LAWS 1001
Introduction to Legal Studies 1
Introduction to legal studies: concepts, sources, nature and functions of law; historical, cultural and constitutional foundations of Canadian legal system; common and civil law traditions; statutory interpretation; precedent; legal institutions; frameworks for analyzing formal and informal conceptions of law and its role in society.
2026
Readings
- Stephen Tasson et al. (eds.), Introduction to Legal Stud- ies, vol. 1: Foundations and Rights Protection, Sixth Edition (Concord: Captus Press, 2018).
2026
Topics
- Law in Social Life
- Cultural Context
- The Constitutional Context
- Law, Morality and Justice
- Law’s Liberalism and its Critics
- Connecting Law and Society
- Judicial Decisions and the Common Law
Prerequisites & course information
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.