| Program Name: |
Law and Justice |
| Director: |
Charlotte Neff |
| Program Address: |
Department of Law and Justice
Laurentian University
Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury, Ontario
P3E 2C6
Canada
705/675-1151, ext. 4108 |
| Program Type: |
Department |
| Program Status: |
Interdisciplinary program established in 1977. Law &
Justice was reconstituted as a separate university department in 1987. The department
offers degrees in French or English; a three year B.A. program and a four year honors
program. |
| Statement of Intellectual Structure: |
| "The general objective of the Law and Justice Programs is to
encourage a broad critical understanding of the nature and function of our legal
institutions through an intellectual formation that is grounded in practical
considerations. On the practical side, the program allows those students who so wish to
find related employment in the areas of Law and Justice such as the administration of
justice, corrections, probation and parole, law enforcement, etc. But the program also has
an intellectual vocation; it seeks to go beyond a purely descriptive approach to the law
in order to draw out its normative aspect. It does not limit itself to the teaching of
letter law but looks at law as a complex social phenomenon. Law is taught in an
interdisciplinary context in order to broaden a student's understanding of law as a human
phenomenon." |
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| Program Curricular Organization: |
Three required courses, and eight additional courses from the
Law and Justice approved course list. |
| Required Courses: |
Law and Justice: An Introduction
The Canadian Legal System and Theory I
The Canadian Legal System and Theory II
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| Sample of Elective Courses: |
Children and the Law
Environmental Law
Aboriginal People and the Criminal Justice System
Language Rights
The Practice of Punishment
International Law
20th Century Moral, Political, Social and Legal Theory
The Family, the State and the Law
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| Experiential Component: |
None |
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