University of Toronto Legal Studies

Please check your email accounts utoronto.ca for more information on academic service delivery and updates on your studies. If you have any questions about how your classes will run during this time or the impact that cancelling courses may have on your studies, please contact us by email at law.grad@utoronto.ca. An introduction to Indigenous issues in the Canadian criminal justice system, identified by Indigenous academics, activists, and allies. Topics include the effects of colonization, legal discrimination and disenfranchisement, treaties and land claims, criminalization, Indigenous activism, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Office of Undergraduate Programs | Criminology and Social Law Studies (416-946-3237) Canadiana Gallery Second floor, room 231 | 14 Queen`s Park Crescent West | Toronto, Ontario M5S 3K9 candidates in the MSL program are also completing an interdisciplinary research project while studying at Law School. Applicants must have obtained a Bachelor of Laws or a Doctor of Laws or the international equivalent of a law degree from a recognized university. Applicants must have a minimum B+ average in the final year of their law studies. Preference will be given to candidates who maintain this average throughout their law studies, that is, throughout their law studies. Thesis. Upon completion of the above requirements, a dissertation must be prepared that, in the opinion of the Faculty of Law, constitutes an independent contribution to legal or academic research, and the student must pass a final work-based oral examination. Candidates attend law school full-time for an eight-month term, beginning in September. During this time, applicants pursue a program of study approved by the faculty and study committee of the School of Graduate Studies. This degree program consists of 28 credits and covers at least three of the following first-year law subjects: contracts, tort, property, criminal law, constitutional law, and civil procedure law.

Seminar exploring Indigenous law, the law of colonizing states and the complex interrelationship between the two in Canada. Topics include: sources of law, forms and processes; sovereignty, territory and jurisdiction; Contractual relations; Indigenous peoples in international law; Aboriginal rights and the constitution; use, relationships and protection of the environment; and Indigenous self-determination and governance. Criminal justice issues outside Canada, based on various international and historical studies. The development of criminal justice systems in Western Europe, including English adversarial and inquisitorial approaches in continental Europe. A comparison of policing, criminal procedures, forms of punishment and crime rates in today`s world. A critical examination of contemporary debates in criminology and philosophy of law and morality on the diagnostic and criminal characterization of mental disorders such as psychopathy and pedophilia and their representation in popular culture. Applicants must have obtained at least a master`s degree and preferably a doctorate from a recognized university with a proven high scholarship in a discipline of law. Applicants must have at least a B+ average in their final year of study. Preference will be given to candidates who have maintained this average throughout their studies.

Courses credited for supervised participation in the faculty`s research project. Details on www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities.. Not suitable for CR/NCR option. The centre is located at Swan House, 37-39 High Holborn Street, at the head of Chancery Lane, in the heart of London`s legal district. A short walk south on Chancery Lane, students and faculty have privileges at King`s College Law Library. Self-study under the guidance of a faculty member. It is recommended that students contact a member of the Faculty of Criminology and Social Law who is willing to supervise their work in CRI395H1. Once the student has found a faculty member willing to supervise their proposal, they must complete the application form with the assistance of their supervisor. A detailed description of the proposal is required. Registration is limited to students in criminology and social law.

Students are not eligible to take more than 1.0 points on the CRI395H1 course. Students must complete a degree program worth 28 credit hours (equivalent to 7.0 full course equivalents [FCE]). In addition, students who choose the course-only option must designate a course as a designated writing requirement course. Only courses that require one or more written assignments of at least 3,500 words (combined) are considered designated mandatory writing courses. LAW1000H Alternative Approaches to Legal Scholarship and LAW7572H LLM Seminar are not considered a designated writing requirement course. Two faculty members from the University of Toronto will join other international faculties to teach at the centre. Up to ten students from the University of Toronto J.D. will study there during one of the two semesters. Each class will have students with different legal and national backgrounds. The center will promote a team-based teaching approach between faculty from different schools and jurisdictions, as well as courses and seminars that bring faculty and students together in collaborative inquiry.

Criminological and social law issues in an international environment. Content may vary from year to year. Details can be found on the Summer Abroad website. Students must complete an interdisciplinary research project during their studies at the Faculty of Law. The project must be completed as part of one of the courses students take to earn credit. The course provides a historical perspective on the evolution of legal doctrines, professions and institutions that define criminal justice in Canada and in the common law world today. Topics include the transition from medieval trials through torture and torture to modern dependence on experts and forensic science; the emergence of the adversarial procedure; the growth of the legal profession; the birth of policing; an increase in the number of prisons; and the changing fate of the death penalty. The course focuses mainly on the period from the eighteenth century to the present day. Students will be introduced to historical debates and ways of thinking and writing about law and crime.

We will examine how culture, politics, economics and social life are essential to understanding the fundamentals of criminal justice, including the concepts of truth, guilt, legitimacy, fairness and violence. Applicants must hold a university degree, ideally a PhD, a recognized university and have demonstrated a high level of science in a legal discipline. Candidates often complete this degree while on leave from their academic employment. the broad principles and themes of Canadian criminal law; Legal definitions of the criminal offence, requirements for a criminal offence (actus reus), criminal intent (mens rea), causation and defence. The origins, objectives and functioning of criminal law and the limits of the state`s power to criminalize conduct. Understanding the Canadian legal landscape leads to better decisions. Our law courses provide foundations in pre-legislation, practical guides to understanding general legal issues and enable the development of critical thinking. The course covers several important topics that help prepare students for advanced courses in criminology major: the importance of law, the production of laws and legal institutions, law in action, comparative legal traditions, and the methodology of socio-legal studies. MSL students choose their other courses from those in the JD program, which will go online over the summer. In some cases, students may enroll in graduate courses at other faculties of the university.

Course selection is subject to approval by the Associate Dean of the Graduate Program. Students are required to complete a degree and thesis, which are assessed together with 24 credit hours (equivalent to 6.0 full course equivalents [FCE]). Note: Students may use a maximum of 1.0 credits of independent courses and 1.0 credits of research participation courses for the Criminology and Social Law program. The program of study includes a minimum of 28 credit hours (7.0 full course equivalents [FCE]) and no more than 32 credit hours (equivalent to 8.0 FCE) and covers at least three of the following topics: contracts, tort, property, criminal law, constitutional law, and civil procedure law. The Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies (CrimSL) is a research and teaching unit of the University of Toronto. Founded in 1963 by Prof. John Edwards, professor of CrimSL, students study crime, justice and governance through law from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and theoretical approaches. With backgrounds in sociology, anthropology, history, law, psychology, philosophy and political science, the faculty is actively engaged in criminological and social law research in Canada and abroad.

The CrimSL Library (Criminology Information Service) houses the largest collection of criminological research materials in Canada, consisting of more than 25,000 books, journals, government reports, statistical sources and other materials. This course is an introduction to interdisciplinary studies of law and space and covers a wide range of topics, from work on empire and colonialism by Indigenous legal historians and academics to studies of national spaces, urban spaces, and physical spaces. Some training in law or cultural geography is desirable.