First Year: Constitutional Law I (0101) (LAW106Y1Y)

At a Glance

Both Terms
Credits
5
Hours
0

Enrolment

Maximum
112
110 JD
2 MSL

Schedule

First Term Schedule:
T: 11:10 - 12:00
Th: 11:10 - 12:00
Second Term Schedule: (T: 10:45 - 12:00; Th: 10:45 - 12:00
Instructor(s): Patrick Macklem

The Blackboard program will be used for this course. Students must self-enrol in Blackboard prior to the start of school in both terms in order to obtain course information.

This course provides an introduction to the law of the Canadian constitution. It examines federalism, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and Aboriginal and treaty rights. The course considers the structure of the Canadian constitution, the role of judicial review, and general principles of interpretation with regard to the distribution of legislative authority, constitutional rights and freedoms, and Aboriginal and treaty rights. Selected federal and provincial powers, Aboriginal and treaty rights, rights guaranteed by the Charter will be examined.

Evaluation
will be by a limited open book, December test (potentially 20% of the final examination grade if it is to the student’s advantage), a limited open book, final 3 hour examination (90%, subject to the December test component if counting the December test is to the student’s advantage) during the scheduled examination period in April, and class participation (10%).