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CRCJ 4100

Criminal Courts and Society

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

This course proposes critical examinations of the complex interactions between criminal courts and their socio-historical environments, including the politicization of criminal legal proceedings.

2025

Topics

  • Rights of an arrested person
  • The laying of a criminal charge
  • Bail and pre-trial detention
  • Bail reform
  • R v Zora, 2020 SCC 14
  • Sean Gallop, 11(e) Shattered: The Historic and Continued Breaching of Indigenous
  • Persons Right to Reasonable and Timely Bail, 2021 44-6 Manitoba Law Journal 170
  • 21 CanLIIDocs 13414.
  • THURSDAY JANUARY 23RD 2025 (SYNCHRONOUS)
  • Roles and obligations of actors in the criminal system
  • Understanding the progression of a criminal file through the court system
  • Court appearances, disclosure, negotiations between defence and Crown counsel, client
  • meetings, etc.
  • Review readings from Week 1
  • Canadian Law, Indigenous Laws & Critical Perspectives, Canadian Legal Information

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): CRCJ 2100 , fourth-year standing, and enrollment in a B.A. or Minor in Criminology and Criminal Justice, or by permission of the Institute. Seminar three hours per week.

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