 200. Advanced Common Law Obligations.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PRV3 534. Remedies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV3 434
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Course information not available.
PRV4 500. Restitution.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 435.
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PRV4 549. Equity and Trusts.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 449 or PRV4 449D1/D2
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C. Complementary Social Diversity, Human Rights and Indigenous Law Courses
Students must take at least 3 credits from the following list of courses:
CMPL 500. Indigenous Peoples and the State.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Current legal topics relating to Indigenous peoples, including the concept of Indigenous title, and constitutional aspects of contemporary land claims. Aspects of Canadian law relating to Indigenous peoples, their constitutional status, and hunting and fishing rights.
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CMPL 504. Feminist Legal Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Feminist theory and its relevance and application to law, including feminist methodologies in law, the public versus private dichotomy, and changing conceptions of equality.
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CMPL 511. Social Diversity and Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 516. International Development Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 565. International Humanitarian Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Prerequisite: PUB2 105
- Restriction: Not open to first year students.
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CMPL 571. International Law of Human Rights.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
International protection of human rights, particularly by the United Nations, its specialized agencies, and the Council of Europe.
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CMPL 573. Civil Liberties.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 575. Discrimination and the Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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IDFC 500. Indigenous Field Studies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Intensive field course that focuses on First Nations, M茅tis and Inuit cultures and worldviews, with particular emphasis on linkages to practice areas and integration across disciplinary silos. Attention is given to the effects of Canadian legal, health and social welfare policies on contemporary First Nations, M茅tis and Inuit societies.
- 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 includes 1 week where students live in the field. The field portion of the course may involve rugged field conditions and varying weather for which students must be prepared and equipped.
- A fee of $447.24 is charged to all students registered in IDFC 500 delivered in Montreal. The fee covers food, activities, land use, and other site expenses.
- **This course will be held on May 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and June 2nd.
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LAWG 503. Inter-American Human Rights.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Restricted to Law student. Non-Law students require permission from instructor & SAO
- Language of instruction may not be English - depends on the instructor.
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LAWG 505. Critical Engagements with Human Rights.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This seminar examines the connections between the theory and practice of human rights. It explores theoretical, ethical and strategic issues related to human rights discourse, advocacy and activism, and critically examines fact finding, monitoring and reporting, litigation, grass roots mobilization and media engagement in advancing human rights.
- Prerequisite(s): LAWG 517 or permission from instructor.
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LAWG 507. Critical Race Theory Advanced Seminar.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken LAWG 517 or LAWG 521 when topic was "Critical Race Theory"
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LEEL 369. Labour Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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LEEL 582. Law and Poverty.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 482
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PUB2 105. Public International Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PUB2 500. Law and Psychiatry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Open to a limited number of students in Law, Psychiatry and Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PUB2 419.
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PUB2 502. International Criminal Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 425.
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PUB2 551. Immigration and Refugee Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 451
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Course information not available.
D. Principles of [Canadian] Administrative Law
Students must take at least 3 credits from the following list of courses:
BUS1 532. Bankruptcy and Insolvency.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Federal bankruptcy law, including bankruptcy petitions, an individual's rights to a discharge, the nature of claims provable in bankruptcy, the rejection and assumption of executory contracts, the stay of proceedings and the avoidance powers of trustees and receiverships and workouts as alternatives to bankruptcy proceedings.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken BUS1 432.
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BUS2 504. Securities Regulation.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BUS2 372.
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CMPL 543. Law and Practice of International Trade.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The fundamental aspects of international law governing international trade, and governmental regulation of international trade in Canada and Canada's major trading partners.
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CMPL 574. Government Control of Business.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Selected topics in government control and regulation of business with emphasis on competition law and policy.
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CMPL 575. Discrimination and the Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
CMPL 577. Communications Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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CMPL 580. Environment and the Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Environmental law, with emphasis on ecological, economic, political, and international dimensions.
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LEEL 369. Labour Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
LEEL 570. Employment Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 470
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LEEL 582. Law and Poverty.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 482
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PRV4 545. Land Use Planning.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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).
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 145
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PRV5 483. Consumer Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A comparative study of civil and common law and consumer protection law in Quebec and in Canada.
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PUB2 400. The Administrative Process.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PUB2 401. Judicial Review of Administrative Action.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PUB2 500. Law and Psychiatry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Open to a limited number of students in Law, Psychiatry and Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PUB2 419.
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
PUB2 551. Immigration and Refugee Law.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 451
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3. Elective Courses and Minimum Writing Requirement
Students must take 43聽other elective courses offered within the Faculty or approved as credit equivalences in order to complete the 105-credit degree requirement. The list of electives varies from year to year, and can be seen on our Current Courses page.
All students are required to submit at least one research paper. This requirement may be satisfied by:
- writing an essay in a course in which the essay constitutes no less than 75% of the final grade;
- writing a term essay under independent supervision, for credit, within the Faculty of Law;
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Writing an article, note or comment of equivalent substance that is published or accepted for publication in one of the following journals: 好色TVl Law Journal, 好色TVl Journal of Sustainable Development Law & Policy, or 好色TVl Journal of Law and Health, and approved by the Faculty Advisor of the Journal.
Papers written jointly do not satisfy this requirement.
For complete course descriptions, registration guide, timetables and other information, see the Courses section.
