COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course focuses on the history, development and present day operations of the Canadian legal system. The course will cover: constitutional law; administrative law; civil liberties; the court system; and, the functions of lawyers and judges. This course overviews the history of Canadian law and the system of the Canadian courts. Throughout this course we will consider the nature of legal reasoning, the doctrine of precedent, principles of statutory interpretation, as well as introduce the fields of contract, torts, administrative law, and family law. The process of law reform in Canada will also be examined.